Taking pictures behind the wheel

[VinceC]

pvdhaar,
Thanks for the tip!

Biggles, thanks for the kind feedback!

 

[ClaremontPhoto]

Driving conditions are such in southern Europe that this would be madness.

I've seen some good photos made by the passenger, and that's different.

 

[ClaremontPhoto]

Check out Patrick Zachmann's series 'Motorways France 1982'. Wonderful stuff.

 

[pesphoto]

Thanks Eryximachos, i'll check out your pics.

 

[csxcnj]

Cool.....

Cool.....

....this is something I've only done digitally until recently. Tried it with a Canonette QL17, will be using the S2 next time I'm "stuck in traffic".


http://www.flickr.com/photos/high_green_and_clear/sets/72157594442900794/time

 

[Steve Bellayr]

I like this idea. We spend so much time in our vehicles (America) without really concentrating on the world around us. When I first saw RoberT Frank's pictures from behind the wheel I was amazed. In 2007 I think we see more of the world this way then from the cubicles of offices.

 

[aizan]

i stopped doing this for the most part, but here are some old shots.

 

[aizan]

aaaaaaand some more!

 

[wlewisiii]

Here's a sample of what I get sometimes.

William

 

[ZivcoPhoto]

A few drive-by's from the past...

A few drive-by's from the past...

35mm F1.8 Nikkor , Uptown Sacramento

50mm F1.4 Nikkor "S", Somewhere in Wyoming

50mm F1.4 Nikkor "S", USS Missouri from the San Francisco Bay bridge (over the shoulder shot)

 

[Wayne R. Scott]

Here are some taken with my Yashica GT:

Wayne

 

[melod]

Hilarious thread...I took a shot at a stoplight below, though when in a car I usually take them as the passenger.

 

[sepiareverb]

Do this every once in a while too- the only one scanned is this- TVS probably, perhaps the G2?

 

[jonmanjiro]

A slight variation on the theme 😎

These shots were taken coming down off Mt. Fuji after riding some of the offroad trails a few years ago.

Disclaimer: don't try this at home!

 

[mattmills]

figured I'd post one. oly RC, no idea of exposure:

 

[NIKON KIU]

Nikon S3, 3.5cm 1.8---exposure not recorded.
On the way to Chicago

Kiu

 

[VinceC]

Congrats! See how easy it is with a Nikon RF!

 

[csxcnj]

BEEP BEEP...

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/214/493028200_c384f3518e_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/198/493028470_5eea970f46_o.jpg

 

[ash13brook]

I drive a tractor-trailer 60-70 hours a week. I have the same shots except from about 4 feet higher in the air!
Most of my shots include part of my truck. When I first started shooting from my truck, I worried about window frames, mirrors, winshield wipers and other stuff showing, but decided that unless I was planning on cropping almost every shot, I'd better give it up. Now, I'm happy.
Besides, the photos show my perspective, which after 25 years behind the wheel is normal to me, but might be interesting to others (or not).
Just for the record, though, if anybody (including me) thinks this is a safe practice, it absolutely is not. While you're shooting, you're not driving. No matter how quickly you shoot, it takes longer than almost every accident. Lecture over! That said, I still love it.

 

[VinceC]

>> if anybody (including me) thinks this is a safe practice, it absolutely is not. While you're shooting, you're not driving<<

With an RF camera that has a 1:1 viewfinder, you hold it up to your eye had continue to have a clear, undistorted view of the road, the gauges, etc. You can drive that way indefinitely, with the caveat that you're driving one-handed. I drove several miles like this while experimenting.