The automotive strobist setup pic thread

Wutzman wrote in post #15117252
here 2 Pic´s from my New 2 Meter(6 Feet) Light Scraper Version .the tubes are arranged to overlap. for a continuous light.
Pic 1+2 with "Light Scraper" long Version. (walk around the car) and a Strobe Inside the Car

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Pic 3+4+5 with 1 Meter (3 Feet) Version

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Awesome!!

Wow, that Light Scraper thing you built is awesome... I just wish I understood how to build one, lol. Great shots too, by the way.

You are the man bud. Thanks for the tutorial and images.

Heres my first attempt.

1st shot not strobed

Wutzman - thank you for this... Now to source the parts and source the imagination!

I don't have a setup pic for this shot. I have one bowens gemini 500r in 43" wescott apollo orb camera left about 4.5 feet high and one bowens gemini 500r in 60x8 softbox camera right about headlight level slight off to the camera side of the bike. Here is the resulting shot

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Wutzman wrote in post #15125790
Pictures say More than 1000 words.

Light Scraper

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you need
1. CCFL Tubes + Inverter 12 Volt (you find this by Computer stuff or Backlights from TFT´s
2. Power Switch
3. Akkupack
4 .imagination

I hope this is enough for you.

Wow holy **** awesome!

^ agreed!!

another Car with the Light Scraper

all Pic´s with Light Scraper 1 Meter Version
Pic 1 (2x Strobe Regula Variant 740-2 MFD Inside the Car)

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Awesome job, love it!

Haven't had a real shoot yet, but Ive been playing around with strobes for a bit to get the hang of it just getting the lighting right.

And Im building myself a lightpainting wand now haha

Wutzman wrote in post #15167328
another Car with the Light Scraper

all Pic´s with Light Scraper 1 Meter Version
Pic 1 (2x Strobe Regula Variant 740-2 MFD Inside the Car)

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Pic 2 (2x Strobe Regula Variant 740-2 MFD Inside the Car)

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Pic 3 Only Light Scraper and Indoor Light

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Pic 4 all Lights on

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high-gloss paint is very difficult because of the reflections you see this by Pic 1+2

I don't find the reflections to bad, they almost add to the effect of showing how good the paint on that bus is as it looks dead flat and doesn't ripple.

Out of interest where are you when you sweep the car? between the camera and the car or in one place turning the light? Just interested as to how you don't cause softness, end up with a blur of you moving through shot or just plain get caught lit up by any spill?

Terry_Hill wrote in post #15170912
I don't find the reflections to bad, they almost add to the effect of showing how good the paint on that bus is as it looks dead flat and doesn't ripple.

Out of interest where are you when you sweep the car? between the camera and the car or in one place turning the light? Just interested as to how you don't cause softness, end up with a blur of you moving through shot or just plain get caught lit up by any spill?

the light scraper is built inside U-channel aluminum, so the light spills over a relatively narrow angle and blocks him from getting lit up.

@steelbluesleepr absolutely correct !!

I found the video in my Car´s Video Blackbox (sry for the bad quality)

Making of from this Pic

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a few pics from a shoot this weekend using 2 580's bare at full power. i always forget to get the shots of where they are but shouldnt be hard to figure out. its a 1967 corvette with a twin turbo 520" big block. let me know what you think.

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