Petrucci, you are the man for sure. I LOVE reading your details so please take this as constructive criticism…
You HAVE to get better at your photography because I really want to see your work displayed to the potential it deserves so here are some tips (what camera are you using?)…
1) Never shoot into the sunlight. As you can see in all the pictures you took from the back of the garage facing out, the pictures are terribly exposed (it looks like a UFO is shooting its high beams in your garage). The reason is because the color part you are shooting is in the “shadow” of the light you are shooting. Since it is a shadow the lens has to open to let in more light. This means too much light comes in from the light source, and poof, over exposure.
The only remedy to this (other then using a filter that would kill the reflection in the car) is to always avoid shooting into the light source. If you wanted pictures of the front of the car it probably would have been better to turn the car around in the garage and shoot with the sun to your back. I can tell that you spent all day on this car, so what is another 2 minutes to flip the car around. Trust me dude, your work deserves it. Cliff note: Shoot with the light source to your back and move the car to fit if you can.
2) Use a trip pod and manual settings in low light conditions if you already aren’t. Shoot with a delay on a tri-pod to crisper pictures in before/afters. When you shoot in auto mode in low light, the camera uses a higher ISO “film” or sensor sighting. This gives “noise” to the picture. Also the longer “click” of the shutter means the camera is more prone to blurred edges.
Seriously great work dude! When are you coming down to do my cars
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