Had the opportunity this afternoon, to play car photographer with my friend and his Dodge Challenger R/T. It’s not something I used to shooting so it was an interesting challenge to find something that I liked and that worked.

In the end, I decided to work the car with a UWA lens (an EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM) and low to the ground. It would almost have been nice to have had one of those cameras with an articulating rear display, looking though the viewfinder while laying on the ground is not optimal, but I have what I have.

From a photographic perspective, I think the biggest challenge is lighting a shiny dark car. It’s not impossible, but there are definitely things that I could have done better to bring out the shape of the car. That said, for the first time I’ve really shot a car and doing it on what amounts to a whim time wise, I think they could have come out worse.