Ferrari x Pirelli 1985
I guess the creation of each car image is way more than people think.
All design has their own shaping on the body, which has to be featured in the imagery.
Ferraris is every little boy's dream, to drive around in a genuine sports car that everyone is talking about. I haven't done that yet tho.
Still dreaming.
But, I searched the internet for a new project. I was really into shooting a Ferrari. I mean, a genuine sports car.
I found this campaign of the collaboration between Ferrari and Pirelli back in 1985. It has something unique and super cool.
They turned this into art and, of course, and print ad back then with the copy: "Once Again, Pirelli Makes a Generous Contribution to The Performing Arts."
The color splashes and the clean Ferrari in front of that make me want to recreate it but on a miniature scale.
To be honest, I was into trying to paint this artwork the most 😂.
I found a Ferrari F40, the car, in scale 1:18; I brought my laser cutter to make a wall, but that wall took me about 12 hours of cutting… which made me think if that is worth it; hell yea.
I did not do a plain wall; I started to cut a wall with waves to create some more dynamic texture to the background. It turned out really cool and did its job for sure.
But, I should spend some more hours cutting, it was very close to small and had some problems while shooting, but after all, the picture turned out well. That was the only negative.
This scenery was not the most advanced, but the lightning was more complex, and I spent some time getting as good as possible in-camera. There is some harsh lighting there, but I decided to keep that, especially for the side windows.
Which I should cut off in another picture. But in this one, it's how it should be. The car has a lot of shaping that needed to be lit, so I had to flag out some parts, and I did three exposes in total, Overview, one with more light on the back, and one for the front.
Then I could handle it more controlled in post.
It's lit with 3 Aperture MC lights and tiny pocket lights. And yea, I don't have any flashes for these images; to have complete control.
The camera I use on this one is a Canon R5, and I used my lens: Sigma Art 50mm.
I usually use the 24mm to get more wide shots, but now I needed a more balanced perspective, so I decided to go with the 50mm.
See the image below and the behind the scene reel on my Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CcGKPplL4-Y/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
