Car Models (without bikinis!)

GeoffSFAs10 wrote in post #7201926
first time messing with a model. 550EX on camera, white foam board back and bottom..think it turned out decent. shoulda used something other then my macro lens to get a better BOAH but it happens

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wow your shots remind me of my gallardo kit (customized, of course):
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OK, here's my first real go at it:

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Those look pretty good!

ImagineTNT Great Job
Looks like fun.
Must try it.

PhotosGuy wrote in post #8598291
Those look pretty good!

Thanks!! Read some of these posts and that other link you sent me. And funny enough, the next homework assignment I did for Strobist was for the specular highlights

Aha ! I've just spotted this thread. I was wondering if one like this was on here, as I am an avid diecast collector.
Here's the mini-light studio I use:-
http://www.netgadgets.​co.uk …-Studio--HQ-studio10.html

However, I don't use the lights or camera stand which come with it, as they are rubbish. I use my Camlink tripod, and white L.E.D rechargeable inspection lamp combined with my Speedlite. I usually bounce it off a piece of white card.

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Wow some nice shots in this thread!

Here are some of mine that I took a long time ago with my Point and Shoot;

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great shots guys

ST-PHILIP wrote in post #8599645
However, I don't use the lights or camera stand which come with it, as they are rubbish. I use my Camlink tripod, and white L.E.D rechargeable inspection lamp combined with my Speedlite. I usually bounce it off a piece of white card.


I usually set the camera to Aperture Priority (AV), and choose a large aperture value (usually 20+). When the shutter is open, I wave the light along the model, stopping at some points if I want to intensify the light on a particular spot. Almost forgot, I set the camera to remote shutter release. Here are some of my more recent pics.
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is that what you did here? thats a really cool shot

OK, so I redid my car shot and wanted to show the difference in setups and shots. And yah, I have some color cast/white balancing issues that I was trying to figure out but couldn't get it just trying to white balance off the "white" foam core.

1. Original shot using setup described above a few posts with a soft box and foam core:

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Nice shots, guys.

St-Philip, that first Lambo shot is killer! The rest are good too but the first one stands alone.

Jon.

great shots! what do you guys recommend as far as equipment and backgrounds for diecast models. Would placing them on the road make it more realistic?

Thanks for the comments, guys. Geoff and Jon, for the Lambo silhouette shot, I set the camera on manual, and cranked the exposure down a couple of stops.
I used a shutter-speed of 1 or 2 sec, if I remeber correctly, and set a couple of pieces of card side by side, on top of the mini-studio, so only a slim crack was between them.
I shone the light through the crack, after moving the cards around until the light hit the car the way I wanted. I had to take a few before I got one that pleased me. I forgot to say (although I'm sure you guys already guessed) I mounted my camera on a tripod.

I don't want ot monopolise this thread, but saying as how it's static, here are a few pics of my 1/18 Kyosho Newman/Haas Ferrari 365 'Daytona'.

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