For us poor Yankees (by birth, not choice) would you be willing to make
your presentation available on line or send to us? Texas is a bit of a
hike from PA.
Thanks Bob,
Carey
Carey Probst
Member, M.I.T. Educational Council
S Scale, Sn3 and S High Rail/AF
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State,
the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
On 5/9/2012 4:34 PM, Bob Werre wrote:
>
> boB,
>
> Well now that Uncle Ed has pooped on your scene... I will offer you,
> two free hours at the Bob Werre School of Fine Art Railroad
> Photography school. Hope that makes you feel better! Actually I like
> the ability of actually seeing the lighting element in the headlights,
> which you show rather well. You can't do that with most LED's so you
> get one thumb up on that one!
>
> When it comes to ballast, way back in the day...I used Jack Troxell's
> layout's engine facility for a shot for the Dispatch. Jack's homesote
> had a white top surface, so making a night scene other than a snow
> scene didn't work, so I dumped a bag or two of black ballast in the
> area. Jack was a little upset that I messed up and covered all his
> great track-work. He, however, finally agreed that ground isn't white
> and the trackage in most areas is now ballasted.
>
> Actually, I will be giving a clinic on doing model RR photography at
> the upcoming NMRA's Lone Star Region convention coming up in June. As
> usual, no charge for all the, stuff I can send home with you. The
> usual disclaimer is that, since all this is free, it's probably worth
> what you paid! Although I really do hope some of you have benefited.
> So boB, if you get lost on some Southbound freeway and show up in
> Texas in June we can talk photography all day.
>
> Several times, I've been asked to judge the photo submissions at
> various RR events. I think most of the functions forbid pros from
> entering the contest if a certain portion of one's income is from paid
> photography. Actually this has inherent problems in some ways. For
> instance a pro wedding guy, and even a photo journalist might not have
> any more ability to photograph a layout any better than the common guy
> who has read a couple of articles. Besides it's the only way I ever
> get awards--just kidding!
>
> During the judging of submissions, I noticed a former local pro
> photographer had entered his own layout in the contest. Due to many
> quality and artistic problems, he received one of the lowest scores in
> the contest--(he really had just entered some faded slides from twenty
> years ago). The next time, we met he mentioned that "some judge" had
> given him a very dismal score and he was a pro and should have been
> given a much higher score. I told him, that I had judged the contest
> and that his stuff really didn't measure up to today's standards. I'm
> sure I'll be told the same thing eventually when techniques and times
> change.
>
> Bob Werre
> PhotoTraxx
>
>
>
> On 5/9/12 2:47 PM, Ed wrote:
>
>> > Comments, criticism, ideas for improvement, and brickbats all welcome.
>> > Bob Nicholson
>>
>> Idea #1 : Track needs ballast or dirt -- depending.
>> Comment #1: Moonlit night scene looks cool!
>> Criticism #1: Lights should be more yellowish.
>> Brickbat #1: Scenery needs help. Lights can wait.
>>
>> Idea #2: Sure you want more?
>>
>> "S"miles....Ed L.
>>
>
>
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