Got that Friday feeling? Sadly we have here in dimly-lit dungeon of the Tom Cunningham Photographic conglomerate HQ. Rain, rain, and more rain. Anyway, here’s something a bit brighter: On sale today, this month’s Truck & Driver magazine features Altrincham scrap metal processor Jamie Davidson, and his mean as hell Volvo FH16 660 ‘Terminator’. Showcasing the work of legendary Southwest airbrush artist Matt, the truck is understandably heavy on the artist formally known as the Governor of California, or ‘The Governator’, as the US media kindly described him.
From our end it was a bit of a double bubble this one, as the operator and magazine are both clients. This shoot was the product of two visits: one for T&D and one for the Jamie himself. Sometimes we get all technical on you, but here’s proof you don’t need thousands of pounds worth of gear to produce a decent image. For once, the opening double page spread image isn’t complimented with a one of our powerful Profoto strobe lights. Instead I used a small Nikon SB900 flash placed on one of the little foot stands they come with. Fired with a Pocket Wizard radio trigger, it’s just enough to lift the front of the truck out of the shadows. Shot with a Nikon D3X and a 70-200 f2.8G ED AF-S VRII lens (at a focal length of 116mm) the exposure is 160/sec @ f10 (with a 2/3 stop underexposure).
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