Wow, kind comments Adrian and Simon. I think you're both onto something here. Photographing and displaying our models is tricky. I'd like to see a Knowledge Base Topic on it. I'd be happy to edit and upload one if there is anyone willing to contribute ideas to it. I've admired Brian Ostlind's quality photos and of course Phil is the master of real or fake, period shots. Plenty of other great photos on the Forum too but how to do it?
Adrian, getting down to it works. With the modern camera gimbals, it's becoming much easier to get a low level stabilised shot with a mobile. I've just bought a DJI Osmo Mobile 2 gimbal and it is producing good results. There is also the display problem. When we show our models, the public only gets to look down on them but we build them at head height. Different perspectives. Since we can't invite the public to get down and dirty, I'd started to think about how we might raise the models up, without a lot of effort. I've had to do a lot of decorating recently and I've thought of a better use for decorator's step up platforms:
They cheap and relatively easy to transport. Two of those and a ramp and you've got an instant model display platform. Add another ramp and you've got a bridge.
Simon, I took a couple of pics yesterday at the Yeovil show and, comparing them with shots taken indoors under LED lighting, show how the latter can make colours look odd, which in daylight look OK. I thought the weathering I'd done at the back end was a bit suspect but in daylight, I think it looks OK:
- Daylight
- LED lighting
All the best.
Stephen
