The second shot in the Truck Inn sequence, the sky was just starting to lighten when I completed this frame at about 5:30AM. It’s a stack of three 8-minute exposures yielding 24 minute star trails. Shot at f/11 to increase the diffraction spikes on the street light. Page 30 of my new book, which you […]
Space Truckin’
I’ve been dying to night shoot this gem on the side of Interstate 80 east of Reno for 20 years, but it was never good for night work because it was always lit up with florescent lights. Well, patience pays off: the Truck Inn Truckstop closed a few years ago and the sign has finally […]
Crawlin’ From The Wreckage
Tor-Erik Bakke and a rolled Chevy Impala at Paul’s. I love that it says “Escaped” on his wrist band, didn’t even notice it until I was processing the image. Page 70 of my new book.
Tacos from the Dark Side
Dennis Valente serving from a torched, blown up movie prop catering truck during a workshop at Paul’s Junkyard. It was truly nasty inside this thing, filthy, stinky and loaded with sharp edges ready to disembowel you in the pitch darkness. It’s great to work with people willing to put themselves in difficult positions like this […]
Pauly the Muscle
This is Paul, the owner of Paul’s Junkyard near Lancaster CA. He’s in front of a movie-prop 1948 Packard, one of a group of ’40s cars shot up for the movie “Gangster Squad” to be released later this summer. This was done before moonrise–without any added lighting it would have just been a black silhouette. […]
The Lizard King Checks His Blind Spot
Portrait week continues with Ron Pinkerton, behind the wheel of a movie prop RV at Paul’s Junkyard. Ron was an excellent model, he could sit perfectly still in an awkward position like this for days. He’s like a lizard on a rock in the sun. Combined with all his Doors references, coming up with this […]
Lenscratch Blog today
Featured on one of the www’s premier photoblogs today: Lenscratch! Woo hoo! Thanks Aline!
Satori in Taurus
While teaching last April’s workshop at Paul’s Junkyard I enjoyed making light painted time exposures of all the students. It lets me make certain to have some good one-on-one time with everyone and they really get to see how I work, first hand. I’ll be putting a few favorites online this week. Here’s Tom Bennett meditating under […]
Fall 2012 Paul’s Junkyard Night Photography Workshop
Yes, it’s true: Joe Reifer and I are holding another night photography and light painting workshop this fall! 3 days and nights of learning and shooting in our intensive and ridiculously fun format, totally unlike any other night photography workshop. September 28-30. Tuition is $900. Registration is now open. We opened it to our priority registration […]
Dream Car Nightmare
In the total darkness under the eucalyptus grove in the back of The Big M sits this brutally parted-out and weathered, but totally futuristic, 1961 Plymouth. I set the camera in the hoodless and empty engine compartment and lit from camera right with an LED flashlight for a few seconds. I was careful to place […]
