Marin Storage Facility Meet (NorCal)

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Last years meet pics were taken with an old 5MP Kodak point and shoot. My D40 is 6.1MP I believe. That's really all you need. In fact, you can probably go smaller since we resize our pics to be smaller anyway. 12MP is for pics that you want turned into big posters or something.

As for composition, I would like the sun to be behind the photographer and in front of the cars. I was also thinking of doing a half circle picture with the owners possibly posing in front of their cars. And if it's possible, a full circle with the picture taken from above. Also, if that's possible to take pics from above, a fun shot would be to take some blue painters tape, and have each Yaris (depending if there will be 10) have a letter from YarisWorld on it's roof.

[Kioshi]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

Also, if that's possible to take pics from above, a fun shot would be to take some blue painters tape, and have each Yaris (depending if there will be 10) have a letter from YarisWorld on it's roof.

You need to be at the meet for these awesome creative photography ideas

[tomato]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

Last years meet pics were taken with an old 5MP Kodak point and shoot. My D40 is 6.1MP I believe. That's really all you need. In fact, you can probably go smaller since we resize our pics to be smaller anyway. 12MP is for pics that you want turned into big posters or something.

As for composition, I would like the sun to be behind the photographer and in front of the cars. I was also thinking of doing a half circle picture with the owners possibly posing in front of their cars. And if it's possible, a full circle with the picture taken from above. Also, if that's possible to take pics from above, a fun shot would be to take some blue painters tape, and have each Yaris (depending if there will be 10) have a letter from YarisWorld on it's roof.

You're right about the sun and you're right about 12 MP. I *** NEVER*** use that setting, except on rare occasions when I know I'm gonna have to crop the picture a lot and I'm pretty far from the subject.

Now, I don't know if I can photograph all the Yarii from above, though, I'm not that tall. I could make up some sheets to put on our plaques "Y" "A" "R" "I" "S" W" "O" "R" "L" D" you know, or just "YarisWorld" in fact, I think I'll make some tonight and bring them to the meet.

As to having the owners stand in front of their cars, personally, I'd rather keep it informal, just the cars. Whoever wants their picture taken for the forum, fine by me, but if others want to stay under the radar and not have their picture posted online, I respect that, no problem.

So if people just want to drop in and talk to Garm or whatever, just come, don't worry about pictures, I mean it! Just come and hang out !


UPDATE: I don't have the right font to do a huge "Y" "A" ... etc. but I can do a "YarisWorld" sheet of paper about the size of a California plaque.

Does anyone have graphic design stuff on their computers? I don't have much software here.