We had talked for a while about shooting it and now that it was finished a date booked and the shoot was on. I had been gathering some bits for a make shift car rig for a while and by the end of September we had all we needed and were ready to give it a try. The plan was to shoot for two days, first off trying static shots with various light setups and the second day to give the rig ago and try some tracking shots.
Here are the results I hope you like cheers Dave
This is the first location we tried. tucked underneath a bridge in Coventry.
Two 600 w/s profoto heads either end of the car with wide angle reflectors.
Triggered with Profoto Air
Shot on my Hasselblad H4D
Behind the scenes from above.
Same light setup as above for these shots however on the last one, soft boxes were used rather than bare reflectors. Purple hue added in post.
Day 2 and couldn't resist a shot under this tree before we tried the rig shots
And here is the result of lots and lots of trial and error! We tried first with our rig made out of an aerial pole, whilst this was plenty strong enough it was no where near rigid enough. During the long exposures there was way too much blur on the car caused by movement of the camera.
This is our first rig, single aerial pole, various clamps and suction cups. It did work but was very tricky to get a clear shot.
And this is the final rig we made which we was what was used in the shot above. Just as we were about to give up Dan suggested we use the tripod. It works perfectly albeit there is a lot to clone out after!!
