Sarel van Staden on Fstoppers

Car fine art

I’m a commercial photographer with a passion for cars and creative lighting techniques. Currently I’m working on a collection called “car fine art” which is aimed to portray the beauty of cars and to give recognition to the creative work of car designers. The photos are created using a lighting technique I had to design myself to enable me to create a low key lighting effect when shooting cars on location. This lighting technique, I liked to call FDL technique, allows me to create a matt finish on the bodywork of the car and is particularly useful to light smaller areas of the car to bring out the subtle details of the design.

Gear Bag

Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG
Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm
Nikon AF Micro-NIKKOR 60mm
Nikon D750
Godox AD200
Benro A-150EXU
Yongnuo RF-603N II Wireless