It only took me a decade to get around to it but the Dade Tomato structure is finally done. The base color layer is a photo laminate with additional photos “elevated” and layered on top to create relief. Details include: Shapeways security lights, Gold Medal Models security gate, scratch built dock bumpers, Atlas utility insulators, […]
I continue to slowly chip away at the block between 13th and 14th Avenues. Currently on the docket is Dade Tomato. More to come……
Back in 2010 I was walking down 22nd Street when I came across F&R Scaffolds next to Proveedora Jiron. I was drawn in by the faint ghost lettering of a previous business, Lobster Factory, barely noticeable under the paint. In this image I continue to try to work 1/87 human figures into the shot without […]
A-1 Farmers Choice and International Freight was located on the far west end of the switchback. At the time I started rail fanning the line in ’06 it was still receiving cars on a fairly consistent basis. That tapered off and eventually dried up several years later. A decade ago I shot a similar version […]
Some photo shoots fall together in an hour and give you the perfect ten as far as images go. Then there are those like the one above that you have to really fight with to get something even remotely useable. The problem with this shot was getting the lighting in position which, in the end, […]