Tommys Gucci M3

First of all, big thank you to Kevoto for assisting. Without him, I would have cracked up half way thru this shoot which I found to be rather tough. Big thanks to Climberhunt for sorting out the security people.

This is the first time where I had to shoot the car as the primary subject. When shooting in the dark, you need lots of diffuse light or the lighting won't be great. Bare flash just won't do it, you'll get patchy light.The trick is lots and lots of diffuse light. I find myself frequently underpowered, and that's working with 6 flashes, Shooting various accessories on the car is also a challenge because the shape of the accessories change constantly and the surface varies too. Good challenge. Learnt a tremendous amount in just 3 hours.

Light setup above is one brolly to left, one soft box to right, one flash shooting onto ceiling, one flash to rear of car for separation.

Setup above: One brolly to left, one to right, one to rear for separation, one bare flash just behind wheel.

2 brolly right and left of car, one flash aimed onto ceiling.

It's been nicknamed the Gucci M3 for a good reason.

One brolly to right, one bare flash behind wheel.

The above is one brolly to camera right, one bare flash on ground.

The above is one strip light directly above carbon grill.

Same setup as before except the flash bounced onto the ceiling was gelled CTO.