I made a little trip up to Jacksonville, FL yesterday to help my buddy Ian out with a photoshoot. After shooting pretty much all day, we grabbed some Starbucks and met up with a few other friends to chill. Kayla and Sean came out in Kayla's Mk3 Jetta Coupe, and I had to get some shots. This thing is ridiculous. In case you didn't know, you couldn't buy a Mk3 Jetta COUPE from the factory. Yep, that's right, this car used to have four doors. The work is flawless and the paint is perfect. Not to mention, the air ride, CCW Classic's, and cream white suede wrapped interior, are all top notch and make the car an instant favorite of mine.

I had a ton of fun shooting this car, and I'll be posting more shots soon. Thanks to Ian for helping me out. It was a fun time chillin' with all those Jacksonville kids I don't get to see often.

Strobist:
-AB800 bare, full power (front of car)
-AB800 bare, full power (front of car, boomed overhead)
-AB800 bare, full power (front quarter of car, pictured)
-AB800 bare, full power (side of car, pictured)
-AB800 bare, full power (rear quarter)

Canon 5D
Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L

 

Sickkkkkkkkkkk as usual. How many damn AB's do you have now?

 

two 800's and the abr800. obviously some of the setup from these were my friend ian's.

 

sick pics and car

 

is this seans kaylas car? and amazing shots btw

 

wow... great pics n car is clean!

 

yeah, it's kayla's car. she is dating sean.

 

Cool car. I remember when dave schouster from my hometown did this like 8 years ago.

 

You shot this a bit flat.... You really could have lit this better man!

Take the left light and arrange it behind the car giving it a nice edge. Then take your right light and bring it back 3 feet and angle it more on a angle from the hood to the rear then get a 48" inch reflector or even a large white poster board for a reflector...You can go to home depo and get the large reflector boards that have a reflector on one side and a white foam side on the other and its cheap and works pretty well.

The reflector would have given you a nice fill, the light near the front bumper would have been a good key light and the light behind the car would have been your edge.

 

I thought soo, 2 awesome people with some awesome cars, not to mention an, well might as well you this word again, Awesome Photographer