Night Rider
Shot on a road north of Toronto using light painting technique.
Shot on a road north of Toronto using light painting technique.
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Location
This photo was taken on a road north of Toronto, it leads to a factory with a lighted parking lot that you an see on the left of the photo. The surrounding area is full of trees and bushes and not much else.Time
This was taken in the evening on a relatively cold October around 10 pm that's why the sky is so clear and you can see the moon very easily in the right side of the photo.Lighting
I used a light painting technique for this photo using both a flash and a flashlight to light the car, as well as using a long exposure of 2-3 minutes to give me time to pain the details of the car that I want to show up in the photo.Equipment
I used my Canon 5D mark 3 camera as well as a Rokinon 8mm fish eye lens with a Canon mount to give the perspective on the car. The camera was on a tripod with a remote since I needed to do a long exposure. Aside from those I used one Canon 580ex2 flash to light the rims of the car and a normal flashlight to light paint the rest of the car.Inspiration
I had seen many light painting photos but not many done with cars, so I got my friend to come out one evening with his car and he brought another friend with him with another car. We shot a few photos over the span of 2 hrs and we were all excited and amazed at how the photos turned out. Being able to light only certain parts of the car really makes the image stand out and be a bit mysterious.Editing
I didn't do much post processing in this photo, I removed some overhead electric wires that were seen in the background in the sky to make the sky look clean and keep the eye focused on the car. Aside from some minor contrast and brightness adjustments nothing else was done to the photo, it's pretty much the same as straight out of the camera sans overhead cables.In my camera bag
It depends on what I'm shooting, for street photography I usually have my Fuji X20 camera, for small events that I attend and may want to take photos I have a Canon 60D with either the 8mm fisheye lens or the 40mm f2.8 pancake lens. For more serious and paid shoots I use my Canon 5D mark 3 with the 24-105mm f4 L lens or any other lens I've already mentioned.Feedback
You should be patient and have fun, shoot in the evening so that everything around is pretty dark, and also try to light different parts of the car. Make sure to stay warm if you're shooting in cold weather and take care that your equipment is not dropped or it falls on the pavement. This road is cemented as you can see in the photo and one time after I finished light painting the car I jogged back to my camera and the flash fell out of my pocket and onto the cement. It stopped working immediately and I actually had to get it repaired after the shoot which was rather costly. The most important part is to have fun and take your time, due to the long exposure and preparation time this kind of shoot takes a long time and you won't get too many photos, maybe 20-25 photos per 1 hour, so enjoy the experience.
