{"id":1204,"date":"2012-10-28T10:32:25","date_gmt":"2012-10-28T17:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beautiful-landscape.com\/Reflections\/?p=1204"},"modified":"2017-11-26T15:08:47","modified_gmt":"2017-11-26T22:08:47","slug":"why-i-photograph-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beautiful-landscape.com\/Reflections\/why-i-photograph-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Photograph Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why I Photograph Cars
\n<\/strong>by Alain Briot<\/p>\n

Desire is the key to motivation, but it\u2019s the determination and commitment
\n<\/em>to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal \u2013a commitment to excellence-
\n<\/em>that will enable you to attain the success you seek.
\n<\/em>Mario Andretti<\/p>\n

1 – Introduction
\n<\/span><\/strong>My primary photographic subject is landscape photography.\u00a0 I came to photograph cars not as a professional occupation, but because I wanted beautiful photographs of my personal cars for my own enjoyment.<\/p>\n

In short, car photography was, and still is, a hobby. I enjoy photographing cars to change my mind from landscape photography.\u00a0 I find car photography to be fun and relaxing.\u00a0 I photograph my own cars, as well as cars that I like and cars in historical, racing or other interesting settings.<\/p>\n

2 \u2013 Why I photograph cars
\n<\/span><\/strong>We all have cars.\u00a0 Or we will all have cars.\u00a0 That is, unless we committed ourselves to public transportation for the rest of our lives, or resolved ourselves to using a bicycle, or decided that walking will be our only form of locomotion.<\/p>\n

While we may own the cars we photograph, many of the cars we want to photograph are not owned by us.\u00a0 They are either too expensive, too unique, or simply not for sale.\u00a0 This is the case for race cars, in particular those being raced at the present time, because they are the sole property of the race teams.\u00a0 It is also the case for unique vehicles that belong to museums or to private collectors and of cars that are simply too pricy to purchase.\u00a0 Finally, regardless of our level of income, we simply cannot own all the cars we like.\u00a0 While some succeed at assembling a fascinating collection over many years, doing so is not commonplace.\u00a0 Furthermore, no matter how much we try, there will always be certain cars that stay away from ownership reach.<\/p>\n

Because of this, for many car enthusiasts seeing cars in person and bringing back photographs of these cars is an important aspect of enjoying the vehicles we like.\u00a0 I should say \u2018bringing back good <\/em>photographs\u2019 or better \u2018bringing back great<\/em> photographs. \u2018 This is what this is all about.\u00a0 Owning a great photograph of a great car is almost as good as owning a great car.\u00a0 Not quite the same, I agree.\u00a0 You cannot drive the photograph, you cannot hear the scream of the engine when looking at an image and you do not have the scent of leather, oil and gas. But when you have seen and experienced the real car, a good photograph has the power of bringing this back to you when you look at the image.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Because a great photograph captures not just the look of the car.\u00a0 It also captures its soul.<\/p>\n

A great photograph captures not only what the car looks like but also, and most importantly, how the car feels. It has the power of bringing back the emotions generated by the car.\u00a0 It represents what the car means to you, both on a factual and an emotional level. \u00a0It also offers the opportunity of sharing your vision with others through your photographs, and of making them see and feel what you saw and felt.<\/p>\n

3 – The eBook
\n<\/span><\/strong>I do car photography for my personal enjoyment, my primary photographic activity being landscape photography. However, this series of car photographs has been very well received and I have had a lot of questions about how I created them. I therefore created an eBook to explain how these photographs were created, to express my approach to car photography and to describe my vision.
\nThe Car Photography eBook is avaible for order at this link:
\nhttp:\/\/beautiful-landscape.com\/Ebooks-Books-1-2-3.html<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

4 – The Folio and eFolio
\n<\/span><\/strong>I also decided to create an eFolio, an electronic version of a Folio, to present a \u00a0selection of my favorite car photographs.\u00a0 Ninety photographs are featured in the eFolio.\u00a0 These ninety images represent my initial selection from hundreds, if not thousands, of car photographs.<\/p>\n

Later this year I plan to release a Folio, a physical collection of 5×7 images printed on 8×10 fine art paper, accompanied by an artist statement, a biography and a colophon and presented in a die-cut Folio enclosure. This physical Folio will feature 15 car photographs.\u00a0 Therefore, from my eFolio initial selection of 90 images, I will have to remove 75 photographs to get to the final selection of 15 photographs that will be included in the Folio. This will be a tough process since I will have to eliminate about three fourth of the images featured in the eFolio.<\/p>\n

The Cars eFolio is available for order at this link:
\nhttp:\/\/beautiful-landscape.com\/Ebooks-Books-1-2-3.html<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Alain Briot
\nArizona
\nOctober 2012\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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