Category: Photography and Lighting

Shoving Up First Avenue

June 6, 2019 Lmind1
Brooklyn TerminalPhotography and Lighting

Shoving a car eastward up First Avenue ca. 1943 on my N scale Brooklyn Terminal layout.

Brooklyn Terminal May 25

May 25, 2019 Lmind1
Brooklyn TerminalConstructionPhotography and Lighting

Back to work on the N scale Brooklyn Terminal layout. Currently on the docket is finishing the three large dockside warehouses. Lots of windows! As I was wrapping up last night I noticed the interesting lighting effect cast off by the overhead halogen track lights which lead to the image above. Smart phone camera’s convey…

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Cross Pollination

May 12, 2019 Lmind1
Downtown SpurOpinionPhotography and Lighting

Facing west from 13th Avenue towards the First Coast of Miami produce stand on my Downtown Spur layout. A recently saw the movie White Crow, a biopic on the life and career development of ballet star Rudolph Nureyev. Lots of lessons for us in there. How in the world could a movie on ballet have…

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Domingo Photography

April 8, 2019 Lmind1
Downtown SpurPhotography and Lighting

Here’s an “art shot” of the Domingo structure on the layout. Lighting consisted of a single tungsten photo flood about three feet to my left and pointed downward from about two feet above the layout. I used Helicon Focus for the depth of field. Most of the layout backdrop was photoshopped out and an image…

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Miami Docks

October 13, 2018 Lmind1
Downtown SpurPhotography and Lighting

Taking a cruise eastward down Miami’s River Drive towards downtown.  The docks are busy today.  It’s been awhile since I photographed the Downtown Spur so here’s some “proof of life” that it still exists and is going strong!