The practice video I uploaded onto YouTube was a successful exercise in terms of rooting out where the major trouble spots are with respect to creating the type of video I have in mind. Just as with still images, model railroad videography presents unique challenges. At the top of the list is handling the backdrop. […]
Author: Lmind1
Step Into My World
The camera lens allows us to interpret, capture, and experience our models in a way that simply isn’t possible with the naked eye. It takes us to the place we envisioned when we started this whole layout building process. The image above of Federal Cold Storage took most of a weekend to get the end […]
Appreciating the Ordinary
It’s the first week in August 2008 and the switch job works Sweetener Products, swapping loads for empties, pulling, pushing and swapping flat black tanks. It’s what they did the week before and will do the week after. There’s a certain timeless appeal in the pure ordinariness of rail operations.
Moving Models From Plastic to Art
From time to time I think about why model building never made the leap from recreation to fine art. Why is it that a sculpture can have mass appeal for the ages and be museum worthy but at best, a well done model seems relegated to a small niche museum. Why is it that when […]
Compelling Video June 17
The Elephant in the Corner of the Room The constructive criticism received on the LAJ practice video fell into two areas, the white balance and the bit of choppiness in sound transitions. Noted, but also very simple to fix. The purpose of the exercise was to experiment with some techniques but primarily to unearth […]