Being a college student and working nights at a gas station, i get bored.

 

Is that natural lighting, or did you change its properties by adding/removing lights at the time of shoot/post production?

 

Nice picture interesting lighting.

 

I added umbrella lights and played with the lighting on the overhead canopy.

 

Holy crap your gas is expensive

 

That's a gorgeous photo. I love the contrast between light and dark, and between the colours and the Black/White of the MCS. Very nicely done.

We have Sunoco stations here in Canda, but our fuel grades are 87, 89, 91 and 94. ( I love me some Sunoco Ultra!)

 

Thanks, I'll post up some more different style shots I took. I just really liked this one, like you said, the light/dark, the Cooper black/white, love it

 

Great photo. Man if I had my lights at a gas station at night someone would call the coppers.

 

By umbrella lights you mean flashes with umbrella diffusers right? Black cars were sent by the devil for photographers to try to light, its so freaking hard. It is like trying to fire a flash to light the surface of a mirror, not going to happen. The only way to light a black car is to light what is around it so you see reflections. Lighting the gas station ceiling was a good call but isn't noticeable with the ambient light mixed in. You will have to crank your strobes way up and stop down a good bit to cut out the ambient light, as well as using the fastest shutter speed you can sync with (1/250th or possibly 1/500th).

You could also try firing the flashes bare and pretty strong onto the car, that will give you smaller hot spots to remove in post. Good luck!

 

Great photo.

 

haha. i feel sorry for you as a fellow college student having to pay that much for gas. i live in the sunny south right next to one of the pipelines from the refineries. so i paid a glorious $2.52/gal today for 93 octane high-test :P

 

At least the price only jumps .10 there. My gas prices jump .15 cents per octane level.

 

dang i thought it was cheap...comin from cali i have to travel to find those prices. im always looking at 3.30 for my gas.

 

Great photo. You gotta love what boredom can drive you to do.