Jay Scott Photography

One Mean Machine

For some time I’ve been planning to shoot a friend’s Cobalt. Last summer & fall didn’t work for either of us and she stores it in the winter. Finally we completed the first of a series we plan to do. There may be a Camaro in her future next year so I plan to complete the shots of her baby in case it gets traded up next spring. Elva has taken such great care of this car and details it probably daily.

It was a great opportunity to combine some of the techniques I’ve learned from the late Dean Collins’ lighting videos from the 80s (proving the digital age hasn’t changed as much as you might think) and a local acquaintance, James Hildebrandt, who recently shot his new Mini Cooper. Collins’ technique involved revealing the form of the car through light reflected off the walls and ceiling as seen on the hood and door, and James’ technique was combining multiple surgically lit exposures to create the final product.

I took 51 exposures and used about 30 to create what you see below.

Tags: cobalt, elva, garage, multiple exposure