When one thinks of photography, we often imagine what is taken on a physical camera. But what about what can be taken virtually? Surprisingly enough, the game "Gran Turismo" offers a highly intuitive camera system in their virtual photo booth called "scapes." It allows players to adjust things like focus modes, aperture, shutter speed, and exposure compensation, just like a normal DSLR. It even displays your lens zoom in mm too. The game offers thousands of different locations where players can take snapshots of their in game vehicles. They also have the ability to adjust things such as steering angle, headlight/brake light positions, and the speed of the vehicles as well. With the seemingly endless possibilities, players have created scarily realistic images, all within a virtual landscape.
This first image is taken in one of the Tokyo scapes using a Toyota MK4 Supra. The car is placed at an angle to look like it's moving through the tight city streets slowly, making its way through. The concept of using scapes is almost like posing models for portraits. There isn't any actual motion blur or effect of movement in this image, but regardless it look undeniably real.
In this image, the photographer uses the vehicle motion settings to make both vehicles appear to be moving. The blur of the background while maintaining focus on both of the cars really convinces the viewer that they're looking at two moving vehicles, almost like an action shot straight out of a movie.
I also decided to experiment myself and see what images I could create using this program. Here are my results:
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