Category: Photography

I took pictures of our rusty Chrysler minivan and sold it one day after advertising on Craigslist. A good picture at the right angle can make a $400 car look like $4000. Take, for instance, this 1997 SAAB 9000 Aero. This picture was taken just after going through a $5 car wash. Everything looks shiny…

Now that we have 6500k lighting above the car, how do we remove the shadows at the front or rear of the car? At the beginning, we used portable lamps with 500 watt daylight balanced bulbs. But those bulbs burned out rather quickly and honestly they didn’t do a whole lot for the car. We…

Take a look at the following shots and see the difference floor lighting does for this Mercedes-Benz GL450. The first one was taken with the light stands turned off. The second was taken with the light stands turned on and each having a diffused 500 watt day light temperature bulb. The third was taken with…