Advice on lighting a Lambretta indoors with backdrop

[Deano]

I need to light my Lambretta indoors for a studio shoot at home using a muslin backdrop with my own lighting and softboxes. I have an Elinchrom D-Lite 2 lighting set up with softboxes plus an additional third light. Can anyone advise me where i should place the softboxes. Any advice much appreciated.

 

[Garry Edwards]

The problem will be specular highlights (reflections of the lights in the reflective surface of your subject). Trouble is, even if it doesn't have lots of mirrors and extra lights, it will still have lots of complex convex shapes that concentrate the reflections.

To get the diffused specular highlights that you need, as explained in this thread, you'll need a much larger softbox than your D light kit can drive. Your best bet is to get some white plastic shower curtain material measuring at least 12' x 6', stretch it over a frame and shine your largest softbox through it. Then use extra lights with narrow-angle honeycombs to put accent lights whereever needed.

I realise that this is a counsel of perfection that will involve far more lighting equipment than you actually have, but this is what's needed

 

[fletch5]

The problem will be specular highlights (reflections of the lights in the reflective surface of your subject). Trouble is, even if it doesn't have lots of mirrors and extra lights, it will still have lots of complex convex shapes that concentrate the reflections.

To get the diffused specular highlights that you need, as explained in this thread, you'll need a much larger softbox than your D light kit can drive. Your best bet is to get some white plastic shower curtain material measuring at least 12' x 6', stretch it over a frame and shine your largest softbox through it. Then use extra lights with narrow-angle honeycombs to put accent lights whereever needed.

I realise that this is a counsel of perfection that will involve far more lighting equipment than you actually have, but this is what's needed

could you take it outdoors or by a large window. then use the d lites as accent lights?