In a message dated 97-11-05 14:39:33 EST,
Richard_Ceraldi-ERC004@email.mot.com writes:
> A member in the Gold Coast Triumphs (So. Florida) arranged with a
> professional photographer to shoot all of the clubs cars one Saturday. So
a
> bunch of us drove to Boca Raton and lined up for our turn to pull into a
> large building that had what looked like the corner of a swimming pool
built
> into the corner.
Richard:
With apologies for straying too far from the subject of LBCs! That "swimming
pool corner" is what's known as a "limbo." There are no corners or seams, so
an object placed in there seems to be suspended in space, or "in limbo" with
no visible means of support. Usually, the limbo is painted either white or
black, so it is easy for the photography lab to seperate the object from the
background so it can be pasted into another background for commercial ads,
etc. I have a small one-dimensional limbo in my studio, but I can't shoot
anything larger than a bicycle.
> For a nominal($20?) fee he took several shots from all angles and lighting
> combinations. Of course he would make enlargements for a small fee but the
> best deal was he gave all the photos to you unmarked. I ended up with
about
> 15 shots of my car from a large format camera. Not a bad deal.
$20 is a very good price for this type of photography. $200 would be more the
norm. An automobile (LBC, of course!) is probably one of the most difficult
items to photograph, either in or out of the studio. There are so many
reflective surfaces and angles involved, that is is very difficult to light
evenly, without deep shadows and bright "hotspots." The photographer did a
good job.
Dan Masters,
Alcoa, TN
'71 TR6---------3000mile/year driver, fully restored
'71 TR6---------undergoing full restoration and Ford 5.0 V8 insertion - see:
http://www.sky.net/~boballen/mg/Masters/
'74 MGBGT---3000mile/year driver, original condition
'68 MGBGT---organ donor for the '74
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