I pass this lane a lot, and I’ve always thought it was someone’s drive! But after a quick scout, it just seemed to be a very quiet road, not really leading to anywhere about from a couple of farms. Ideal for some rig shots on a nice evening. This time I tried a slightly different [...]
The other evening I headed out for another test of the new rig. This time I was able to use the full length, I couldn’t last time as I couldn’t physically fit everything in my Lotus! So first up was a quick test shot on my Dad’s Audi. Everything seemed fine, and the rig [...]
My first automotive shoot in a LONG time, too long in fact. This has at least given me the motivation to get out there again, so I hope to do a lot more in the near future. This shoot was a bit rushed, finding a location was, as always, the challenging and time consuming [...]
As ever, I’m trying to get the camera out as much as possible. I happened to glance out my bedroom window into the field next door, and quite liked the moody sky. So it gave me a chance to play with the Lee Big Stopper filter again. It was quite windy prior to taking the [...]
It’s been a very long since I last used my car rig. So long I had to dust the thing off before I put in the car for the shoot! Nevertheless, two friends both said they were up for trying some rig shots. The location was always going to be a difficult issue, but a [...]
I thought I’d post up some out-takes and image build ups from the recent M3 and Clio 172 shoot. As I was using the light painting technique this requires a lot more work in photoshop when you get home! Below shows the basic image build up I used for each shot. Top left: [...]
As promised…some out-takes from yesterdays shoot: This photo is pretty much straight out of the camera. I asked for the car to be pushed back a bit, ready for another run of shots. I took a photo whilst they were doing it to see what it would look like:
I’ve had quite a few questions relating to the rig I use for my automotive shots. Now I’ve got my blog up and running I’d thought I’d share a few photos of it It’s my own version of the automotiverigs.com set-up, and actually uses the pinch rail kit from them. The automotiverigs.com pinch rail kit [...]
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