Some jobs really shine for me and quite literally so did this one for magazine photo shoot yesterday!…  The weather was perfect and the location, the pretty little seaside town of Arnside in Cumbria, lent itself well. It was a feature article about a local man who had owned his beloved MGB Roadster for no less than 50 years! My subject was friendly and cooperative (not always the case), the car very photogenic and I was blessed with a blue sky that matched the bonnet! Here’s a few of my favourite shots…

MGB Roadster

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vehicle photographer Lancaster

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A good feature from a photography perspective, I believe, should have a broad variety of photography, both in terms of styles, angles and making best use of close up, wide and telephoto lenses. This helps with the illustration and gives the reader as much interest as possible. All this of course comes after you make sure you fully appreciate the reason for the article.

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commercial photography cumbria

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classic cars photographer, Lancashire

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I try to be a bit creative too, when the subject matter lends itself (and sometimes even if I think it doesn’t!). I want to the viewer to be surprised as well as impressed and satisfied with their photographic experience.

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In contrast to all the other rather posed static shots, my final one went for movement. I carefully panned the camera as the car passed to follow it, with just enough motion blur around it to show movement. I found that with the railings, this worked particularly well. These days such images can of course be created artificially with varying degrees of success, using photo editing software, but the real thing is so much more satisfying!

 

After such a photo shoot, it’s always particularly gratifying to get good feedback (never mind how good the photographer thinks it was), such as the editor either used more photos than anticipated, or telling you that it was struggle to choose. That’s the point you know it’s ‘job well done‘!