01
SOFTBOX LIGHTING
Cars are like giant mirrors, reflecting the surroundings as well as any nearby light
sources. At first we attached a softbox to the flash unit. The reflected rectangle of light
from the softbox emphasizes the contours, but the car’s paintwork turned out quite dull.
02
HARD LIGHT
We then switched to a smaller
reflector modifier, which makes the light
much harder and brings out the vivid
color of the car. It made small specular
reflections in the body that can look
messy, but are easily retouched later on.
We ended up using mostly hard light shots.CHOOSING A MODIFIER