That kid with the annoying car thread is at it again. CC.

[PatrickJamesYu]

Okay so here is a last minute shoot I did for a friend.
I brought one of my monolights this time
I borrowed a power inverter from work, and plugged it into my car and blew 2 fuses. Than I rigged the power inverter directly to the battery and my monolight is much too powerful for the inverter to handle.

So I used my two $5 flashes, no defusers.
Nikon D90
old mf Nikkor 50mm 1.8
Tiffen Polorizer

I seemed to have the same problem as my last thread where I didn't light the top of the car enough.
I was hoping my monolight would fix this problem, but my first attempt at taking it mobile failed.
I know the lighting is harsh and is far from soft.
I am okay with that as these people in this kind of car scene really like them.
The whole over exaggerated photoshoot look.

I'm open to constructive criticism and I am open to haters.
My last thread became too much 'car talk' so let's try to keep it on the min, you can always just PM me.

 

[c.cloudwalker]

Much better. It looks to me as if you put more thought into it. Color of the building goes well with the car.

Now, one way to have less severe shadows is to move the subject away from the background. Having it right against the background will give you the results you have here. You could also have positioned the two flashes so as to have the shadows fall behind the car below the roof line and they would be less annoying.

 

[PatrickJamesYu]

Much better. It looks to me as if you put more thought into it. Color of the building goes well with the car.

Now, one way to have less severe shadows is to move the subject away from the background. Having it right against the background will give you the results you have here. You could also have positioned the two flashes so as to have the shadows fall behind the car below the roof line and they would be less annoying.

So about your comment with the shadow and roofline
So possibly have the flashes higher up, in hopes to have the shadow fall lower?

 

[c.cloudwalker]

Correct. Which would also give some light to the roof and the hood. And also, you could move them closer to the camera.

 

[c.cloudwalker]

And you could also lower the camera some.

 

[Village Idiot]

Still looks like crap. Did you read any bit of that post that I put up. You lighting it is making it look worse than you could probably achieve with a tripod at this point.

I explained in my post why the top of your car isn't lit. 1000w/s of light still won't light the top of your car if you're setting lights up the exact same way.

These were done with one light, a strip box, and a little photo shop.

 

[SensePhoto]

Just HDR it up and call it a day


Picture (19 of 21).jpg by Anton Bachuk, on Flickr

 

[KmH]

The vertical faming is absurd.

All it does is add image elements that steal attention from the car, and diminish the visual weight the car has in the frame by reducing ithe car's scale in the frame.

 

[PatrickJamesYu]

Still looks like crap. Did you read any bit of that post that I put up. You lighting it is making it look worse than you could probably achieve with a tripod at this point.

I explained in my post why the top of your car isn't lit. 1000w/s of light still won't light the top of your car if you're setting lights up the exact same way.

These were done with one light, a strip box, and a little photo shop.

Okay okay, higher up, higher up.

Can i ask what kind of stand you're using?
My current stands wont bring em' up that high, let alone hold my monolight steady.


Thank's I'll try to take all of your guys' 2 cents and come back with some more change.

 

[Village Idiot]

Still looks like crap. Did you read any bit of that post that I put up. You lighting it is making it look worse than you could probably achieve with a tripod at this point.

I explained in my post why the top of your car isn't lit. 1000w/s of light still won't light the top of your car if you're setting lights up the exact same way.

These were done with one light, a strip box, and a little photo shop.

Okay okay, higher up, higher up.

Can i ask what kind of stand you're using?
My current stands wont bring em' up that high, let alone hold my monolight steady.


Thank's I'll try to take all of your guys' 2 cents and come back with some more change.

No. Not higher up. It's all about lighting a mirror. You point the strobe directly at the car and it's not going to do much. Go back and read my post. I'm not typing the same thing out a second time.

 

[PatrickJamesYu]

No. Not higher up. It's all about lighting a mirror. You point the strobe directly at the car and it's not going to do much. Go back and read my post. I'm not typing the same thing out a second time.

I did re read it, but what you just said right now made it a bit more clear.
But I still don't get one thing
You say it's about lighting a mirror, which is what it reflects.
You made clear the top of the car is reflecting the sky, but my sky is black in these conditions.
I feel like you're saying to light up around the car, but I don't think that could be right, especially after seeing your example shots.
You don't have to reply, if you don't want to

Thanks!





Bump, more input anyone?

 

[Village Idiot]

No. Not higher up. It's all about lighting a mirror. You point the strobe directly at the car and it's not going to do much. Go back and read my post. I'm not typing the same thing out a second time.

I did re read it, but what you just said right now made it a bit more clear.
But I still don't get one thing
You say it's about lighting a mirror, which is what it reflects.
You made clear the top of the car is reflecting the sky, but my sky is black in these conditions.
I feel like you're saying to light up around the car, but I don't think that could be right, especially after seeing your example shots.
You don't have to reply, if you don't want to

Thanks!





Bump, more input anyone?

Both shots were lit with a strobe with one of these on it:

Strip

You can use large strip boxes or light panels. I professional studio setups, people either reflet the lights off of large white boards positioned precisely to show the reflection at whatever angle you want it or they use large sheets of material and shoot through that to make effective a huge softbox.

Start out cheap. Buy a piece of poster board or a panel of the white board from a hardware store and try that. Shooting on a tripod is a good idea that way you can take different exposures by moving the board around to get the reflections you want then blend them together.

 

[PatrickJamesYu]

bump, any more input guys?


Thanks!