SHOOT PLAN
WHAT: For this shoot I want to photograph and document driving my grandad’s car on the inside and then the outside of the car in nice locations.
WHERE/WHEN: I am looking to photograph the car at golden hour or just after sunset as the lighting is soft and warm. I want to shoot on the coast by the sea as this will make for nice backdrops.
EQUIPEMENT: I will use my a73 for this shoot. Using this camera will be very helpful as especially in raw there is high dynamic range meaning there will be a lot of details retained in both the sky and the shadows. I will use 2 lenses for most of this shoot. My sigma 35mm 1.4 for the inside shots while we are driving as this lens is quite wide on the full frame camera and produces nice bokeh. And I will use my 70-200 f2.8 for the exterior shots of the car as I want a lot of compression from the long zoom to isolate the car from the backdrop. I won’t use a tripod as I will be shooting outside so there will be enough light so I can have a fast shutter speed.
CONTACT SHEET
The shoot went well however it was cut short as the alternator on the car stopped working so the battery was no longer being charged. This meant that we had no lights and we had to get the car towed back to the house where it is kept. I did manage to get some good usable images of the car but I had to work fast.
BEST IMAGES
EDITING
The overall look I wanted with this edit was to make the shadow cold but the highlights warm because it was golden hours. I am happy with the look but I may alter the edit when I come to put it in the photobook to match the other images better.
I started by correcting the white balance as the image was very blue. I then corrected the exposure, decreased the highlights and increased the shadows. I added blue to the shadows and yellow to the highlights and changed balance so the blue wasn’t too overpowering. I added a small s curve to add some contrast to the image and decreased the saturation of the blues.