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Shooting locations for car portraits

Shooting locations for car portraits

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Shooting locations for car portraits

- The setting for these car shots can be just as important as the cars themselves. And, especially in places like downtown Havana, where you have these very interesting buildings. So, one of the things that I decided is that when I wanted to shoot car portraits, I was looking not only for a cool car itself, but also where the car was parked. And, it was interesting. I became known, or my love of these cars, everyone in the group was aware of that. They started scouting for me, which I thought was just really cool. So, we had come out of a museum in downtown Havana, and we're kinda waiting for the bus and just sorta milling around. And, one of the other photographers in the group, Steve, said, "Hey, did you see that red car over there?" And, it was kinda off in the distance. And, we had a little bit of time and I looked at it and I saw it. I go, "Wow! I love that shot." Because, it wasn't just the car, which is what I was looking at, but I also saw the car in the setting. So, I…

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