How to get the high overhead hood shot!


If you read enough of my write-ups you'll see a number of common photography "shots" I take and one of the common pictures I try to get is the,

High Overhead Hoot Shot

Looks like this....







And here's one way to get it from this thread,

Live Video Broadcast - 1947 Chevy & 1986 Porsche 928 - Extreme Makeovers





And here's how we get those hood shots...





Here's another way from this article,


The Sun Shot Fun Shot




Yep, this is how you get the high overhead shot, you have to get up in the air a little ways...






Be careful and don't hurt yourself or anyone's car getting the high overhead hood shot.

And for what it's worth, anytime you're restoring something older or doing a extreme makeover shot, the BEFORE high overhead hood shot is in my opinion, the most important picture you can take.

See my article here,

The power in the after shots is created in the before shots