1990s Mercedes sedan in the pile awaiting the crusher at Paul’s. Undoubtedly, this was wrecked in a movie or TV show like almost everything else at Paul’s. Shot in September 2011, this car has already gone to that big junkyard in the sky. Purple, green and red-gelled flashlights during a 2-minute exposure. I relied on […]
Tag the Sky
In the Pit at Paul’s Junkyard. That’s a ’90s Cadillac limo, tagged up as a movie prop. This car is undoubtedly gone now. After shooting that semi cab in the previous post I trotted over here to catch one more shot of the sunset’s dregs. Again, there was very little color in the sky visible […]
Cabover Pete
After sunset at Paul’s. The sky didn’t really look like this, it was much darker and less colorful, but the 1 minute exposure allowed the sky to really burn in and saturate. It also gave me just enough time to get a bunch of low power strobe pops off. Lime from the rear, a couple […]
Effie Dreams
1950 Ford F-150 waiting for a new life at Paul’s junkyard. The ground and truck are a 2-minute exposure with blue-gelled strobe and snooted LED flashlight in the headlights. The sky is a 4 minute exposure to get the right amount of cloud movement.
Smoke Signals
Shot during the secret “Paul’s Alumni Weekend” workshop earlier this month. Two stacked 4-minute exposures for 8-minute star trails and extra-smooshy clouds. Pure moonlight here, proof positive that every image doesn’t need to be light painted. Man, we had fun!
Northbound Five
This is four stacked images totaling about 25 minutes of star trails. The wind was really howling that night and the sign blew over after the first exposure. The car on top was swaying in the wind too, so I froze it with a couple of strobe pops during a slight lull in the wind […]
Me and My Arrow
A Dodge Ramcharger and Plymouth Arrow in a pile at Paul’s junkyard. The camera was literally resting on the ground to get this shot. I propped the lens to nearly vertical with a towel. My favorite feature on the 60D I’m shooting with now is the swivel screen. I can preview the shot comfortably, from […]
Mack Fire Truck
Another rough gem in cold storage along the south fence at Paul’s, this is a late-’30s Mack Fire truck. Purple-gelled strobe on the fence and bounced onto the grille. Yellow-gelled strobe inside the cab from off-camera right. Natural xenon flashlight, towards the camera, down the side of the hood and red spotlight. Snooted red and […]
1908 REO
Paul brought one of his toys out for us to shoot, this beautifully restored 1908 REO Model B. Pretty sure this is the oldest car I’ve ever shot. I’ve been looking at that Policia Federal car, parked at Paul’s, for many nights now and the placement of the REO finally gave me a good context […]
Lightning over Paul’s Junkyard
Wow, we really had crazy clouds and even some lightning at the Paul’s Junkyard Workshop last weekend! It was an exceptionally surreal trip this time. I’m still processing my pix, but here’s one to get you started. 3-minute exposure with the full moon behind the clouds most of the time. The lack of moonlight meant […]
