How to lighti cars indoor & outdoor?
- Thread starter Angelis
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Bern Caughey
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In studio cars are typically shot on specialized stages with giant light banks.
http://www.core77.com/blog/photography/car_studio_photography_set-ups_21672.asp
Alternatively there's a company, who name escapes me right now, that builds inflatable half-dome studios out of white plastic. Holes can be cut in the plastic it needed, & lights are typically placed outside so they won't be reflected by the body work.
Outdoors cars are usually shot during the Golder Hours of the morning, & evening, when the sky becomes a giant soft box. In Sunny Old England you might luck out with an overcast day, & have more time shoot.
While these are typical setups, I also worked a Mercedes gig where we shot all day long, & embraced hard light.
http://www.core77.com/blog/photography/car_studio_photography_set-ups_21672.asp
Alternatively there's a company, who name escapes me right now, that builds inflatable half-dome studios out of white plastic. Holes can be cut in the plastic it needed, & lights are typically placed outside so they won't be reflected by the body work.
Outdoors cars are usually shot during the Golder Hours of the morning, & evening, when the sky becomes a giant soft box. In Sunny Old England you might luck out with an overcast day, & have more time shoot.
While these are typical setups, I also worked a Mercedes gig where we shot all day long, & embraced hard light.
Paul Hudson
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...Or hope for an overcast day. Clouds make a wonderful silk to shoot shiny objects under.