Recently had the opportunity to photograph a Lamborghini Super Veloce, which retails for about $500,000. The focus of this shoot was to get some different angles from the one of a kind interior. Interior shots can be a little tricky when using off camera lighting. Lots of shadows and loss of detail can be formed, so it is recommended to use some sort of modifier for your strobes, whether it be umbrellas or softboxes. Although lighting an interior of a car might be a little difficult, the best part is that the lighting is always controlled, which is very important.
This image shows the light setup that was used. It is a very basic setup made up of two Alien Bees, and two large softboxes. The car was parked under a tent which helped eliminate most of the ambient light.
The photo above is straight out of the camera with no post processing done. On the main layer will be the typical levels and curves adjustment as well as some sharpening and hue/saturation.
After the basic adjustments were made, the clone tool was used to eliminate all minor distractions (such as the reflection in the passenger door panel and the seat belt clip on the passenger side). As mentioned in a previous post, when using the clone tool it is recommended to use the same size brush as the object you are attempting to remove. It is important to pay attention to specific details, and zooming in for these will be necessary.
The image still appeared to have a blue cast, so a new adjustment layer was created. Inside the hue/saturation menu, blue was selected and dragged all the way down to -100, to ensure no color cast would remain.
The red seat belt clip was drawing away some attention from the overall shot, so another adjustment layer was created. Inside the hue/saturation menu, red was selected and dragged all the way down to -100, to ensure the clip would be a neutral shade of gray.
After all the adjustments had been made, the yellow stitching on the seats seemed a little dull, so another adjustment layer was created. Inside the hue/saturation menu, yellow was selected and dragged to +54, which made the yellow more prominent but was not too over the top.
This last step was the most time consuming step of the entire edit. A new white layer was created in order to remove all of the “clutter” from the windshield, and give the image the look as though it was shot in a studio. When doing something like this it is important to use a soft edge brush to ensure a smooth transition for where the car ends and the background begins. Zoom levels during this process vary between 100%-300%.
This project took approximately 5 hours to complete from start to finish. The completely finished results can be seen above. Hope you enjoyed the posts.
5 Comments
That interior shot is amazing, thank you for taking the time for the write up….it is greatly appreciated.
nah, this one I don’t like… I think it’s the position or something, not very interesting – I mean there is nothing going on in the shot, it’s a basic seat shot.
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