{"id":8870,"date":"2016-09-18T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2016-09-18T12:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8870"},"modified":"2024-04-08T21:46:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T21:46:23","slug":"vw-campervan-a-classic-reborn-for-phil-jefferies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/vw-campervan-a-classic-reborn-for-phil-jefferies","title":{"rendered":"VW Campervan – A Classic Reborn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Phil Jefferies and His Amazing VW Campervan<\/h1>\n

Phil’s had this military grade VW Campervan from 1990 for a long time – it was red and pretty drab looking, it looked its age.<\/p>\n

Then 3 years ago he decided it was time for a change – and here are the results – a bright green monster of a VW Campervan, with chunky tyres, a totally refurbed interior and lots of clever “tech” like heat exchangers for warming your shower!<\/p>\n

Location Changes!<\/h2>\n

We arranged a photoshoot on the moors, but he’d not be able to get there till after dark – so a bit pointless being up there really<\/p>\n

Plan B was a rubble car park at Temple Newsham – the van could not get below the gates<\/p>\n

Plan C was to pop into the woods about 30 meters off the road and here are the results.<\/p>\n

The Photography Bit<\/h1>\n

We started with 4 small speedlites which gave us lighting like this – it was well before dark so there was a nice dappled background<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Initially, we shot with the 70-200 lens<\/a> to get separation between the van and background.<\/p>\n

Next, we turned 2 of the flashes to the trees – added coloured gels so they cast red and blue light.<\/p>\n

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We’d now moved onto wide lenses so we weren’t so far away from the van – and it brought more height to the trees, more like a canopy.<\/p>\n

The LED torches came out – below, Phil had a green gelled torch and Ben Gwynne had a pinkish gel.<\/p>\n

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We even did a bit of wire wool spinning – Phil had never seen this before so was suitably impressed!<\/p>\n

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We even tried using the Pixel Stick – here’s a design be Mike from Apogii – a design, visual identity and branding<\/a> expert from Huddersfield.<\/p>\n

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VW Campervan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So the lighting techniques included<\/p>\n

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  1. Strobist flash – 4 flashes<\/li>\n
  2. Gelled flash<\/li>\n
  3. LED torches<\/li>\n
  4. Gelled LED torches<\/li>\n
  5. Green glowing wire<\/li>\n
  6. Pixel Stick<\/li>\n
  7. Wire wool Spinning<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Great fun all round – we got some fantastic images and hope that Phil manages to get his van into the VW Campervan magazine soon.<\/p>\n

    Here are the rest of the VW Campervan\u00a0photos<\/h2>\n

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