Command palette

    04 · CRAFT

    Painting with light.

    Long exposures, hand-carried lights, multi-frame compositing — the technique behind the Mercedes-Benz and Liqui Moly features, taught from Baghdad to Tampa.

    STAGE SENSOR
    Stills
    15
    Films
    10
    Archive
    7

    01 · CONTACT SHEET

    EXPOSURE

    SIMULATED EXPOSURE — not the capture settings

    ±0 EV

    SNR 18 % ±0.0 dBCLIPPED 0.0 %

    1/250
    ISO 6400
    f/3.2

    Arrow keys step one third of a stop. Backspace, or a double tap on the dial's name, returns that dial to the metered exposure. AUTO solves for zero; press it again within four seconds to shift the program.

    BULB 8.0 s INTEGRATION SIMULATED — the photograph is a real long exposure Arrow keys move the light, Enter or Space switches it on and off.

    FILE LIGHT STUDY

    FRAME 1 of 15 1400 by 2010 pixels 2.81 MP 164 KB YEAR 2013 MEAN LUM not yet measured
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    FILE BMW E36 · COMPOSITE

    FRAME 2 of 15 1250 by 696 pixels 0.87 MP 81 KB YEAR 2014 MEAN LUM not yet measured
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    FILE MERCEDES W124

    FRAME 3 of 15 1400 by 756 pixels 1.06 MP 56 KB YEAR 2015 MEAN LUM not yet measured
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    FILE FORD MUSTANG

    FRAME 4 of 15 1400 by 974 pixels 1.36 MP 65 KB YEAR 2015 MEAN LUM not yet measured
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    FILE BMW E30

    FRAME 5 of 15 1400 by 934 pixels 1.31 MP 121 KB YEAR 2015 MEAN LUM not yet measured
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    FILE AUDI Q5

    FRAME 6 of 15 960 by 640 pixels 0.61 MP 35 KB YEAR 2016 MEAN LUM not yet measured
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    FILE FORD MUSTANG GT

    FRAME 7 of 15 1400 by 944 pixels 1.32 MP 128 KB YEAR 2016 MEAN LUM not yet measured
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    FILE LAMBORGHINI GALLARDO

    FRAME 8 of 15 960 by 528 pixels 0.51 MP 55 KB YEAR 2017 MEAN LUM not yet measured
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    FILE ROLLS-ROYCE · G-CLASS

    FRAME 9 of 15 1290 by 702 pixels 0.91 MP 50 KB YEAR 2018 MEAN LUM not yet measured
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    FILE MERCEDES G-CLASS

    FRAME 10 of 15 1400 by 778 pixels 1.09 MP 64 KB YEAR 2018 MEAN LUM not yet measured
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    FILE NISSAN 370Z ROADSTER

    FRAME 11 of 15 1324 by 640 pixels 0.85 MP 45 KB YEAR 2016 MEAN LUM not yet measured
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    FILE NISSAN 370Z · BAGHDAD

    FRAME 12 of 15 1200 by 1600 pixels 1.92 MP 154 KB YEAR 2019 MEAN LUM not yet measured
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    FILE BMW E36

    FRAME 13 of 15 960 by 640 pixels 0.61 MP 31 KB YEAR 2015 MEAN LUM not yet measured
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    FILE FORD MUSTANG

    FRAME 14 of 15 1400 by 784 pixels 1.10 MP 114 KB YEAR 2016 MEAN LUM not yet measured
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    FILE BMW E30

    FRAME 15 of 15 1400 by 864 pixels 1.21 MP 88 KB YEAR 2015 MEAN LUM not yet measured
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    Pixel loupe

    MEASURED — decoded file, not sensor RAW

    FILE PX — , — · — × —

    ZOOM 1×

    LUMA — (REC.709, DISPLAY) · Y — LINEAR

    Arrow keys move one file pixel, Shift plus arrow ten. Plus and minus zoom. B shows the colour filter pattern, J the JPEG blocks, V the values as bars. C copies the hex value. Home re-centres. Escape closes. To open: L on a focused photo, or the LOUPE button then a photo.

    02 · FILMS

    Baghdad Rap Night — 2023 OG Khalifa · Armando · Disser — covered by NYT & VICE
    First Place Crowning — 2022 Crowned by the Dean, College of Arts, Mustansiriyah University
    Castrol Contract Signing — 2023 Sardar Group × Haider Group partnership
    EGMA Batteries — CGI Spot Full-CGI product animation, built in Blender
    Royal Purple — National Ad Campaign for the Haider Group distribution
    Cardip Iraq — 3D CGI Reel Blender CGI integrated with cinematic live action
    Rap Night — Official Trailer The cinematic trailer that announced Baghdad's first
    Rap Night — Announcement Film Event promo produced end-to-end in-house
    Al-Hussam Services — 3D Spot 3D brand animation for the service network
    Royal Purple — Import Trailer Launch trailer for the Haider Group import

    FRAMES FROM AL-HUSSAM SERVICES — 3D SPOT · 30 FPS

    Frame 01 of 16 from Al-Hussam Services — 3D Spot
    ACTUATIONS 0 actuations 8 frames per second Tap for one frame. Hold, or hold Space, for continuous shooting. Arrow keys review frames.

    03 · SOURCE → COMPOSITE

    Final composite, 2015: the red BMW E30 cut out and placed on a night motorway with light trails
    Source photo, 2015: the same car at a daytime car meet in Iraq, faces and plate blurred
    SOURCE50%FINAL
    NEAR CLIP · FILE LUMA CLIP —.— % MEASURED

    SOURCE PHOTO → FINAL COMPOSITE · 2015

    SIMULATED FLAT PROFILE — not the original RAW

    WFM · 64 COL · FILE LUMA

    TAP THE PICTURE TO JUMP · HOLD FOR PP OFF · KEYS [ ] Z P

    04 · ARCHIVE

    With the visiting press and photographers covering the Baghdad event, 2023
    BAGHDAD · 2023
    Building the stage — production, not only photography
    The workstation the early edits were rendered on
    Hussam Service, 2015 — the first branch
    Hussam Service, 2018 — scaling up
    Hussam Service, 2021 — a branch network
    Client car photographed during the Hussam Service years