Hi, I’m new to the art of photography on forza and would like a few tips on how to improve my shots. Here are a few, cheers.
One thing I’ve noticed so far I should probably focus more on the car an blur the background, would this be right? Forgot the setting which controls that
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Hi CBourke,
Glad to be your first responder!
The setting which you forget is aperture (which as you’ll probably see from my comments around this forum, I love a bit of aperture!) - that’s a good start to your gallery, but you are indeed correct, blurring the background really makes the car pop out and slap you in the face.
Keep it up!
Just keep messing with the sliders a little at a time until you get the look you want
I would also advice to experiment with contrast and brightness. A bit more contrast and a bit less brightness makes the photos look less gamey. Combine that with aperture and the shots start coming alive.
In addition to playing with filter sliders also try panning and zooming. You can make interesting effects by zooming out and getting the camera really close and vice versa.
Im still just starting out myself. My biggest advice however would be to just look around when you open up photo mode. My best shots have all been something else than what l intended when l opened up photo mode. Look up and down and all around.
By zoom do you mean just moving the camera or is there a zoom option? I’ve been looking and trying to find the zoom, if so how do you do it? Thanks for everyone’s replies aswell, more photos coming
Here’s a picture I got of my new Veyron, caught a nice backfire at night, thought it looked pretty nice. This was the only good one I got but now I’m starting to get the hang of stuff, I found that aperture and focus go hand in hand and a few other features. More photos coming soon. Thanks to everyone for replies, really helping.
Great Veyron shot.
Zoom is up and down on the D-Pad.
Yes as Marshall said and you can angle the camera with D-left/right.
Aperture and focus definitely go hand in hand.
I recommend seeing what will happen when you play around with exposure, colour and contrast and brightness. Note especially how exposure and contrast have a different effect even though at a glance they might seem to influence the same thing.
Thanks, never thought to try the d-pad, thought it would do the same as the left stick as with most other games. More shots coming soon, thanks to everyone for the replies
Mad lookin’ livery!
Hi guys, new batch of photos are in and I feel some improvements are still to be made.
Some photos are a bit poor but I fell the better two are the 458 and fpv ute
Great composition and lighting, especially off the sand. Good job mate.
I know this might not be a cheap way to improve. Yet if you like trying out old things, then maybe you could try out some of the first bunch of photomodes in a range of different games. But why do I suggest this, well let’s look at the very first photomode for example. And that is the one found in GT4, because back in those days the technology meant a few things had to be focused on. From using the right car colour choice for certain locations to how the background looked.
Plus one thing that made or broke how a stock shot turned out was the overall composition. Also since GT4 had a more limited zoom and travel distance anyone back in those days like myself for example had to be careful with camera location. Bcause as mentioned before a bad background meant looking at ways around such a problem. Or even spending hours cleaning up a shot or adding stuff to give car shadows, car lines and the background more depth.
Typically from what I have found, adding a bit of color to the standard settings makes the picture a little more appealing. I usually set the Color setting to 60, just so it gives it a little more color but it isn’t overwhelming. Also using aperture, the effect that blurs your background, makes the pictures a little more exciting. Similar to what everyone else said. Use some Contrast too to help pronounce all of the dark hews in the picture, and using some Exposure helps brighten up the picture and make it more positive-feeling.
To make your backfire shot look nice, I recommend setting your Shutter Speed to 0. Don’t use any at all because it takes away from the shape of the flame and the colors blur a little so you don’t get everything. Also, use a decent amount of Aperture to help make the focus on the fire. Add some Color and a tad bit of Contrast and it’ll make the picture pop.
But like how everyone else before said, just practice with the settings. I know it may seem bare and not helpful whatsoever, but that is the best way to learn. That’s how I used to be, but just by tweaking settings you learn how to make the picture look how you want. Just keep it up!
Thank you, this is actually very helpful, I’ll try and get some shots up tomorrow sometime, maybe one with the Vulcan backfire from the side exhaust, could be interesting. I’ll mess around with some stuff, and thanks again to everyone for all the advice etc.
Here’s a few more shots
Cheers