Built in November
1969, this TVR Tuscan
V6 has just celebrated its
50th birthday. We wanted
to capture the beautiful
flowing shape of this classic
coupe. However, the car’s
usual suburban home – in a
garage in Wiltshire – didn’t
really work as a backdrop
for those gorgeous curves.
So the plan was to bring the
TVR into a huge studio and
light it with a dozen flashes.
But then we realized we
didn’t have a huge studio
or a dozen flashes. Instead
a challenge was set: get the
high-quality studio car look
without a studio.
At which point, enter
two of a photographer’s
most transformative
tools: Photoshop and flash
lighting. By lighting the car
with flash, we’re able to
overpower the natural light
so that it plays a minimal role
in the exposure, which gives
us the dark, moody look.
Ideally this would be done
with a huge bank of flashes,but that’s not an option
for most of us. So this is
where the Photoshop image
editing part comes in...
By using a tripod to
keep the camera still, we
have the freedom to take
multiple frames, then blend
them together afterwards
in Photoshop. As such, we
don’t necessarily need an
arsenal of lights to get the
studio look: we can simply
use one or two, then light
the car one section at a
time over a series of shots.No studio? No problem. James Paterson gets the high-end
car look with the help of Photoshop compositingCOMP MY RIDE
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