Automotive Photography Using Flash
Go with award-winning UK-based automotive photographer Tim Wallace has he goes on location to teach you the secrets of how to photograph cars with the minimum amount of lighting while getting the maximum effect. You'll be amazed at what you can do with a little bit of light, a little bit of patience, and a little bit of Photoshop. The three combine for making some incredible images, and you can start making photographs just like this yourself right away. You're going to learn a lot, so prepare to fall in love with lighting cars in this engaging, entertaining and informative class.
Release Date: 2013-06-05
Lessons
Choosing a Location
<p>Join Tim on location as he introduces the concepts covered in this class and jumps right into walking through his process for choosing the location that matches his subject matter.</p>
Duration: 4 mins 58 seconds
Essential Gear
<p>This class is focused on using a minimal amount of gear, and Tim walks through what he'll be using for this shoot.</p>
Duration: 3 mins 59 seconds
Positioning the Camera
<p>The final photograph will be a composite of multiple exposures, so the most important step involves choosing the location for the camera and locking it down.</p>
Duration: 10 mins 29 seconds
Begin Lighting the Car
<p>Start with taking a base ambient exposure (without using the flash), then begin systematically lighting the car.</p>
Duration: 9 mins 18 seconds
Adding a Rim Light
<p>Adding a rim light along the far side of the car will help set it off from the background.</p>
Duration: 7 mins 52 seconds
Lighting the Interior
<p>Lighting the interior is optional, but is worth considering.</p>
Duration: 6 mins 48 seconds
Lighting the Environment
<p>Using a red gel on the flash from the vantage point of the brake light can be used to simulate light from the car, while using a blue gel on the flash to light the background can be useful for adding a touch of color to the scene.</p>
Duration: 5 mins 34 seconds
Image Review
<p>Back in the studio it is time to review all of the photos captured on location, start making your selects, and then begin working on your base image.</p>
Duration: 10 mins 53 seconds
Layering in Additional Exposures
<p>With your base layer started you can begin going back through your selects and building up toward your final image.</p>
Duration: 8 mins 59 seconds
Bringing in the Interior Lighting
<p>Using the same layer mask technique you can combine the exposure of the lit interior with the base image.</p>
Duration: 9 mins 31 seconds
Bringing in the Brake Light
<p>The next phase is to bring in the exposures made to simulate the brake lights on the car.</p>
Duration: 7 mins 17 seconds
Bringing in the Background
<p>Tim lit the background in two different ways (once with blue gel and once without), and now has to choose which look he prefers before layering it into the base image.</p>
Duration: 12 mins 39 seconds
Enhancing Detail
<p>The final phase of the project is to enhance detail in the image.</p>
Duration: 6 mins 36 seconds