Ok, this is more photography related, but definitely an F-Type challenge...

This car, in IRR, with a fresh detail job, is SO difficult to photograph at a professional level. No matter what angle you shoot from there are reflections from somewhere!

The car is absolutely beautiful from every angle, but it is so hard to show that to others in photos and print.

I'm going back to my photography... Maybe I just need more scantily clad models to strategically block the reflections instead of all the real photo tools like scrims and barn doors and such ...

Is the hood strong enough to support a hot naked young model?

 

I don't know, but whether you decide to try it or not will be a good measure of your priorities in life.

 

You could see if a polarizing filter might help a bit. Haven't tried that myself. Underexposing a bit can help. Night shots can also be fun.

 

As DJS says. Use a polarising filter and rotate it to the alignment that minimises reflections.

Or wait for bright but overcast day...

 

Excellent idea on the filter. Thanks guys. I always use one on water or sky shots. Don't know why I didn't think about the car.

 

I am so happy for you that you enjoy this so much. I have used my Samsung Note 4 and took the pics in the garage to avoid what you speak of.

ENJOY!!!!

 

I'm a want to be pro photographer with pretty good gear and a full set of studio lighting equipment. It was (or still is) a goal of mine to open a studio some time before I get too old to enjoy the "hobby". I just don't have the time I want to pursue the finer details that make the difference in my mind from hobbiest to pro. I work a real corporate America job 40+ hours a week...

As for taking photos in the garage... I'm working on that, but just don't have a big enough area to set up a shoot indoors without having to rent out a location. My 3 car garage is even small with a backdrop and studio lighting to use anything but a wide angle lens, and up close that really distorts the images.

 

Noooooooo...it's aluminum!

 

She's only around 105 pounds dripping wet... Maybe I'll have her "lean" on it...

No worries about any scratches, the car has a bra (even if she doesn't)

 

By all means....PLEASE take the shots!! as long as you post them

 

She can be only 55 lbs, and your hood will still cave in. Have you tried pressing on the hood or door panels with the palm of your hand? The ease with which they flex is astonishing.

I'm afraid I'm going to permanently dent the door panel just leaning in to it to clean the windshield or panoramic roof. The hood is much of the same.

 

I noticed this on the door panels just waxing it. Although I really don't think the door skin is aluminum... The hood appeared to be a BIT stronger...

Have to figure out something creative in an appropriate setting...

 

That's what I meant above in post #2, when I said it would be a good measure of his priorities.

 

The door skin is most definitely aluminum. I've seen an f-type door torn open. Aluminum split from top to bottom.

 

Wow, amazing. Just buffing the door panels produces flex. That aluminum skin flexes more than an empty soda can.

 

You are correct. I was considering using an empty beer can analogy.

 

That analogy would have been lost on me. I drink soda from a can, beer from a bottle.

 

Not sure. Send her here and let me weigh her and test her out on mine and then I will let you know.

 

On your what?

 

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The door skin is aluminum. The whole door, stripped, only weighs about ten pounds. I've moved a door around when I was shipping my wrecked car from one shop to another. Saw the door in bare metal at the time.