I like to think of myself as a visual storyteller. Whether I am using stills or video, I still want to capture my imagery with a story in mind.
I wanted to do something sort of Halloween focused but I didn't want to do the spooky thing - a bit overdone in my opinion. So I went with mysterious. It all starts with the very most important thing in my camera bag - my imagination.
I decided to revisit this older photo I made of a 1:64 scale Porsche 911 and build a mood that seems mysterious.
I used lots of work in post to do this. It's ironic how much work I do in post now. I used to do no more than 30-45 seconds per image when I photographed wildlife. I just tried to nail it in the camera. But those were real birds and this is a fake car :).
When I made the original image it was very simple. One large light source just out of frame to illuminate the car which is just a 3-inch long model photographed on a reflective piece of black glass. Everything else was added in post.
Using tools like Boris FX Optic and Adobe's new AI generative art tool - Firefly, I created the headlights, the anamorphic blue reflection on the lights, the blue color grade (accentuating the blue car) and then I used Adobe's Firefly to create a combination of mist and fog to finish off the illusion of a mysterious fog.
This conveys so much more interest than just a straight photo of the car.
If you use your imagination, you can make up almost any story for any image you create. Just relax and go with it. Experiment. Riff on different visual styles. When you have something that speaks to you - chances are it will speak to someone else too. Oh and if you celebrate - Happy Halloween.
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