The automotive strobist setup pic thread

one from 2night

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First time strobing a car. the set up was simple 1. YN 565ex left of camera

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/iso-dope/7497998022/

like show your setup.... look at the title of the thread

like I love that CRX & miss mine which was rear ended by a Civic & totaled, while the Civic had no damage..

tried shooting with strobes again. We had 4 580's there with power down to 1/4-1/2 to fill in certain areas. But for some reason just could not get the roof area lit up as good as the sides without blowing out the fenders or side. Had 2 on 8ft light stands, and 2 on 12ft stands all pointing down/across the car and ground. But we didnt use all 4 for every shot, i think 3 were used for the rear and side shot, sorry forgot the get the setup pic. Any ideas how to better light the hood and roof sections? C+C welcome because I need all the help I can get with this.

Anyone here ever thought of getting a custom license plate with your logo on it to put on the vehicles you shoot?

http://www.giftsforyou​now.com …d-license-plates_287.aspx

Awesome thread! learned a lot from it. I rarely use my flashes but I'm going to try it later on tonight. I got two flashes, triggers and two tripods, might as well use them

I can't even tell the car was "strobed."

Eman. wrote in post #14921610
First time strobing a car. the set up was simple 1. YN 565ex left of camera
Any feed back is appreciated

apixelintime wrote in post #14938156
Anyone here ever thought of getting a custom license plate with your logo on it to put on the vehicles you shoot?

http://www.giftsforyou​now.com …d-license-plates_287.aspx

I've considered it, just haven't done it yet. Going to put magnets on the back so no tools required

Composite of a few shots. Strobe in a large stripbox directly above and from both sides of the bike.

steelbluesleepr wrote in post #14940081
I've considered it, just haven't done it yet. Going to put magnets on the back so no tools required

Im guessing to put on top of a current plate? Wouldn't it create a shadow when the flash is fired because the magnet will space the temp plate out.

Dom87SS wrote in post #14942427
Im guessing to put on top of a current plate? Wouldn't it create a shadow when the flash is fired because the magnet will space the temp plate out.

Depending on how thick the magnets are. You may be able to get really thin supermagnets.

I was thinking of foam 2 sided tape.

I've noticed that in order to really step up images to another level, a good way to go would be a light source shot through a diffuser to really give off even and soft light. I know won't work in every situation but in the cases that it does, sure helps alot. Just looking at the above bike shot!

So, totally still learning. Washed my car so I figured I would go test stuff out.to the right pointed across the nose was an ab1600 and to the left pointed down the side of the car was my ab800. Probably shoulda swapped em but it worked ok. I really was wishing for a 3rd flash so the ab800 would light the back half, and have another light on the front fender to get that line to stand out better. Coulda woulda whatever still beginer at this lighting cars thing so I have lots of excuses. lol

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shot this last night, 2 580's. i have more just not edited yet