The Lost America Blog

Porcupine of Death  :::::  North American B-25  :::::  Eagle Field  :::::  December 2012

Porcupine of Death

Disassembled North American B-25 in storage at a privately owned WWII air base.  Orange and white-set Protomachine flashlight.

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Skeletal Wings  :::::  Eagle Field  :::::  February 2013

Skeletal Wings

Wing spar and raptor skeleton on a sheet of corrugated metal in a field beside a disused WWII airfield.  Green, red and purple Protomachine flashlight.

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Super Liner  :::::  1980s Mack Super-Liner
On the Log Run  :::::  Peterbilt Cabover

On the Log Run

Moonrise at Paul’s.  391 seconds.  Red and white Protomachine flashlight.

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Kitchen Witchin' Hour  :::::  Avenue F, Antelope Valley, California

Kitchen Witchin’ Hour

About 1 AM in the unlucky kitchen of a destroyed abandoned house.  A mile down a lonely dirt road, in the middle of nowhere, in the Mojave.  Cool white and salmon Protomachine flashlight during a 2-minute exposure, under the full moon.

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Dirty and Crazy  :::::  CHP Dodge Charger movie prop
Bus Eater  :::::  1975 Chevy Monte Carlo

Bus Eater

Depth of Field composite, stacked in Photoshop.  Two 6-minute exposures focused on infinity and one more focused on the headlight, a foot away.  Red, lime and white Protomachine flashlight.

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Always Lift With Your Legs  :::::  Christopher Wayne Allwine

Always Lift With Your Legs

Here’s Chris from last week’s workshop, lifting a truck.  Pretty strong for a skinny guy.  2 hand-held strobes.  94 seconds, to let the sky burn in a little.

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Wrapped Around Your Ankles  :::::  "Cobb" (1994)  :::::  1959 Chrysler Imperial

Wrapped Around Your Ankles

The “Cobb” Imperial movie prop again.  The car is cut off at the dashboard/firewall for filming access, allowing me to get in here at an unusual angle.  This gem has taken a beating sitting outside in the desert for almost 20 years.  Protomachine flashlight set to red and lime.  I kept the exposure short to […]

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Before the Feature Starts  :::::  "Cobb" (1994)  :::::  1959 Chrysler Imperial

Before The Feature Starts

Paul moved the “Cobb” movie prop ’59 Imperial out from it’s nearly inaccessible perch on the west fence.  Now you can comfortably shoot it from any angle, so I set up and relaxed with her for 40 minutes while the stars inexorably marched across the sky.  Purple and red Protomachine flashlight too.  I love the casters […]

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