shooting black cars at night
 

let's see those pictures!

It seems to be very diffcult to bring out the lines of the car but no one?

You need to choose your light source very carefully. A large softbox would be a start, but using gobos, flags and such would be an asset.

here's a cheap trick i used alot and achieved great results. put up a bed sheet with a backdrop holder, use that as a diffuser between ur lightsource. it'll increase the size of ur lightsource. same effect as when you park ur car beside a white wall, you get you whole side illuminated. because black gloss paint doesnt reflect as well, a single flash wont be as effective: it'll just bring out the swirl marks in the paint haha. This way, it's more of a reflection that is reflected off the black paint.

It's hard, even during the day really

I've tried looking around and can't find any good pictures anywhere. now I know why black cars rarely make it on car brouchures and magazines.

I was gonna say, black's not an easy color to shoot anytime of the day

You'll definitely need a studio and specialized lighting equipment.

or photoshop to layer in repflection layers.

i put a reflection layer on the hood of this car in the shot to enchance it. otherwise it looks dark like the front of the bumper. dunno why i ddidnt do the front at the time...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...e/IMG_7675.jpg