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Farry - a word of caution on a black car. They are very tricky to light. Quite often with black cars they remain just that - 'black'. The black gloss paint will act as a mirror and will not diffuse the reflected light very much. Your best bet is to use your light source to highlight wheels and...

Byker - it was in Kembrey Park industrial estate. There was a unit to let which had been renovated and the door was brand new. Unfortunately they have placed a fence around the front of the unit now. Probably trying to stop photographers randomly photographing Porsches on their premises :-)

Have a look at my automotive Gallery: http://www.lightflow.co.uk/gallery_202753.html The Bentley GT is lit with a single speedlight on a lightstand. The speedlight was wirelessly triggered with Skyports. I placed my camera on a tripod and took multiple shots, moving the light around the car...

As Oskar says - all lighting conditions are different, but you have to start somewhere when you walk into a room and it is usually where I head to depending on how many lights are on and so on... Simon: you refer to an '8,6,4' rule. I've not heard that before, the order you suggest though is a...

David - thanks! Typo! Now corrected: http://www.lightflow.co.uk

You're welcome Ian, I'd advise not looking at the strobist site. Before long you'll have three SB-900's all triggered with pocket wizards, hanging from the ceiling with justin clamps, gelled-up with a rainbow of colours and you'll be £2000 worse-off with a big grin on your face... More...

Hi Ian, My feeling on this is not to use any form of priority mode on your camera. It will be all over the place in such a situation and will likely give you some undesirable/unexpected results if light levels are low. Instead use Manual mode on the camera and set your flash to TTL (not TTL...

I have one for sale on the Classified right now. As new condition...! Take a look at my home page - the Bentley was shot with this lens. Fantastic lens for the landscapes etc. Mine is sharp and I have had nothing but success with it.

Someone once asked me on a product shoot - "So what makes a good photographer then?" I replied I think that there as many answers to that as there are good photographers! A good eye is about psychology. What makes 'us' feel that something is "good" or "right" to look at? There are so many...

strobist.com is the obvious answer. The SB-600 has enough power to do what you need through an umbrella in this situation. Don't forget CLS is driven by the camera metering system, and if that is fooled, you will get incorrect exposures, or at least exposures you didn't intend. So with...

Hmmm I'm not a fan of the Nuke the Chocolate Brown idea. Also remember there is only one speedlight too! How could you light the front. With only one speedlight you wouldn't get an even coverage of a back wall- it would suit no purpose other than looking odd. If one light is all you have...

Google the phrase "Dark Field Lighting"!

Ok this is tricky - money is a serious business. He may say there should be a fun element, but at the end of the day investors are looking for gravitas and trust. I'm thinking, nothing quirky or ironic. Perhaps somewhere with polished wood chrome/reflections. Try to get a small amount of...