Parking lot shots

RiCharlie

You seriously need to learn and watch your background,,.,.Notice how the background in the Ferrari shots is plain and stark..Nothing to interfere with the car..The background should either complement the subject or get out of the way..The plain background on the Ferrari doesnt enhance the car but it doesnt distract from it either,,

Compare that with that very distracting thing (??) in front of car number one..

Notice how interesting the lighting is on car 2 (background much better..nicer bit of blur) and compare that car with the others and notice how interesting two is compared to the others..(maybe you might want to lighten it just a bit..??) Just enough to brighten it but not so much as to destroy the nice atmosphere you have..maybe tone down some of those lights on the left just a bit..they are distracting..


Do i really have to tell you what is wrong with car 4?? Just in case ..what is the blue thing in the center doing there and is this an ad for air filters..if so light the box..if not get it out of there..along with all the other crap in the background left..

As far as lenses go..( I dont know what your background is so pardon if I tell you what you already know)

.long lenses..telephotos.. bring up the background..Make distant objects larger....wide angels can distort the close areas...good for special effects or when your craming a whole lot in or cant get back far enough


Only you can answer what lens to use because it depends on what you want to achieve
,..Try shooting a close-up shot of your girl with a 28mm lens..just for learning..notice the distortion of her nose and notice the objects in the back are very small..now shoot her with a 300 mm and notice distortion is gone and objects in back are much larger and closer..) but her face seems flat..

Now try 105 mm or thereabouts and notice how her face looks..


So you pick the lens depending on what you want unless you are trying for something unusual stick with lenses 125mm and over and you will stay out of trouble..and PS I looked at the photos of the Glass Eye you mentioned,.,they are cluttered and the background is sometimes distracting,,, but the guy had no choice ...he had to shoot where they and he were..sometimes you do the best with what you are given...

Zbrah

RiCharlie: I don't know a damn thing about photography, but everything you typed about background and distractions just made sense, gonna go practice on my camera phone

RiCharlie

Good luck ! Most of all Have Fun!