Nissan Altima after a rollover crash. This car was on its way to the crusher at Paul’s Junkyard when I shot it and is long gone now. Fascinating how the bits of broken glass seem to have embedded themselves into the body. I lit it to accentuate this weird phenomenon. Natural and red LED flashlight […]
Flash
Just spent the last 3 days laid out with the flu. Fever, aches, nausea. I think I turned my guts inside out, coughing lung-butter into the kitchen sink. Pretty miserable. Now that I’m finally coming out of it, an ambulance image feels appropriate. Several pops of blue-gelled strobe inside the car from the far side. […]
Steel Cage
For you Daytona 500 fans. Stock car scraps at Paul’s Junkyard. Undoubtedly a movie prop of some kind, there are several of these on the lot. It was lit with a single hand-held strobe: blue-gelled through the rear window, red-gelled from camera-right and a yellow gelled pop through the tumbleweeds. It all took place in […]
Impala Crinkle
A smooshed 1964 Chevrolet Impala station wagon, under unsettled skies during a workshop at Paul’s Junkyard. 179 second exposure, blue-gelled strobe, bounced red LED flashlight.
Rocket Chrysalis
Corroded jet engine, still in its rusty, partially opened shipping cell. Paul’s Junkyard is a truly amazing place. Yellow and red-gelled LED flashlight. 57 second exposure in total darkness.
Cab-Over Front-Office
’70s-vintage Peterbilt cab-over semi-truck at Paul’s Junkyard. This body was off the frame, sitting on the dirt. Normally this interior would be 8 feet off the ground and virtually impossible to shoot using these techniques, but I was able to easily set up at shoulder-level in the doorway. Red-gelled strobe inside the sleeping compartment, blue […]
The Final Stop
The subway cars at Paul’s Junkyard. September 2011. A spot for you just opened up for the April workshop in this amazing junkyard.
No One Escapes The Claw
This rusty armored car circles the drain at Paul’s Junkyard. Shortly after this was taken it succumbed to the claw and shredder. Yellow-gelled LED on the claw and red-gelled strobe inside the vehicle. Lots of flashlight on the exposed engine too. 202-second exposure, long enough to get some nice movement in the clouds. We had […]
Vacuum The Bed
Red and lime-gelled LED flashlight in the bed, red gelled strobe through the windshield. 85 second exposure. Paul’s Junkyard, October 2011.
One Track Mind
Out in a field on the Munz Ranch property, as far from the sodium vapor lights as I could get. Is this a Snow Cat or just some kind of home-made tracked farm vehicle? Cool and rusty, whatever it is. LED flashlight down the side and snooted into the broken headlight, orange-gelled strobe inside the […]
