This shoot was in “The Spine”, the brief was to show off the Papaya parts of the new Formula 1 car, with lots of atmosphere. I split this set in to two halves, first was the hero shots, lit in a cold light with a hint of warmth coming through the smoke from above. We used a haze machine to fill the room and add the atmosphere for real, which always presents challenges with showing a car off in a vivid way, so there was a lot of waiting for smoke to clear and sit in the correct place to fit with the lighting.
For the detail shots, we went for a less stealthy look, and more vivid and eye-catching. Papaya smoke, blended with a subtle cool light on the car to show off the carbon.
