Okay. There has been a lot of questions going into Redog's PM box about "why my pics never get voted on" There are some ways to increase the chances of your car being AOTM, with some tips and tricks to take a better pic of your car.
The theme: Try to stick to the theme of the month. Don't try to be suttle about the picture. An example would be for "Best Fall Scene" don't take a picture of the car parked on the street and have 3 leaves on top of it. Go to a park where there is a lot of fall colors.
Shadows & lighting: Nighttime pics can set a mood, Bright sunlight is always good. However you always want to take the pics in the best lighting possible. Lighting can cast unwanted shadows on your car and create poor lighting for your scene. Also, you want to try to have the shadows casted behind the object. You can take a picture of the car with the sunlight behind it, the shadow of the car is in your picture. Might be a good shot of the car, and the car looks great, but a huge shadow between the camera and the car it's not pretty.
Angles: These are cars, not a bride at a wedding. A car will never cry, say you made it look fat, so say "You got my bad side" or, get mad and say it's a bad picture. Be creative and have fun
Other cars: It is always ALERO of the month. Let's try to take a picture of the car and not have any other cars in the shot. Move your car from in front of your house. Go to the empty side of the parking lot. Dead end streets usually make for a nice clean shoot. And middle of road pictures always look good, but choose a road that has no traffic. We don't need to have guys getting tickets or their car hit, just for a picture
Setting: Stripes in a parking lot, Dumpster in the backround, Parked in a trash filled parking lot. Not really a good backdrop for your picture. Pick a clean location and/or a location that doesn't ruin your flow
Get the entire car in the shot: This isn't hard. Get your entire car in the shot. Unless you are setting up some kind of location type pic (like the beach and just the side of your car for example) I've seen pics on here and all over the net where the front of the car is cut off, back of the car is cut off, or just getting a pic of the wheelbase. Pictures like that, they are just not going to cut it.
Use of models: this is kinda a moot point. We haven't had one go up like this, but we would welcome it. Female models would require at least a full coverage 2 piece swimsuit (no thongs, pasties, etc string sides are okay as long as it's a full coverage front and back, again this is bare min) and no obscene poses as per our rules. Male Models, if you choose to use them, must be clothed decently as well. Just think of it this way: If you wouldn't let your mother see it, don't post it up here.
Okay guys, get working
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