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Omg, its been a while since I've been in here! After a nearly year long hiatus from photography (shakes head), I finally decided to get back into the game, investing in some very inexpensive lighting gear. I've shot without and external lighting for years, feeling overwhelmed by how difficult photography can be, but I digress. I snagged a couple of cheap YN-560 flashes, a canon 320exii flash, a couple stands and umbrellas, and some remote triggers. I never realized how easy to use flashes can be and how beneficial they are. These are my first car shots with the flashes.

This first shot, I had the sun directly behind the back of the car and the flashes positioned about 15 feet back, one to camera left, one to camera right, both angled toward the car. I used a CPL and the sky came out really deep blue.


This shot, sun in same position, just much lower than the previous shot, camera on the other side of the car. One flash in front of car, pointed toward the sun and bumper, and one on camera left hitting the side of the car.


This shot is my fave, same set-up as previous, I just hopped up on a small ladder and got this shot.


I made the mistake of not using a lens hood, so when I got back, damn near all my shots had massive lens flare Better luck next time I guess!

Any advise on setup would be greatly appreciated!

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