Tom, Ed and All,
This just proves that good modeling (combined with some good
photography) is timeless.
My photograph in the calender predates Ed's by several years. It was
shot on a 4 x 5 view camera that takes a fair amount of time to just
position in a cramped layout room. I typically took about half my
layout shots with it. In RR terms it is like a Challenger in comparison
to a 0-6-0. MR liked the quality of the image and in their terms:
those images float to the top! In today's world a high end digital
camera (Phase One, Leaf etc exceeds that quality, but they are also
$40K). So now those of you who follow vintage photography might ask--if
the 4 x 5 is the Challenger what is the Big Boy--well it's the 8 x 10.
I used that camera when I shot the double page cover shots for some of
the SHS catalogs and some of the 'trainset' shots. I was able to split
the film in half, so even though the film wasn't cheap, I was able to
save them quite a few dollars in that respect. More than once I dragged
that camera home to my layout and shot there--I must have been crazy!
Sometimes however, shots never get used that deserve to be printed, but
when you have a committee voting and you're not a member of that
committee... MR has a small stash of my photos that go back maybe 25
years unpublished--a couple that sort of stick in my mind was a
selection for one of the Marks family of a interlocking tower with
complete interior detailing and also a shot that I did as a tribute to
O'Winston Link. Oh well!
Bob Werre
PhotoTraxx
On 7/11/12 6:08 PM, Ed wrote:
> April features NYC ALCO diesels traversing a large bridge on Ed
Loizeaux's NYC Valley Divison, photographed by Andy Sperandeo.
> Tom Hawley
Interesting note: That photo was taken in 2004. It appears that MR
keeps pictures in a safe place until they decide to use them for
something. In this case, eight years shielded from the sun. Ed L.
