Eight standard angles, one consistent edit: this is how I photographed a BMW M440i on a Berlin street so the set reads like a clean, professional vehicle series.
Why a shot sheet
Anyone scrolling through photos of a car wants the same answers every time: how it looks from the front, the side and the back, and what the wheels and details look like. A fixed shot sheet answers those questions in a predictable order, so the viewer never has to hunt. I treated one BMW parked on a Berlin street as a personal practice project: shoot every angle on the list, keep the exposure steady and edit every frame the same way. The result reads as one series instead of eight separate photos.
The eight angles
- Front three-quarter: overall shape, stance and proportions.
- Front: grille, lights and symmetry.
- Front, low angle: presence, front lip and the street behind.
- Headlight and wheel: light unit, wheel arch and panel condition.
- Wheel: alloy design, brake and tyre.
- Badge: roundel and paint finish.
- Rear three-quarter: tail lights, diffuser and body lines.
- Rear: boot, lights and exhaust.
Editing in Lightroom
Every frame goes through the same steps in Lightroom Classic.
- Lens profile on, using the matching Adobe lens profile, to correct distortion and vignetting.
- Automatic chromatic aberration removal on, so reflections on dark paint stay free of colour fringes.
- No manual distortion changes and no perspective warping, so the car keeps its true proportions.
- Export in sRGB for the web and Instagram.
Before posting I hide the letters and digits on the number plate and keep only the Berlin “B” and the EU strip. A full plate can identify its owner under the GDPR, so only the city code stays visible.
From shot sheet to Instagram carousel
The post is ten slides on a white 4:5 canvas, so Instagram crops nothing: a cover with one large hero photo, the eight shots, and a closing slide with a link to my portfolio. Each slide carries the angle name and a one-line note on what the frame shows. The caption stays short and ends with a question to start a conversation.
More work
I’m a Berlin-based photographer. Recent work includes the Circular Tech Awards Gala Dinner 2026 at the JW Marriott Berlin. You can see more in the portfolio or on Instagram at @nanda.prophotographer.