Has anyone here ever hired a photographer to take professionally photographed pictures of your car?

I'm interested in perhaps taking this route to get some really REALLY nice pictures of the car but would appreciate hearing from anyone who has done this already.

1. How much did it cost?
2. How long did you hire the protographer for?
3. Who picks the photographing locations? You or the photographer?
4. How long does it take the book the photographer?

5. Were you initially pleased with the outcome?
6. How were you charged? (hourly, per picture? specific locations? camera used [digital/film]?).

Thanks

 

I'd try some pics myself....

though I did pay $30 for 2 professional 8X10s but they were action pics at a track. He had a whole group of them you picked the ones you wanted and bought them.

people like these of my car and I took them myself really not that hard and with a $300 digi cam, so I can edit the pics and print them on 8x10 if I want.

http://memimage.cardomain.com/member...05_46_full.jpg

http://memimage.cardomain.com/member...05_42_full.jpg

http://memimage.cardomain.com/member...05_45_full.jpg


hell these are my first time playing with shutter speeds and people loved them

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/514505/4

 

I've taken these with a 3.2mp camera. These are the low-quality versions of the big pictures, just to give you an idea of "poses" and whatnot.

http://technologyorgasm.com/upload/Poster1.JPG
http://technologyorgasm.com/upload/Poster2.JPG
http://technologyorgasm.com/upload/Poster2Edit.jpg
http://technologyorgasm.com/upload/Poster3.JPG
http://technologyorgasm.com/upload/Poster4.JPG
http://technologyorgasm.com/upload/Poster5.JPG
http://technologyorgasm.com/upload/Poster6.JPG
http://technologyorgasm.com/upload/Poster7.JPG
http://technologyorgasm.com/upload/Poster8.JPG
http://technologyorgasm.com/upload/Poster9.JPG
http://technologyorgasm.com/upload/Poster10.jpg

 

And to help you out, I honestly wouldn't hire anyone to do it, I assume it'd be really expensive. I have some pictures of my car on record at a studio because he took some free shots when I was doin' my senior portraits, but I never actually bought them.

Just get a friend with the best digital camera to help you. Both of y'all pick places. Buy him lunch. Have fun with it. You can easily take CDs with pictures on them to get printed into fairly nice prints of any size.

*shrug*

 

I agree. Don't bother unless it's for a magazine shoot, in which case the magazine pays for the photographer.

 

These things all very a great deal mainly with the photographers experience and equipment. I personally am looking into getting into professional photography to pay for equipment ($5000 cameras and $3000 lenses are a tough swing for a hobbyist). If it's just you it will cost quite a lot proportionally as you have to understand he's coming out just to shoot you theres mileage bringing the equipment, your best bet and this would make it afordable is to do it with a group car club something like that, then your cost per person is low. Again tough to say cost because there may be someone a mile from you maybe 30 miles. If you have a nice car a professional photograph will make it shine supposing they know what they're doing. As to the location that should be a mutual thing, probably you providing ideas and the photographer reality checking it (some locations just don't make good photo op areas).

(THESE ARE NOT MY PHOTOGRAPHS! Just examples of what a profesional photographer can do)

 

Damn!! Good pics, really good. I like the first three the best, good ideas.

 

Unless you're an already aspiring photographer, the Canon 10D (or even Digital Rebel) is pretty much the max you would need. It runs ~$2,000, total. I am 98% sure it could take every one of those pictures you posted with the same quality and focus.

 

Well... I had a buddy take some of mine. I don't think I'd consider him a "professional" photographer but it is his hobby and he has good equipment! I bet you can pick out which set of pics here are the ones he took. LOL!!!

http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/94z/94zpics.htm

 

Here's a link to a site that has alot of good info on taking car pictures.

http://www.cobracountry.com/fototips/

Might want to try a few yourself using the metods discussed there. It is a good read in any case.

PJ