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 Post subject: another little test and shoot
PostPosted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 11:02 am 
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i picked up some more gear....this is the first results from it all. C&C welcome on the shots.



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 Post subject: Re: another little test and shoot
PostPosted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 11:09 am 
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how did you do the lighting in the last pic?



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 Post subject: Re: another little test and shoot
PostPosted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 11:30 am 
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thing that stands out the most to me is the lighting...it's rather bad. i don't mean to be an ***, but it is, but that could very well be due to the equipment. I would suggest rigging up some ghetto form of an umbrella or some sort of diffuser if you don't want to/have the money for umbrellas.... the lighting is far too harsh. i don't have a lot of experience with lighting, but what i'd do...scour the web for car picks you really like done by pros. then try to mimic what they do. obviously you won't be able to mimic completely because they have far more/better lighting equipment, but still, it's a good way to learn.

i'd also suggest softening the shadows, a lot of them are really harsh, a lot to do with the harsh lighting, but... get some reflectors to fill in those shadows a bit to soften them up. just get a big board or something large and square, and some cheap tin foil and bam you have a reflector :) just mess around, i'm sure you'll have fun trying to get different effects with'em.

i'd also try to mess with whitebalance in photoshop as well, try to make the lighting a little more natural look, not like you have the popup flash on'em. it won't take too much adjustment, at least i wouldn't think. but it's WAY easier to adjust it in RAW than it is on the camera lol.

other than that, better cars/location :P



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 Post subject: Re: another little test and shoot
PostPosted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 11:46 am 
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Center the car against the backdrop, straighten the wheels and get rid of the car's shadows.


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Get rid of the NOS bottle behind the car



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 Post subject: Re: another little test and shoot
PostPosted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 11:53 am 
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 Post subject: Re: another little test and shoot
PostPosted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 8:48 pm 
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these cars were friends, so their cars are their problems, haha.

and from most of what I've read having big umbrellas to shoot through and or bounce makes it that much harder to hide the light on the car. I am currently trying to get my money up to buy better lightstands and ball heads for them so i can tilt them myself and not leave a buddy holding a monopod with the flash on em to get the aim right.

I do have another guy wanting to get shots done friday night so I am going to be trying a few different things with his car to see what I can come up with



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