A question of lighting a car, with a lake and clouds at sunset.

Thuringer · 19th of April 2012 (Thu)

So, you know as the magic hour appoches, you need a little longer on you timer ect.

If I were to say use a 1/30 of a timer with ISO 100, and used a normal exposure, for a flash on a car I.E. Using Alien Bees, would the background blow out? Or over saturate?

Think like, the last 20 mins of the day.

I'd be using AB800 at full power with soft boxes.

PhotosGuy · 19th of April 2012 (Thu)

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Think like, the last 20 mins of the day.

How do you define "the last 20 mins of the day.", and "a normal exposure, for a flash on a car"?
So my best advice is to get there before dark. Shoot every 5 minutes until after dark. See what works best.

Thuringer · 20th of April 2012 (Fri)

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Originally Posted by PhotosGuy

How do you define "the last 20 mins of the day.", and "a normal exposure, for a flash on a car"?
So my best advice is to get there before dark. Shoot every 5 minutes until after dark. See what works best.

Good advice, I'll just bracket every shot for a while. I am just stressing out about this shoot cuz I've only got one chance to get it right.

PhotosGuy · 20th of April 2012 (Fri)

OK. Remember, these were shot without any flash at all:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...im_TreeBKG.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...g?t=1305603354

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I've only got one chance to get it right.

Then maybe a practice shoot would be a good idea?

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Thuringer Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Idaho Posts: 356 IMAGE EDITING OK	A question of lighting a car, with a lake and clouds at sunset. So, you know as the magic hour appoches, you need a little longer on you timer ect. If I were to say use a 1/30 of a timer with ISO 100, and used a normal exposure, for a flash on a car I.E. Using Alien Bees, would the background blow out? Or over saturate? Think like, the last 20 mins of the day. I'd be using AB800 at full power with soft boxes.

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