All you NEED to know about LIGHT PAINTING CARS

[@KaganRustem]

Watching this knowing that you can now select subject in lightroom is a good feeling! Great video mate, thanks for the upload.

[@bertt1014]

Very helpful and detailed. Thanks

[@ShootingDave]

Thanks man

[@chuckcummins5077]

Excellent, Dave. Waiting on my wand, then I’ll be trying your steps.

[@nsphotography4590]

Really enjoyed the video, great in depth walkthrough. Thank you.

[@ShootingDave]

thank you man!

[@jose2g]

Can’t wait to watch this when I get home currently at work

[@ShootingDave]

Awesome man

[@LegendaryForces]

Randomly found your channel on my homepage. Have always wanted to try light painting out but never really tried it, it was nice to see this! Keep it up!

[@ShootingDave]

Thanks! Yeah you should check it out, it’s loads of fun man.

[@heeltoephotography4555]

Awesome work again Dave, never get tired of watching your vids.

[@ShootingDave]

Thanks so much man

[@jamescrookall8391]

Amazing work!

[@ShootingDave]

I appreciate you

[@Yeahimyukii]

Amazing video, I learned a lot from this! Can’t wait to see more content!

[@ShootingDave]

Awesome! So stoked to hear that

[@ferranmunoz4409]

Dave i've been following you for years, you can't even imagine how i appreciate this kind of tutorials. This is BANG ON what i need to learn, and you just provide it with great example, great instructions and showing a GREAT result. Maybe you could show next how to get rid of metal reflections from when you're shooting outside? I try using the clone stamp but it definetely ends up showing up a pattern, and most times i end up using the brush tool, but then i don't get the shiny metal effect you'd get in a real composed shot like yours! Thanks for your videos man!

[@ShootingDave]

Thanks so much, I really appreciate you taking the time to comment. It makes me happy that you learnt something from my videos. What do you mean the metal reflections when shooting outside? Do you mean cleaning up reflections on the paint?

[@ferranmunoz4409]

@@ShootingDave You're welcome man, it's you who is giving me great advice!! And yup! I know polarizing filter takes most of them away, but not all. If you go to my IG profile FBFerran there is a picture of a Seat Leon that i took the reflections away, but it looks kinda matte to me, i'd like to know how to do it maintining the look of brightness

[@ShootingDave]

@@ferranmunoz4409 Ah I see. I try not to remove too many reflections as it will look matte. I just remove the distracting ones as reflections help define the shape of the car. It takes a little bit of experience to work out which ones should stay and which ones should go.

[@EvoAdventures]

That is incredible!

[@ShootingDave]

thanks so much!!!

[@edwinsze1149]

thank you so much, went through like tonnes of tutorials and channels, non explained as well as you m8, cheers!

[@ShootingDave]

Thanks man! Glad you liked it

[@english.khaled1514]

great shots Dave.pls can you make a video editing step by step of car photography editing

[@ShootingDave]

Thank you. I have many videos on that if you check the channel for more 😊

[@kevchallis2371]

Top quality stuff as always Dave

[@ShootingDave]

thanks dude

[@abduallahnader3765]

Superb!💯

[@ShootingDave]

thanks man

[@hydrolics5449]

Absolutely love your videos, thanks a lot Dave 😃👍

[@ShootingDave]

You are more than welcome

[@maocarrera6809]

Nice! Always enjoy seeing a fellow photographer work for there are many ways to achieve a final result. Hence plenty to learn from somebody else workflow. Thank you for all your detailed explanations. Cheers mate!

[@ShootingDave]

Thanks so much

[@dustinkraley5060]

Great job!!

[@ShootingDave]

Thanks man!!

[@kattiborre8927]

Great tutorial! Can you give more specifics about the light you are using? When I click the link I come to dozens of different things... thanks!

[@ShootingDave]

yes I actually have a new better light now: a.co/d/iMQ4r4G

[@kattiborre8927]

@@ShootingDave thanks!

[@psubst9054]

Thanks for tutorial Dave!

[@dancherry814]

Great tutorial thanks Dave. Always enjoy seeing how far you've come since your arch vis days 😁

[@ShootingDave]

Thanks Dan! How strange I was just thinking about that the other day when I saw you pop up on Twitter

[@redemption_media_]

Found this very interesting mate! Love the inside look at how someone else does it. Thanks for sharing that with us!!

[@ShootingDave]

You’re more than welcome man

[@eoslove2022]

learned so much from this,,,thanx, Dave

[@janvanderwalt]

Thanks Dave, I'm yet to master light painting, need loads of practice. Cheers.

[@ShootingDave]

Hopefully this helps man

[@ThaCmaro]

These are cleaaaaan. Damn!

[@ShootingDave]

thanks bro

[@curtlernerphotography9371]

Good overview! Fun to see how others do it...

[@ShootingDave]

Thanks man

[@cjhoward1759]

Top notch bro! Thanks1

[@ShootingDave]

I appreciate you

[@3dscanstore]

Great tutorial, thanks for sharing :)

[@gozman4118]

Hello from France ! 🇫🇷 🥖 🤣 Thank you for your tutorials on ligth painting, I follow them regularly to improve my technique! For my part I do ligth painting outdoors, but I often encounter the same problem on photo retouching ... how to match the white balance on the different photos ?? thank you for your reply

[@ShootingDave]

bonjour, bienvenue, comment ça va? Merci pour le commentaire! Yeah I do this a lot outside too. To match your white balance it is a good idea to find out what the colour temperature is of your light. It should be measured in Kelvin. Then you can set your cameras custom white balance to the same value. Or if you’re outside then you want to look to see what colour the lights are. Street lights are normally 3200k unless they are LED. That’s the way I do it.

[@gozman4118]

​@@ShootingDave 🤔ok thanks for the answer! Until then I will leave the white balance in automatic, that's why it gave me a slight variation of lights towards purple.

[@ShootingDave]

@@gozman4118 I would set your white balance to daylight if it is a white light.

[@gozman4118]

@@ShootingDave ok i will test next time, thanks!

[@midnighthoonigan2920]

Great work Dave! I 'm new to light painting and this video has tremendous learning value. For me it 's especially the suggestions on how to work in Photoshop and Lightroom (layer-work). Cheers mate 🍻

[@angelmaldonado4716]

Always great seeing these videos; has helped improve pictures I've done. Keep it up!

[@ShootingDave]

thank you man! Glad you find it useful

[@pjvmusic]

I'm just getting into light painting. Great video. Unfortunately, I don't have a photo shop that just snapseed, so I'll have to attempt basic single painted photos😅😅

[@fadah_fpv]

I really love your conent and the format of this episode, I've learned a lot!! Now it's time to practice...

[@ShootingDave]

awesome man, glad you liked it.

[@cook318is]

Love it Dave!

[@ShootingDave]

Thanks dude

[@superbartek]

Great video thanks for sharing Dave!

[@ShootingDave]

You’re more than welcome

[@_RSMEDIA_]

Thanks again for awesome video again!🙏 Your tutorials have helped and influenced my lightpaintings a lot😄 im amazed how well you are able to lightpaint on the shoot, i struggle sometimes to get the passes how i want them to be. I have to fix everything in post which takes time, yours seem so perfect straight out of camera!😂

[@ShootingDave]

Haha thanks so much man. Yeah I spend a lot of time trying to get the perfect exposure rather than having to fix it in post.

[@ukrainewarfootage2023]

Very cool!

[@ShootingDave]

Thanks dude

[@chuckcummins5077]

Splendid!!!

[@matsgueggel7470]

Thank for the video. I Realy like the thechnique you are using but the final immage im not a 100% shure it somehow looks plasticy but i can dig the style you are going for. I just started with photography and im always looking for some new and fun stuff to try out. :)

[@ShootingDave]

You’re more than welcome.

[@eliagiuliani248]

Why did my photos "change color" when I impoirt them in photoshop as layers, i know it's something with the color space but how can i fix it ? Great video , very usefull. i hit the subscube button in the moment i saw the final result :)

[@auomi8762]

great video! How much would you say to charge for light painting?

[@brownpix972]

Awesome video, thank you for sharing. Do you think this technique would work for outdoor shoot? Say at the beach

[@ShootingDave]

Yes, I have done this many times outside. It works very well

[@ivotitzin8565]

Just great!

[@johanfaasen1190]

What a awesome video to watch only got to watch now so sorry for the late comments, i want to start doing light painting on cars as well so this is exactly what i needed. Just one question Dave, if you want to portray that the light is from the back of the car 12:31 in the video why the did you want the back wheel to be darker than the front wheel 11:39 in video?

[@ShootingDave]

great question, it has been so long that I can't remember. From what I recall, I let the back wheel go darker as you can't see as much rim detail and making it brighter would have meant it would look blown out for no benefit.

[@hydrolics5449]

Also a random question but would you ever do a video where you edit your subscribers car photos as I would love to send a few of mine 😊

[@ShootingDave]

Potentially. Not a bad idea, I’ll give it some thought

[@hydrolics5449]

@@ShootingDave Awesome 😎👍

[@photobystijn4969]

I always have the problem that some photos have a different exposure. Some suggestions to always get the lighting of the car the same on each shot?

[@ShootingDave]

Make sure your exposure times are the same. Keep your light brightness the same and your distance from the car. All of these will effect how bright your exposure is.

[@UnFourg3ttabl3]

Well done, some organization tips might help me :) Love the RX7, but told you that before. Lots I knew, but thats as it should be, that little things ppl do differently :D (Y)

[@ShootingDave]

Thanks dude, I am pretty structured when I work, it allows me to be more creative

[@UnFourg3ttabl3]

@@ShootingDave If I might add something :D You need a change in your introduction line :D (Or you do somehitng like funny dubbings and let others speak it for you) :D You know, like the simpsons or futurama intro, always something different but somehow still the same :D

[@ShootingDave]

@@UnFourg3ttabl3 haha maybe I will let commenters submit their introductions.

[@benjarvis2196]

Niiiiice - I’ve got me a light and I’m gonna try this after I’ve digested all this gold! Question - do you ever shoot at a higher aperture to get car sharp front to back? ...aaand do you set focus on headlights? 👊🏻

[@ShootingDave]

Cheers Ben! I don’t shoot much higher than f/8 I don’t see the point. I’ve done it wide open before too. Just depends on the look you want. As for tour other question, yeah, normally the headlights

[@benjarvis2196]

@@ShootingDave thanks mate 👊🏻

[@Mr-Blitz]

Hey Dave, been a fan of your stuff for a bit, and also I'm active on the Facebook group! I went back and watched your first video, where you explained the magazine cover... and it got me thinking, Do you have any good resources or tips on submitting photos to magazines? Ive only been taking light-painted car photos for about a year, but I have a couple that myself and other people are very impressed by, and I would love to have my photos on a cover somewhere. Any tips you can give to how I should submit to magazines would be helpful! Thanks!

[@ShootingDave]

Hey Andrew, funny you should mention that, I am in the process of making a video on that very topic! It should be out this week or the next.

[@Mr-Blitz]

@@ShootingDave that's great!! Look forward to seeing it man

[@SimplyGreatShots]

Just found this channel and loving your work! I've been practicing on our own cars we have and I have the same issue with like a dusty line around the back end of the car. I love the technique you have used to correct this around the 12:40 mark in the video, I've tried to use this technique but it fails miserably, even with multiply and somewhere between 50-85% whilst the colour sampled is OK, when I invert the mask and paint it on, the colour output is way too dark. Can you tell me, when you sampled the colour, did you just sample a single point or an average. I would love to be able to try and crack that little golden nugget. Thanks, and keep up the awesome work!

[@ShootingDave]

Thanks so much for the comment dude! I appreciate it. As for sampling the colours, I pick the nearest one but I have my brush to 5-20% opacity and slowly build up. I keep sampling as I paint so it blends nicely. If I get enough questions I may do a video on this in the future.

[@SimplyGreatShots]

@@ShootingDave Thanks so much for taking the time to reply Dave, much appreciated. I will give this a try later today.

[@ShootingDave]

@@SimplyGreatShots You're more than welcome dude

[@CloodyTube]

Thats super impressive! How much do you charge for a picture like this to have a reference? Since you need couple hours for both shooting and editing and most clients don't understand the amount of work a single picture needs. They expect $20 for a picture lol

[@ShootingDave]

Thanks man! How much I charge depends on a lot of things but it certainly isn’t $20 haha

[@travis8665]

I also would like to know what these guys are charging. I would think I would start around the $300 to $500 mark? I need to make an average of $1000 a day in my work. I doubt I could do this in less than 4 hours.

[@ShootingDave]

You’re about right on the money there dude

[@johanfaasen1190]

Hi Dave sorry to worry you again just another question, what happened to the exposure adjustment layer after you used the pen tool?

[@ShootingDave]

oh I just delete it, it is only a temporary adjustment.

[@tomingrassiaimages8776]

Shooting Dave..where have you been? Hope all is well sir.

[@ShootingDave]

Thanks Tom! I’ve been busy, struggling to find motivation to jump back into KZbin at the moment.

[@TiagoSilva-gf4eb]

As usual... amazing tutorial and what a great edit! But, the real question is... when we’re going to see the Z tuned up??? 😂

[@ShootingDave]

Thanks dude... Haha that is a good question man! I guess when I get some decent money. I have plans for it, I just need to save the money

[@nrkht]

that's one dirty ass radiator. but amazing work!

[@MikeKleinsteuber]

I liked the explanation but the end result in this case doesn't really justify the effort. Sorry.

[@ShootingDave]

Don't apologise, it's your opinion. You don't have to like the end result, as long as you learned something that is good.