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We will be traveling some this summer, and I was wondering if anyone has any tips on how to take good pictures from a car window? Some of the places include Mexico/New Mexico, Georgia, and Colorado. Thank you!! 🙂
Hi there, Jinny!
I am by no means an expert at car window photography, but I’ve done it my fair share, so I thought I’d chime in.
I would *highly* recommend rolling down your window whenever possible. This increases your [already low] chance of a good picture quite a bit. The glare and distortion of car windows (or any windows, imo) is so hard to overcome in pictures!
Shoot with your F/stop a little higher and switch your AF operation from AI Focus to AI Servo, because Servo is better at keeping moving subjects in focus.
With that being said, try to have a subject in every picture. Just a big empty picture of the plains is sometimes interesting, but even there, the interest is a lot better with some cool clouds or lighting. I, personally, end up with a lot of abandoned building shots from car windows, and there are tons of those in Colorado, if you want to try it yourself (I’m attaching a favorite old factory in Oklahoma I snapped driving about 50mph last summer).
A fun shot to try for from the car is a lone tree with negative space all around it. It’s hard to get angled right, but it’s on my photography bucket list! 🙂
Blessings!
KimberlyP.S. Is your profile picture from the Air Force Academy? Colorado Springs is one of my favorite places ever! 🙂
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Thank you for your tips! I like your pic! My profile pic was taken at the air force academy! My brother goes there, so we have an excuse to visit CO every now and then.Great question, @jinnyschober!
I remember chatting about this with Madeline in Big Sandy! She had the exact same question. 🙂 If you’d like me to talk about it more, I can bring it up during the webinar on Saturday, but for starters here are my initial thoughts:
> Roll down the window.
> If you can’t roll it down, at least clean it off and press the camera up against the glass as close as possible.
> Ask if you can ride shotgun.
> Use a zoom lens.
> Make sure you have a fast enough shutter speed!
> Review your pictures regularly on the computer during the vacation.
> etc.Can you show us your pictures here on the forums as your vacation progresses?! I so love looking at pictures from the southwest!
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Thank you for your ideas! I remember hearing you talk to her about it, but I was busy doing something else. 🙂 Your fine, I just wanted some ideas! We will be going into Juarez, MX during the day, I still haven’t decided if I’m going to bring my camera over the border, because we have had a phone stolen before… but I’ll probably bring it at least one day 🙂
Hmm. I have taken my camera to many places in Mexico that weren’t exactly the safest places in the world and haven’t had it stolen yet. A big DSLR is harder to accidentally set down someplace or get swiped from a pocket so generally, it’s harder to steal than a phone. (I’ve had my phone stolen before in Mexico too!) If it was me, I would take the DSLR. 🙂 Just don’t leave it anywhere!
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