PAUL SHER on Fstoppers

Code One Movie Cars

Okay. Here's the basics:
We've built custom cars for the film and television industry for 35 years. Our images get ripped off by magazines and websites constantly. So we put a model on the publicity photos to establish a unique identity. There may be 100 Batmobiles out there that look the same, but we can easily prove there is only one of YOU!

Cars are photographed quickly as soon as they are finished and ready to be shipped to the client, so we move fast and call quite a few models at once to get a shoot locked down. Sometimes weather and scheduling is NOT our friend and the only thing we can do is shoot the car alone in the warehouse. When that happens, we do a "green screen" shoot and Photoshop you on the car. It's fun and easy and no one is glaring at you on a beach.

This differs from traditional work in that my job is to sell more cars, not you. So the camera is never in your face. We shoot the entire vehicle. So you have to do your best to make the shoot work from 20 feet away.

We like to shoot related outfits for these vehicles because a lot of them are iconic. Fast and Furious, Batman, Star Wars, Disney. So it's not your typical "thong bikini on an import car" work. And NEVER nude! Can't sell little Johnny a topless photo at a car show.

Interested? Here's the details
$250 for the hour shoot. Makeover appointment at a nearby MAC location. You keep $75 of MU. $100 bonus if you are camera ready. Model release and you get a 20x30 of the finished product.