JubbaKing
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NJ, the lighting used on the car portraits was as follows: 1 550 flash on a stand firing through a 12x16 softbox, triggered by a pocket wizard. I raised a black gobo to shade his face from the sun that was spilling onto him and making him squint a little bit as well.
Now, let's say I metered the sunlight at an exposure of 1/200, ISO 100, f8. If I meter the softbox at 1/200, ISO 100, f8 as well, then the exposure will be have a beautiful density and balance. I did this so that the background which was in harsh Las Vegas sun (ya know, the usual ) would have blown out and lost all detail had I not added the key/main light (softbox). Hope that makes sense.
Now, let's say I metered the sunlight at an exposure of 1/200, ISO 100, f8. If I meter the softbox at 1/200, ISO 100, f8 as well, then the exposure will be have a beautiful density and balance. I did this so that the background which was in harsh Las Vegas sun (ya know, the usual ) would have blown out and lost all detail had I not added the key/main light (softbox). Hope that makes sense.