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Model Train meets Real World – New Amtrak Station, Wallingford CT
This image begins with a trip to Wallingford CT where, along with my wife Cheryl, we photographed the new Amtrak Train Station. This station was built about three years ago and ia 1/4 mile north of the original Train Station. Then the Conrail GP-40 locomotive, N-Scale (1:160) Atlas train, along with Kato’s N-Scale Amtrak passenger cars were photographed in my studio. It is important to photograph the miniature trains, (each car about 3″ long and 1″ high), at as close to the same perspective as where they are going to end up in the actual photograph or the image won’t be usuable. I do this by having the train station…
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Jumbo Donut Shop, Uxbridge MA (with miniatures added)
I wanted to find an older looking doughnut shop so that I could “drop” my miniature vintage vehicles into the scene. While out looking for barns to photograph in Uxbridge MA I came upon this Jumbo Donut shop and thought it might work nicely for the image. Once back at my studio I photographed the motorcycle (which was about 12″ long), the police car (which was 1.5″ long) and the green vintage vehicle (which was 1.5″ long) in a studio setting. I used a Nikon D7100 using a 60 mm MACRO lens tethered to Helicon Focus and Helicon Focus Stacking software. I had a three light set up and an…
