Max Power : June 2009

Max Power's June issue is on shelves today featuring my first major automotive cover. Xquisite's bright yellow wide-arched Honda Civic shoot took place back in March after I shot the X2C Newbie Meet (see below for that feature) at the Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent, UK. I lucked out with this shoot as Bluewater has colour coded carparks and we happened to be in the yellow carpark, which really made the shoot come together.



Following her feature in Modified Motors' March issue, my Lydia Yap shoot also got a page in Max Power.



Max Power's new Babe Squad will be attending numerous shows this year. I helped Phil Steinhardt shoot their feature and posters back in March.



X2C are car club who hold an annual meet for new members to get to know the regulars. Max Power hired me to cover the event before shooting Xquisite's Honda Civic for their cover.

Difficult Combination

There are certain things that are just a nightmare combination to take photographs of. I had one of those combinations yesterday. I was at a car shoot, and had to take some photos of a white Nissan S15 Silvia. Ok, white car isn't too hard. This car had black wheels though! This meant trying to maintain a good level of detail at both ends of the histogram. Next add to that reeeeeeeeally bright sunshine.... so bright in fact that I couldn't see the back of my camera without finding some shade and you have your nightmare combination!

The only way I was able to get the shot was to underexpose the car by half a stop so that I retained all the detail in the bodywork, and then light the front of the car and the wheels with off camera flash.



And there you have it... 1/200sec @ f/18, ISO200. Flashes had to be on full power with one in front and one to the side of the car.

Here are some of the other cars I shot...