i'll have to work on that my brother (also an avid photographer and much better than me!) and i want to do a shoot of it one night with orange lights.

 

I guess the only Hobbie i have is my family. Were always together. If you see one of us, i can guarantee that the other 2 are somewhere near.

 

Fish (10, 20, 30 gal fresh)
Cars
Painting

 

My hobbies include photography, and I also have a small 1/18 scale model collection. I currently only have about 10-12 cars.

Jamie Lynn...Do you have the orange colored street lights in your area? The city I live in uses them. I think those orange sodium street lights are very close to the orange you'd be looking for. What Canon camera do you have? I have a Canon 30D, and also just bought a Canon Power Shot SX10 IS for occasions where my 30D would be overkill, or just too big to carry around.

Cully... Very cool painting! Great job!

 

Cully thats a great painting man. I really like it. Wish i had that kind of talent.

 

we are going to light it with flashes and/or strobes covered in orange gels. that's how i learned to light subjects at night in different colors. i had minor success with it with my film body, and shortly after i started learning the technique (from Larrie Thompson - check his shots out, he is AMAZING. i believe most of his stuff is from deserted parts of saskatchewan.) was when the place where i got my film developed closed down. i never found another place to get them done (cvs/rite-aid/walgreens etc. would have no idea how to expose them) and i just kind of left it alone for a while. now that i have the digital, i don't have to worry about that and hopefully i can start at it again.

the canon i have is the D30, it's older but serves the purposes that i need it for. i do need to get a remote shutter release for it, i'm going to go check a camera shop online for one, my brother got me a gift card for there for christmas and i still haven't used it.

 

When I mentioned the orange sodium lights, this is kinda what I had in mind.

These pics are from member "bfurches", Brandon.

Again, the site automatically lowers the resolution. His originals are spectacular.

I was thinking the same kind of lighting for your car, but in a different location.

 

thanks guys!

And wow taz those photos are awesome!

 

Very cool Cully. I used to paint - I got a BFA in painting, but haven't really picked up a brush in 8 years. My medium was oils. As you can see there is a theme to my paintings LOL!

 

Thats amazing Amy. Looks like you should pick up the brush again.