My Ferrari F430 Spyder photo set

[wilch]

Just thought I'd share this set on the forum.

A while ago I emailed an old acquaintance that had allowed me and my old business partner to photograph his Ferrari F430 Spyder back in 2008.

Fast forward to 2010 and I have a new set of photographs of this car (the rear 3/4 photo is from the 2008 shoot, but has been edited a great deal).

The owner was/is ecstatic about them. The first shot is his favourite, he has the version of it where he is in the drivers seat. I edited him out of the version below in post, recreated the seat by hand.

http://www.notonmonday.com/wp-content/gallery/ferrari-f430/f430_room_noA_1000n.jpg

http://www.notonmonday.com/wp-content/gallery/ferrari-f430/f430_side_1000n.jpg

http://www.notonmonday.com/wp-content/gallery/ferrari-f430/f430_water_1000n.jpg

http://www.notonmonday.com/wp-content/gallery/ferrari-f430/f430_wheel_detail1_1000n.jpg

http://www.notonmonday.com/wp-content/gallery/ferrari-f430/F430_2010_2_1000n.jpg

http://www.notonmonday.com/wp-content/gallery/ferrari-f430/F430_steering_wheel_1000n.jpg

http://www.notonmonday.com/wp-content/gallery/ferrari-f430/F430_steering_wheel2_1000n.jpg

[Frenchie]

I hate you wilch !! another awesome photographer - beautiful shots *thumbs up*

[MasterKevin]

yummmy ! thats so nice

[defaultx]

Very sexy!

[nath_mk6]

the over the top editing suits the car, hell of a car, hell of a photographer I'd say

[en.elle]

nice shots!

[R32Perth]

nice shots, nice car

[Cam]

WOW!!!
What an awesome car.

Beautiful editing mate, that must have taken a lot of time and patience.

[saad]

Wow very very nice. Can you tell us a bit about the editing process to make the car look so smooth etc.

And was it shot in a studio?

Saad

[derek]

great shots mate

[schoona]

That is epic! Love the post shoot work. Hot car too.

[wilch]

Thanks for the nice comments everyone :).

I took the photos in a closed carpark with a smooth ceiling. I used 3 off camera flashes for every photo, multiple exposures for each, merged in post.

Basically the theory behind lighting a car is to light what you want reflected in the paint. All reflections that I weren't happy with were removed in post manually, or cleaned up. In some instances I created the reflections myself, or even recreated areas where something had reflected and I'd lost info (e.g. dashboard, seats behind the windscreen).

I love doing this stuff. :)

[nath_mk6]

wow you'll have to do a DIY one day to show how all thats done >D

[burgs]

Stunning photos mate :)

[JohnA]

beautiful shots of s beautiful car

good job

[wilch]

Thanks guys :)


wow you'll have to do a DIY one day to show how all thats done >D

That'd be fun to do. :)

I could do a little youtube vid. I wonder what software people use. *goes searching*