1953 Cadillac at the Big M salvage yard. In deep shade/total darkness, lit with LED flashlight.
Mineral A100
Early ’60s Dodge A100 van, rolled at Kincaid Mine in Central Nevada. Four 4-minute exposures, stacked for 16 minute star trails. Most of the van was a 5th exposure stripped in on top. The roof was lit with a xenon Stinger from 25 yards away and the interior with a red LED from the rear […]
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 […]
Tripped By Ty Cobb’s Ghost
This 1959 Chrysler Imperial is a studio prop car from the movie “Cobb.” It’s just a body and interior. There’s no chassis, wheels or driveline. It’s perched on a pile of rickety pipes along the fence at Paul’s junkyard. I set up the camera legs between the pipes and had to climb on them to […]
Split level Scrapyard
Derelict Greyhound Scenicruiser at Paul’s Junkyard near Lancaster, California. 6-minute exposure on an ice-cold, full moon night. It was barely enough time to run around the impenetrable piles of debris to light paint it with natural and red-gelled flashlights from several angles. The sky is a 12 minute exposure, stripped in with Photoshop. Yes, there are still […]
Cabover Faceplant
Kincaid is an old mining site in west-central Nevada, near Hawthorne. Abandoned for many years, it was surprising to find that there are now people living there, working the mine again. Luckily, the most interesting parts of the site are far enough from the trailers that the inhabitants never knew we were there. It was […]
The Pigeon
Ratty 1956 Thunderbird, one of the daily-drivers at the Big M, John uses it as an errands car. He calls it the Pigeon. It really is a dirty, beat up old bird. In deep shade, this short exposure was lit with red LED from this side and from the other side–lime-gelled on the seats and […]
Plymouth Satellite Sundance
This looks like how I feel. I picked up a cold on the flight back from Singapore, no doubt from that kid that coughed for 20 straight hours in the seat behind me. All my equipment is in a pile and ready to roll out to Nevada for the full moon and all I can […]
The Purple Pumpkin
Kincaid, Nevada. What caught my eye here was the rounded shapes piled on top of rounded shapes, as well as the light-colored metal in shade, just begging for light painting. The separate planes of the open doors gave me the opportunity to layer my lighting, giving this remote desert scene the perception of even more […]
