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29
Dec
2011
Ferrari F430 – wallpaper
Nothing gets my heart beating like the sound of a Ferrari engine at full tilt. This Ferrari F430 is a “prop” for a shoot I did with hip hop artist Mo Sabri in Johnson City, TN. More to come on that later. The image is practically one exposure, lite using a single Alien Bee 1600 softboxed, then touched up in Photoshop. Enjoy!
30
Aug
2011
Simple product photography setup – D2 Racing
1 floor
1 camera (and a lens helps)
2 alienbees
2 softboxes
2 pieces of white board
= results you see below
Growing up in my high school and college days, I was HUGE (massive) into cars. So much that I started a car club when I was 15. The legal age for a driver’s license in SC used to be 15 (insurance companies get confused about that). During that time I made a very good friend who is the North American distributor of D2 Racing, which is primarily a performance suspension parts manufacture.
My buddy wanted me to take a few pictures of his new inventory. Being the good friend I am, I gladly obliged… However I’ve never really tried my hand at product photography. I’m NOWHERE near as patient and talented as my friend Jeff Creech, but thankfully the pictures were requested to be a simple white background.
So, I took a quick trip to Micheal’s crafts store, picked up two pieces of big white cardboard (I asked the young cat-crazy cashier if she could put them in a bag… she didn’t think that was funny). Set them up in an “L” shape, flanked the 2 alienbee large softboxes, and was amazed at how easy it was to snap away beautiful solid shots. Now I’m not going to write a book about product photography, I’m just letting you know how simple it was to get the following shots:
As you may imagine, a little bit of photoshop was involved to nuke some of the trailing shadows out. Other than that, the images are practically untouched. Not bad for half a days work!
8
Aug
2011
Hamann BMW X6
Introducing one of the most confused cars on the planet. Car?… or is it a truck? No, an SUV for sure… but it can hardly go off-road (especially with those sweet ADV.1 wheels). Whatever the DMV calls it, I wouldn’t mind wheelin’ this one around on the weekend. This is a BMW X6 tuned by the fine performance shop GMP in Charlotte, NC. The same fellas that got a hold of the Bentley in the previous blog post. Again a real treat to shoot one of the cars from their stable.
I never like to shoot alone, so I brought my talented friend/neighbor Ian Curcio who helped GREATLY. For this assignment I braved the direct sunlight, and to overpower the sun I had to have a sophisticated VAL (Voice Activated Lightstand) to circle around the car and combine exposures in Photohsop for the final results you see below.
Mad props Ian, you were a BIG help!!
26
Jun
2011
Bentley Continental GT
Introducing one of the most decked out cars I have ever shot. A super wicked Bentley Continental GT customized by GMP Performance out of Charlotte, NC. GMP deals primarily with high end European cars, and this Bentley is definitely not an exception. Adding to that exception is a super rare Hamann Imperator body kit, mean ADV.1 05 wheels, and (get this) Lamborghini Reventón paint.
ADV.1 already has a very impressive lineup of outstanding photography, so I had to be on top of my game for this photoshoot. This was my first time trying the technique of light painting. Basically leaving the camera open for 10-30 seconds while I “paint” the car with light. Learned a lot, looking forward to my next car shoot. Feels like the good ‘ol days when I first picked up a camera.
