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1908 REO

Paul brought one of his toys out for us to shoot, this beautifully restored 1908 REO Model B.  Pretty sure this is the oldest car I’ve ever shot.

Pancho Villa

I’ve been looking at that Policia Federal car, parked at Paul’s, for many nights now and the placement of the REO finally gave me a good context for shooting it.  This was an 83 second exposure, just enough time to pop the strobe once from camera right and twice from just out of view, camera left.  There’s 3 red pops under the car from the rear and some snooted LED on the logo.  I intentionally left the rest of the police car dark so your eye only concentrates on the logo, which leads you into the REO.  I burned the distracting row of cars behind the REO to black.

REO

Here’s one for you purists that want to see the REO up close.  The methodology for shooting this was virtually identical to the previous image, but without having to include the police car lighting, this one only took 60 seconds.  It’s a composite of 2 exposures, combining some lighting.

The idea with both of these was to work as quickly as possible, letting the lighting carry the shot–before the moonlight has a chance to burn in.

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