Re: Photographing cars with a strobe?

2012-10-03 Thread Stan Halpin
On Oct 3, 2012, at 4:01 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Doh. The URL… http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16498665&size=lg > On Oct 3, 2012, at 4:01 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > >> Interesting. Would love to be able to afford a few of those. They appear to >> be bulb soft boxes as well. >> >>

Re: Photographing cars with a strobe?

2012-10-03 Thread Bob Sullivan
e shot. >>>>> >>>>> When I did a table-top shoot of my light meter for a blog article, I >>>>> used my hand as a flag to block direct light from the 24" softbox onto >>>>> the LCD display. That made an enormous difference to the meter's final >

Re: Photographing cars with a strobe?

2012-10-03 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
10/3/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Subject: Re: Photographing cars with a strobe? Doh. The URL… http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16498665&size=lg On Oct 3, 2012, at 4:01 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Interesting. Would love to be able to afford a few of those. They appear

Re: Photographing cars with a strobe?

2012-10-03 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 3/10/12, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: > >http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3708948&size=lg You are The Master!!! Love that shot. >http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11498399&size=lg I remember the Pacer as a kid. Looks like a dawg dragging its ass on the ground.

Re: Photographing cars with a strobe?

2012-10-03 Thread Bruce Walker
and polished areas to improve their contrast in the shot. >>>>> >>>>> When I did a table-top shoot of my light meter for a blog article, I >>>>> used my hand as a flag to block direct light from the 24" softbox onto >>>>> the LCD displ

Re: Photographing cars with a strobe?

2012-10-03 Thread Paul Stenquist
gt;>>> >>>> On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 1:21 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: >>>>> Ive never shot cars with flash professionally but I have seen pro setups >>>>> where the flash diffusers are larger than cars! (soft lighting across the >>>>&g

Re: Photographing cars with a strobe?

2012-10-03 Thread Paul Stenquist
t cars with flash professionally but I have seen pro setups >>>> where the flash diffusers are larger than cars! (soft lighting across the >>>> whole vehicle). >>>> >>>> - >>>> J.C.O'Connell >>>> hifis...@gate.net

Re: Photographing cars with a strobe?

2012-10-03 Thread Bruce Walker
>>> Ive never shot cars with flash professionally but I have seen pro setups >>> where the flash diffusers are larger than cars! (soft lighting across the >>> whole vehicle). >>> >>> - >>> J.C.O'Connell >>> hifis...@gate.net >>> --

Re: Photographing cars with a strobe?

2012-10-03 Thread Paul Stenquist
>> hifis...@gate.net >> - >> >> -Original Message- >> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist >> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 11:26 AM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: Photograp

Re: Photographing cars with a strobe?

2012-10-03 Thread Bruce Walker
ing across the > whole vehicle). > > - > J.C.O'Connell > hifis...@gate.net > - > > -Original Message- > From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 11:26 AM > To: Pent

RE: Photographing cars with a strobe?

2012-10-03 Thread J.C. O'Connell
-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 11:26 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Photographing cars with a strobe? I've been shooting cars with flash for more than thirty years, both night and day. It isn't a bad idea, but it can be tricky. I don&

Re: Photographing cars with a strobe?

2012-10-03 Thread Paul Stenquist
I've been shooting cars with flash for more than thirty years, both night and day. It isn't a bad idea, but it can be tricky. I don't think it will help you achieve nice compositions in a crowded showroom, but it can work well as fill in daylight or as illumination at night. I used flash for f

Photographing cars with a strobe?

2012-10-03 Thread Larry Colen
I have headed over to Canepa motors a few times to play with photographing cars. There is a lot of pretty machinery there. Unfortunately, there isn't much room and it's pretty much impossible to get a picture of a single car isolated from the other cars on the floor. I had the thought that it