Your Title: How to photograph and edit a car fot beginners.
- Dimakatso Precious Lebelo
- Oct 10, 2023
- 2 min read
how to photograph a car using two Godox speedlights
PROFESSIONAL CAR PHOTOGRAPHY
How to photograph your car and make it look professional
Is it your first automobile photoshoot? Here's how to do it.
Gear
Camera
twos-peed lights
light stand
two umbrellas
a transmitter/trigger
Tip #1 - Camera settings
start with your camera settings, and set your camera to manual or autofocus. Set your white balance according to weather conditions orate if you like. Set the aperture to F/11 or F/8 for a sharper image. Since we are not freezing any motion and your camera is on a tripod, this will depend on the available light; set your shutter speed as low from 1/100, and increase if you like it. before using a speedlight to fill in the light. you have to make sure your ambient light is set correctly.
Tip #2 - Setting up your camera and lights
Start by setting your tripod and placing it in a suitable spot where you will get the full view of the automobile. the tripod will help keep the shot in one position and avoid camera shake.
set speed lights on sync using a trigger. Start with low power and increase if you need to increase the light.
Use umbrellas to diffuse and spread out the light.
" A good photograph is knowing where to stand." -- Ansel Adams
Tip #3 - How to photograph exterior
Place light stands each l with each light on one position to provide light to each spot on the car, as shown in the timelapse. Repeat the same process on each image, with the lights moving, basically lighting up the car in each image, and each image has a part of the car that is lit. Make sure to cover all the visible parts of the car. Make sure that the light is spreading consistently. This will make post-production easy.
Be aware of reflections on the car depending on the colour of the car. e.g. black and white cars reflect a lot.
Tip #4 - How to photograph interior
To photograph the dashboard and show exterior. I would strongly advise a white cloth over the window to add more light and create consistency over the window and that there are no distractions.
Tip #5 - Post-production
In post, you will select all the images you've lit separately and put them in one folder. then what you will do is open photoshop > Edit > file > scripts> Load files into stack >select folder and open. The images will be stacked as layers. Have the one you would like to have as a final image and brush into it. by creating a layer mask, invert and then blush the lit parts onto your original image. Onc youre done you will th
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