How to Photograph Cars [Paperback]

James Mann (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 26, 2003

Capture the contours of your car with expert tips from professional photographer James Mann! Everything you need, from selecting equipment and film to static and action photography and studio techniques is bound into this fabulous all-color guide. High-quality photographs serve as examples of Mann's techniques, enhanced by step-by-step instruction and images describing how to accomplish each successfully. Highlighted with necessary angles and techniques that embrace a professional magazine feature.

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About the Author

James Mann is a prolific photographer, he provided photos for 17 previous books including Original Corvette and Original Triumph Bonneville.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Motorbooks; First edition (January 26, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0760312435
• ISBN-13: 978-0760312438
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 7.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #903,209 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Car Photography Seminar!, May 13, 2005

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Nicholas Gomez "www.bikervoodoo.com" (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Photograph Cars (Paperback)

This is a great book. I've always been interested in cars, and for a while I earned a living writing about cars for a magazine. My shots were OK but not as good as they should have been. How I wish I could have read this book back then!

James Mann's book gives you information on equipment, basic techniques, tips on preparing the car (detail first, and be sure to remove all stickers!), advanced techniques (check out the cover photo ... want to know how to do that?), motorsports events, groups, people, studio techniques and finally tips on doing a magazine feature.

Every person who is involved in a job which even remotely involves photographing cars (Media people, Advertising, Marketing, etc.) should read this book!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A great source book, but completely outdated ..., June 19, 2009

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Johan Kerstens "www.Disegno-S.com" (Belgium) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Photograph Cars (Paperback)

This really is a great book, I've bought it when I was just starting to learn about photographing cars and it really teaches you how to approach this niche in photography.

The only problem is that it doesn't cover digital slr's, the author uses film and there is nothing wrong with that, but these days only a handful of people are still using film, most of us have switched to digital with great success I might add.

The basics are the same, so you can still learn a lot from this book, but don't expect to learn about digital post processing or something like that, this book is about photographing cars in general, and his tips surely help to establish that.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A nice coverage of the subject., March 13, 2006

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Charles D. Brandt "Chuck Brandt" (Merriam, KS) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Photograph Cars (Paperback)

This is a nice coverage of the subject. I am a novice at photography and will be using a digital SLR camera. In my particular case I could have used more information on camera settings and lense selection, but the author probably assumes a bit more knowledge than I have.