This little shoot was for some good friends who are entering a retro car calendar. Was a nice chilly autumn night, with a mostly clear colourful sky. Thinking of locations that weren't busy and would give us the time and space to experiment, was a challenge to find in the area. Originally the shoot started with long exposures to try and get as light as possible without effecting picture clarity. Experimenting with light painting the car, using LED light panel in various ways and phones, then with two off camera flashes also.

First location was behind Farnborough airport, known as Black Bridge. Started on Steve's Maestro on the slight hill, with dusk in the background. Followed by Rob's Maestro van with the Bridge in the background. The main challenges were light and the random cyclists/cars riding in front of the camera with their lights casting light trails. Cheers for that!!

Second location was a car park in North Camp, previously used for Mark's mini shoot over a year ago. Using similar lighting techniques as before, but also used the LED panel to up light from the inside of Rob's van. It gave a nice effect, attracting your eye to the van prominently.

Postproduction wise was spent bringing the colour out of the sky at the Black Bridge location, also airbrushing some of the more prominent rust parts in the driver’s side door panel. Then boosting the clarity to bring the detailing of the cars body.

I will follow this post up with how the Kedge's did in the calander competition.

- Charlie Bluck