Category: Photography and Lighting
Brooklyn Terminal May 25
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 […]
Cross Pollination
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 any applications to model railroading? I’ve always maintained that our hobby, if pushed to its upper limits, can […]
Domingo Photography
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 […]
Miami Docks
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!