Various Classics inc. Elvis' '55 Cadillac : Back to a local billionaire's estate

[p27rpy]

Rather than bumping this old thread, I decided to go ahead and make a new one since there are so many new photos.

I took a trip back to shoot a few vehicles for the estate of a local billionaire. I was told that I was going to be photographing the "lower rung" of the vehicles in the collection. I was pretty surprised what was considered "lower rung" when I got the shoot list...The 11 vehicles on my list this time were:

• 1932 Austin America
• 1951 Studebaker Land Cruiser
• 2005 SPEC Chopper & 1934 Ford Custom by Rick Dore
• 1954 Chevrolet 3100 Pickup
• 1955 Chevrolet 210 Hot Rod
• 1937 Packard
• 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air Nomad
• 1968 Oldsmobile Toronado by Rick Dore
• 1956 Lincoln Premiere Convertible

and last but definitely not least...

• Elvis Presley's 1955 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 Limousine

As usual, all the cars were completely flawless, and I had a ton of fun shooting them.

If you'd like to see all the photos along with some more information and a time-lapse video of my processing, you can visit my blog.

On to the photos! In the order Listed above:

1932 Austin America


1951 Studebaker Land Cruiser




2005 Chopper and 1934 Ford Custom - Rick Dore


1954 Chevrolet 3100 Pickup


1955 Chevrolet 210 Hot Rod






1937 Packard


1955 Chevrolet Bel Air Nomad






1968 Oldsmobile Toronado






1956 Lincoln Premiere Convertible






Elvis Presley's 1955 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 Limousine

[dmarty78]

Jesus those are good!!! Go back and look at the first set you shot. Man total 360 degrees turn around Theo!!

You light paint all of those?

Again, superior set Theo, a gold star for you!!!

[lhdvies]

Excellent-very professionally done!

[p27rpy]

Originally Posted by dmarty78

Jesus those are good!!! Go back and look at the first set you shot. Man total 360 degrees turn around Theo!!

You light paint all of those?

Again, superior set Theo, a gold star for you!!!

thanks dale! i really appreciate it! i did do a light painting technique with my flash, using 4-8 exposures per car to properly light them. you can see the video of the processing as i go through the layers on my blog.

Originally Posted by lhdvies

Excellent-very professionally done!

thanks!

[Fireball]

Wow, those are fabulous! Must have taken you all day to shoot that many. And I watched your video. You've got some mean PS skills! Interesting that you shot those inside a low ceiling with the speedlite pointed up. Looked like a big huge warehouse in the edited versions. Thanks for sharing.

[stephenpinn]

Outstanding work Theo

[w9ctm]

I learned so much just watching your 3 minute photoshop exercise. Excellent work sir.

[princer7]

Very nicely done!!

[Ricco]

I'm not a car guy....so excuse me while I get a paper towel to clean up the drool from my keyboard.

[p27rpy]

Originally Posted by Fireball

Wow, those are fabulous! Must have taken you all day to shoot that many. And I watched your video. You've got some mean PS skills! Interesting that you shot those inside a low ceiling with the speedlite pointed up. Looked like a big huge warehouse in the edited versions. Thanks for sharing.

actually, it took about a day and a half. no complaints here though, i had a blast! i appreciate the kind words.

Originally Posted by stephenpinn

Outstanding work Theo

thank you!

Originally Posted by w9ctm

I learned so much just watching your 3 minute photoshop exercise. Excellent work sir.

great! i'm happy that it helped you out a little! i never mind sharing my process if it will help out fellow photographers.

Originally Posted by princer7

Very nicely done!!

Originally Posted by Ricco

I'm not a car guy....so excuse me while I get a paper towel to clean up the drool from my keyboard.

haha, thanks guys!

[d0va]

thanks for sharing such beautiful car collection... and also thanks for the video...

[David Alaniz]

Awesome job!