A New Level of Automotive Photography in Q8

Photography and Cars

Sunset and a Porsche. Love the combo!

Photography is currently a trending hobby (haba) in Kuwait. Nowadays, everybody seems to have an expensive camera and it doesn't matter how young or old they are either. People want to capture their everyday moments in life in order to keep them as a memory or to share them with their loved ones.

So, whats all the fuss about?

Automotive photography, in particular, is a type of photography that has been widely acclaimed around the world due to the number of car enthusiasts today. Most people in Kuwait are into cars; so odds are that a lot of these guys will be into photography too.

The sky is the limit!

So what do you get when you combine car and photography enthusiasts? The results are mouth watering and you can already tell by the pictures. Some of these pictures are really good that people question that they were taken by a local Kuwaiti photographer in Q8.

The story

In Q8 there are a lot of amateur car photographers, some of them even take it beyond a hobby and do it as a living.

Nice oasis with the G-Class AMG.

I had the honor to meet some of these talented guys. They talked to me about the different types of cameras they use and the different types of lens that they use (depending on the lighting of the place and the weather conditions), different cars they photograph, etc.

I was impressed, in particular, with one guy called Mishari Al- Reshaid. He started photography as a hobby and now it's an addiction. He is now considered to be one of the best professional automotive photographer in Kuwait (click here for the first part of the interview with Mishari Al-Reshaid). I strongly agree that he is!! He also started up his own business and now people can hire him to take pictures of their cars (click here if you are interested or you can contact him at his email).

Tips and Hints

A classical Ferrari in a beautiful place.

WOW!! Can you believe this was shot in Kuwait.

"Being simple does not necessarily mean bad", these were the wise words of Mishari. What he meant by that was in order to be a good photographer you need to make simple things look astonishing (click here for the 2nd part of the interview with Mishari Al-Reshaid). Another important element of photography that makes a picture perfect is the location of where the photography will take place. Most people don't believe that his shots were taken in Kuwait. He told me that you got to keep it a secret because you don't want other photographers knowing your place. Well, that makes perfect sense to me!
My interview with Mishari really gave me a deeper insight about the world of automotive photography. It's not as easy as it seems. Photographers like him need to be given all the credit they deserve simply because the photographs they come up with incredibly astonishing.