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New 12/14/2004
ENTRY FORM
Name__________________________________________
Mailing Address_________________________________
_________________________________
Email__________________________________________
Daytime Phone Number_____________________________
Year(s)_________
Color(s)________________________
Please submit all photos to
sho.haus.design@gmail.com . Please limit entries to 2 pictures (400 kb per
photo) per person. You will be contacted if chosen and more information is
required.
The DEADLINE FOR ENTRY IS February 28th 2005.
Have you ever wanted a something more than the sad puppy, pretty kitty, stormy
weather calendar? Well here is you chance to “SHO” off your ride. Please join us
in creation of the First Annual V8SHO/SHO Club
www.shoclub.com calendar. Just send us a digital photo
of your car (limit 2) for consideration.
Helpful hints and ideas (rules):
• All “feature” cars must be a SHO. All generations are welcome.
• Please include front 3/4 and rear 3/4 full body shots as well as dead-on side,
front and rear shots. (If more shots of your car are needed we will contact you
and say what views we would like.)
• Make sure vehicle is clean, no spots, dust or dents or wax in the crevices.
Make sure tire sidewalls are clean and be sure that the insides of the wheel
wells are clean.
• Shoot early in the morning or late in the day when the sun is low in the sky.
Do not under any circumstances shoot the vehicle at high noon.
• Generally, keep the sun at your back and shoot the lit side of the vehicle.
Just be aware of and eliminate any “hot spots” (blinding glare) caused by the
sun by changing the camera’s position relative to the vehicle.
• Always be aware of distracting reflections in the vehicle’s paint such as
other people or cars or the camera and tripod.
• On front 3/4 shots, always turn the front wheels so that you can see the wheel
face to provide a more aggressive stance for the vehicle.
• Dead-on front, rear and side shots should always have the front wheels
perfectly straight.
• If you’re using a 35mm SLR camera, use a polarizing filter on the exterior
shots to remove unwanted reflections from the sides of the vehicle and to deepen
the blue sky. Generally, turn the polarizer until the windshield (front shot) or
rear window (rear shot) has no reflection on it.
• Never shoot the vehicle partially shadowed or in tree-shade—either the sun is
on it, or it’s in the shade.
• If the vehicle has center caps on its wheels with a symbol or writing,
position the vehicle so that the center cap is straight on the front wheel for
the front 3/4 shots and rear 3/4 shots, since the front tires will be turned
toward the camera in each instance.
• Choose a background that accentuates the vehicle. Do not use colors that clash
with the paint, distract you from the subject, or make the subject “disappear.”
• Avoid backgrounds that feature prominent vertical lines or horizontal lines
that cut the vehicle into sections.
• Never let the vehicle extend beyond the background. For example, if the
vehicle is shot in front of a barn but the rear of the vehicle doesn’t have the
barn behind it, just an open field, very tacky!
• Never position the vehicle close to trees or poles or mailboxes so that they
look like they are growing out of it.
• Stay away from parking lot lines and other distractions. Be aware of stray
leaves and cigarette butts or other debris on the ground around the vehicle as
well.
• Avoid heavily stained black top.
• Do not shoot the vehicle in a driveway (unless you live at the Mallinson Ranch
).
• If the pavement is clean, even and not cracked, painted or stained, consider
shooting down on the car from atop a stepladder or shooting the car from a
crouched, sitting or laying-down position; these different views of the vehicle
often look more dramatic than a shot taken from eye-level as you stand.
• Some acceptable backgrounds include (but are not limited to): Colorful sides
of buildings (just don’t let windows or doors sprout from the body); Barns
(clichéd but they still work); Trains (ditto); boats (ditto); corn or wheat
fields; train yards; on the drag strip; lakes, oceans and other waterfront
properties; sand dunes and/or gravel pits; tall reeds or grass (no weeds),
colorful fall foliage; blue sky (position the vehicle on the crest of a hill so
that the background is just sky); rock formations; tasteful office buildings;
clean blacktop, sand, cobblestone or gravel from a high angle; stacked lumber in
a lumber yard or stacked wooden pallets at a depot or warehouse; abandoned
factories; heavy industrial. (This last one will probably break the “no vertical
and horizontal lines cutting up the vehicle” rule. However, if you use the
entire site as the background keep the vehicle 50-100 feet or more away and
shoot at F8 at 135mm or longer the background will blur and the vehicle will
stand out better.)
• Hold your breath before shooting; it helps steady the camera.
• Please submit all photos to
sho.haus.design@gmail.com . Limit of 2 pictures per person.
• We will contact you if your vehicle is chosen for replication.
Dave Manke
________________________________________________________________________
I think this is an absolutely wonderful idea. Works hand in hand with the screensaver. I'm not involved in the selection process, so SW9 has just as even a chance as any other car of not getting chosen. Hmmm course I do have the keys to the list.......
Get your best poses in by the deadline.
U.L.