Ferrari 348 Sunset Photoshoot

Mario and I recently spent a few hours with his gorgeous rosso corsa Ferrari 348 ts. As many know, sunset has glorious light: both soft and golden in hue. Many don’t realize that there are many other available colours if you stay behind: violet, indigo and others. We arrived at the selected location along the Ottawa River parkway an hour in advance. Arriving early gives you time to find a suitable pose, clean up the site, position the car, experiment with different lens and perspective combinations and balance the tripod on the picnic table you relocated for the purpose. And the changing nature of the light wrecks havoc with the white balance.

As the sun sets, you have a 15 minute window with the golden light. You then have another 30 minute wait for the sun to drop below the horizon and the deeper blues of the early night sky. Of course, none of this may occur as clouds may roll in and block any available light or clouds may roll out removing any interesting sky and colours.

We had a great couple of hours chatting, comparing hi-tech employment stories (it turns out we both work in the same field), and becoming friends. We also shared our mutual enthusiasm for the Ferrari 348, the history of Mario’s 348 and cars in general.