This is cooldaddy's MINI that I shot at AMVIV. I'm really pleased with the way these photos came out. I hope you'll enjoy them too.

Dave

 

Nice. Very nice. As usual.

 

What can I say Dave, top notch!

Did you use a bedsheet covering the inside of the windshield on the first pic? What lighting have you used?

 

Beautiful pix of a beautiful MINI, Dave! The Jet Black paint looks so velvety!

 

Great job DiD. I love the lighting on these! Great job!

 

What blows me away the most about DiD's photography, and especially this set is knowing that this wasn't shot under fully controlled studio conditions. This could have been inside of a warehouse full of lighting equipment and backgrounds. The quality of the reflections, the shading, all look larger than life of course.

Great job!

Richard

 

Nope. It's a bounced flash inside the parking structure. I used my Nikon D200 and a few speedlights on stands.

Thanks Richard. With the exception of the last photo, all the images were taken at the Palace Station on the 5th floor of their parking structure.

 

Nope as in you didn't cover the inside of the windshield or nope as in you did but not with bedsheets? You're one little hush hush'er arn't you?

 

Nope as in I didn't cover the inside of the windshield. It's a byproduct of the flash head position and the flash bounce. I used at least two and sometimes three speedlights for those photos (I have an SB-800 and two SB-600's).

The sheet isn't a bad idea though.

 

Amazing... absolutley AMAZING!

 

Awesome. Well, forgive me for being a little partial to the mini's color scheme.

But your photos always have spectacular well-thought-out lighting, and it shows. From your last few sets you have me wanting to buy a flash SO bad, if only I could afford one. :( Let alone 3!

 

Man, I really love the first too. In some respects, the car almost looks flat black, but in a good way. You got all the angles perfect so the car still looks shiny, but at the same time doesn't somehow.

 

That's what I guess I meant by velvety! Very beautiful photography!

 

the matte finish is a dream!

And do I see a LiveSTRONG billboard int he background on the last one?
Good stuff...(yes I still wear my bracelet, thank you)

 

That would be Cirque de LiveSTRONG, I believe in the background.

 

mmmmm...velvity! Looking sharp. They almost look like 3D Renders!

 

05, that's the best way I've heard it yet described... ha
when that graphic first came out (or when he first came across it) my friend, an ad guy, sent it over to me, with a Rip-Off Warning tagline... I remember having this random mental image of these lithe, nude dancer/gymnast/acrobats with nothing on but their Livestrong bracelets...

 

OOoOOoo very nice

 

First, thank you.

Looking back on my gear buying path, I wish I would have started focusing more on lighting and the use of flash sooner. Lenses are great, don't ge me wrong, but working on lighting gives you options that you just don't get with available light.

Velvety is a great word for it.

I've been thinking of it as a buttery texture (too much wine education gone to my head ).

 

Great job, Dave! It's another Okie MINI!

 

Hey, I like the challenge of available light!
Okay Dave, you know I'm playing around.

When it comes to lighting a subject, I gotta tip my hat your way. You're getting really good at working with that family of angles, especially with that straight head-on shot. The two light sources merge pleasantly. I like how the feathering emphasizes the bonnet's contours.

Fj0, that first pic is a good example of the family of angles concept. Look closely and you can see the feathering on the windshield/screen. Right there in the middle of the glass. Yup, see how it shades towards the middle? That's a consequence of the lengthier distance between the light sources. But then take a look at the photograph I'm pointing out to Dave. I would gamble that the light sources were spaced closer together over the MINI because the shadows are away from the vehicle, in addition to minimal feathering on the glass.


Of course, I could be just full of hot air.

 

 

Wow! Friggin sweet! I want my wheels now... and a better camera... some photography skill would be nice, too...

 

stop drooling all over my car will ya?

 

Thanks Angie.

nice.

Coming from you, that means a lot to me. Thank you.

It's still one clean MINI.