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Offline the_stink

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Light Painting a MK1 Caddy :)
« on: 06 July 2009, 22:42 »
Went out with my mate Scott tonight and we did some rig shots and I finally had a go at light painting, we didn't have a tripod between us i bloody left mine at home so Scott held the flash and went round the car while i sat on teh floor trying to hold the same position! was good fun and there needs to be more light on the roof and bonnet but not bad for a first go i thought!! also got some rig shots of it as well so watch this space :)

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Offline exiledjack

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Re: Light Painting a MK1 Caddy :)
« Reply #1 on: 07 July 2009, 08:58 »
wicked shots mate

that caddy looks sweet !
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Re: Light Painting a MK1 Caddy :)
« Reply #2 on: 07 July 2009, 09:00 »
cheers dude, yeah pretty nippy for a 1.6D but then it weighs nothing hahah and its got such a wide stance on it!! when we were driving it was turning heads sweet car
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Offline Guy

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Re: Light Painting a MK1 Caddy :)
« Reply #3 on: 07 July 2009, 09:19 »
tell me more about this light painting of which you speak?
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Offline the_stink

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Re: Light Painting a MK1 Caddy :)
« Reply #4 on: 07 July 2009, 09:34 »
well it does exactly what its says on the tin ;)

its a way in which you can make the car really pop out against the background more so than if you were to take a normal shot with the flash bouncing of the celling.

still need to paly around with the right settings but. . .

what you do is take 5/6 pictures, and in each one fire the flash gun at the car  so that it lights up that area, so front, bonnet , front wing, rear quarter etc etc depending on what is facing the camera

the in ps just layer them all and it gives the impression of the car being lit like you see in these fancy mags! ;)
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Offline Horney

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Re: Light Painting a MK1 Caddy :)
« Reply #5 on: 07 July 2009, 09:36 »
Nice work Stinko! I've ahd a play at this but not with cars. It's harder than it looks due to needing to get all the shots without being able to visualise the whole shot first. I'm hoping to pick up a couple more flash guns and triggers over the summer so I can do this with 3 lights in one set up which makes it a bit easier.

Nick
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Re: Light Painting a MK1 Caddy :)
« Reply #6 on: 07 July 2009, 09:51 »
yeah always easier with more lights but yeah was weird in photoshop trying to get the layers right hahah really weird but lookign forward to doing some more
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Offline omex_uk

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Re: Light Painting a MK1 Caddy :)
« Reply #7 on: 07 July 2009, 11:19 »
whats light painting ?

pretty much looks like how i always take pics of cars
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Offline AlanD

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Re: Light Painting a MK1 Caddy :)
« Reply #8 on: 07 July 2009, 11:38 »
^ lol :rolleyes:

Great shots as always matey.
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Re: Light Painting a MK1 Caddy :)
« Reply #9 on: 07 July 2009, 11:52 »
Great shot
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