Early ’50s Chevy fuel truck. Couple of squirts of red LED flashlight. Stack of 403, 389 and 360 second exposures for . . . uhhh. . . 1,152 second star trails. What is that, about 19 minutes? Just goes to show, not much difference between 360 and 400 second exposures. What matters is not having a […]
The Failed Mascot
All that’s left of this 1960s Ford C-Series truck is a battered cab, sitting in the dirt, with a legless doll hanging where the mirror used to be. The roof had been pulled several feet vertically–peaked like a tent, making the center of where the windshield would be, twice it’s normal height. I set the […]
Riding Squeaky Casters into the Abyss
Last October, Paul cleaned up the area behind this 1959 Chrysler Imperial, opening up this angle for me to shoot. It’s just a body on casters. Weird huh? It’s a movie prop from the film “Cobb” built to be easy to move around on the set. I loved how it seemed like the car was being sucked […]
Staring Contest
The same ’70’s Peterbilt as yesterday’s post. 355 second exposure. Full moon almost directly overhead, LED flashlight from both sides using a shallow angle to pull out the surface details. Red LED from behind through the rear window. I tried to keep things as symmetrical as possible.
Shift Pattern
1970s Peterbilt semi truck cab. Like several other trucks at Paul’s Junkyard, this cab is off the chassis and sitting on the ground, making shooting the interior, normally 10-feet in the air, a breeze. Red and lime-gelled LED through the rear and side windows, purple-gelled LED through the front windows.
Puppy Wants a Treat
It’s the happiest-looking motor-tester in the world! I bet his nose is wet and cold. Natural and purple-gelled LED flashlight in total darkness.
Fright Weightliner
1970s-vintage cabover White Freightliner, tucked away in a corner at Paul’s Junkyard. This is a stack of three 6 and 7-minute exposures, for approximately 20-minute star trails. I just let the camera run while I was helping a student during a workshop. Full moon and starlight only.
The Dumpsters of Leisure
Junked “Leisure World” dumpsters, a ’68-ish Road Runner (with a fake blower on the hood), a Bucyrus-Erie crane and a little heat lightning in the distance . . . at Paul’s Junkyard. Lime-gelled LED flashlight on the crane, snooted blue LED on the headlights and a little natural LED on the dumpster’s shadow side. 216-second […]
Bubbles
A 3-wheeled flatbed scooter-truck! No idea what this is, is it a Cushman? It seems German to me. My research has come up blank. I’m sure someone will tell me what this gem is any second now . . . EDIT: Yep, I knew someone would figure it out. It’s a Diahatsu Midget, aka Tri-Mobile. […]
The End of the Roach Coach
Movie prop catering truck (blown up for “CSI”) circling the drain at Paul’s Junkyard. Pretty sure this thing’s gone by now. What made me stop to shoot it in the first place was the converging perspective lines and multiple planes of depth in the scene. I liked the way the moonlight was grazing the front […]
