http://www.davehillphoto.com

I have never had a favorite photographer before until I found David Hills work.
and I have read all over the net about him.. and I have seen in so many forums people even argue and I mean argue very rude to each other about how David hill edits his shots..

Some say HDR. some say photoshop plugins . and it goes on and on. I even seen during a interview David hill will not give out his secrets at all..

So I have really studied his shots with my little knowledge of photography lol

And im thinking its more how he lights a shoot before he even takes a shot.
because I have tried everything possible I can think of in photoshop and HDR. and it dont even come close to his work lol

So this time I tried lighting as the main key on the photo. and i think im getting closer to his look.
I used the sun as a back light. and one flash. off to the right.. then a work light to the left to soffen the shadow. and then I had a work light under the truck firing up through the motor

then I took the image and tone mapped it a little at a time. in other words. I would tone map it slight.. then save then bring it back in and tone map slight.. because tonemapping all at once. seems to add a lot of noise to the image..

but anyway this is my david hill try and I would like to know if it looks like im on the right page or not :-)
thanks for your time
Miranda