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Audi Asks Photographer To Photograph Their $160,000 Sports Car, He Uses $40 Miniature Toy Car Instead
When Audi commissioned photographer Felix Hernandez Rodriguez (previously here) to photograph their sports car Audi R8, we knew that something wasn’t right. Turns out, he shot the $160,000 car by using a $40 scale model!
The most amazing part? He didn’t even use Photoshop. Everything was done using miniature models, props, lighting and in-camera effects.
If you’re starting to feel like you cannot trust anything you see anymore, you are not being paranoid. Check out our previous post ‘15+ Pics That Show Photography Is The Biggest Lie Ever‘ to see what we mean. (h/t)
More info: hernandezdreamphography.com
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Olti Drd 8 years ago
I'm sorry, what?! He didn't use photoshop?! There's clearly traces of photoshop all around there.
Jeannot Turlings 8 years ago
I would have asked for the car. Have gone for a drive with the real one and made these kick a*s picks with the model :)
Pizzerino Pizza 8 years ago
If you take a look at his website, you'll se he's specialized in taking pictures of miniatures. I also call bulshit.
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Megan Pawlak 8 years ago
Having gone to school for art and taken non-digital photography I can tell you that dodging, burning, perspective, lighting, and camera techniques have been around since the invention of the camera. This is totally legit and can be done purely with modeling and lighting.
Magdalena 8 years ago
Reminds me of a picture I took one day coming back from the beach. It's a magnet I got that day from a friend of mine :) FullSizeRe...c5fd40.jpg 
Nicholas Yu 8 years ago
Moron who posted this onto Bored Panda doesn't understand what "Photoshop" is. Just because it's not blatant doesn't mean there wasn't photoshop used.
Moana Montana 7 years ago
Waaaah! Oh! hahaha I never thought this! http://www.classicautobody.com/
Horatio Valentine 7 years ago
I call b******t on no using photoshop either. Those lens flares don't come from nowhere, ya know. Last time I checked, model cars didn't have HIDs. And that is no $40 model. B******t on the whole thing. If Audi really did hire him to do a photoshoot, then they would have known straight up that he used model cars. It's kind of his thing. This is one of those fake news things the interwebs is full of. Nobody buy this s**t.
Allison Harp 8 years ago
Even if the photographer used photoshop, he still had great ideas. Agree?
Magdalena 8 years ago
Reminds of one picture I took coming back from the beach. It's a magnet I got from a friend of mine. :) FullSizeRe...94bb2a.jpg 
Ioana Balota 8 years ago
What concerns me is how easily you can become the victim of great marketing campagnes, these days! :D
Susanna Vesna 8 years ago
Def cheaper to organize a photoshoot like this, than the real thing. But then- what is the point of all this? Why are we even bothering to live? Let's just fake it all! </3
Kopitiam English 8 years ago
Talk about genius....well, that's what audi stands for - creative and genius....
over opinionated 8 years ago
I love when people who can't understand that someone can be extremely talented without Photoshop. He's a very great photographer not a Photoshop whiz. Don't cry Photoshop just cause you can't do it.
Doug Stringham 8 years ago
He's using Photoshop. I'm a professional photographer who also has followed his work for sometime. DEFINITELY uses Photoshop. But who cares?
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Olti Drd 8 years ago
I'm sorry, what?! He didn't use photoshop?! There's clearly traces of photoshop all around there.
Jeannot Turlings 8 years ago
I would have asked for the car. Have gone for a drive with the real one and made these kick a*s picks with the model :)
Pizzerino Pizza 8 years ago
If you take a look at his website, you'll se he's specialized in taking pictures of miniatures. I also call bulshit.
Load More Replies... Megan Pawlak 8 years ago
Having gone to school for art and taken non-digital photography I can tell you that dodging, burning, perspective, lighting, and camera techniques have been around since the invention of the camera. This is totally legit and can be done purely with modeling and lighting.
Magdalena 8 years ago
Reminds me of a picture I took one day coming back from the beach. It's a magnet I got that day from a friend of mine :) FullSizeRe...c5fd40.jpg
Nicholas Yu 8 years ago
Moron who posted this onto Bored Panda doesn't understand what "Photoshop" is. Just because it's not blatant doesn't mean there wasn't photoshop used.
Moana Montana 7 years ago
Waaaah! Oh! hahaha I never thought this! http://www.classicautobody.com/
Horatio Valentine 7 years ago
I call b******t on no using photoshop either. Those lens flares don't come from nowhere, ya know. Last time I checked, model cars didn't have HIDs. And that is no $40 model. B******t on the whole thing. If Audi really did hire him to do a photoshoot, then they would have known straight up that he used model cars. It's kind of his thing. This is one of those fake news things the interwebs is full of. Nobody buy this s**t.
Allison Harp 8 years ago
Even if the photographer used photoshop, he still had great ideas. Agree?
Magdalena 8 years ago
Reminds of one picture I took coming back from the beach. It's a magnet I got from a friend of mine. :) FullSizeRe...94bb2a.jpg
Ioana Balota 8 years ago
What concerns me is how easily you can become the victim of great marketing campagnes, these days! :D
Susanna Vesna 8 years ago
Def cheaper to organize a photoshoot like this, than the real thing. But then- what is the point of all this? Why are we even bothering to live? Let's just fake it all! </3
Kopitiam English 8 years ago
Talk about genius....well, that's what audi stands for - creative and genius....
over opinionated 8 years ago
I love when people who can't understand that someone can be extremely talented without Photoshop. He's a very great photographer not a Photoshop whiz. Don't cry Photoshop just cause you can't do it.
Doug Stringham 8 years ago
He's using Photoshop. I'm a professional photographer who also has followed his work for sometime. DEFINITELY uses Photoshop. But who cares?
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