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Join Date: Mar 2006
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Considering I have been spending the last chunk of these years in set making, the last time I got to do camera related work was for some fantasy miniatures, for a book on the subject by another author. But since I am in the middle of a double wick candle burn, others and my own, I am having to really relearn, and polish off the old tools. So really, don't know if I can even qualify, but I love the Actor's Studio and I love the dios of my fellow authors.
What kind of tools and such do you incorporate into your photography?
Surprisingly, I don't even own a pedestrian version of Photoshop. I have a smaller lesser know product called Photosuite, which I used to make the armor lamp effects of my ALIENS dio many years ago. Now, I'll have to really stretch the product since I am doing Stargate:GIJOE ARMAGEDDON.
Do you create actual effects in the real world? Or maybe Photoshop is your forte?
Funny thing, since I do SFX for kids plays and for some wargammers, I find that I may be able to rig these things for Joe sized ideas. I guess trial and error will tell.
Do you consider yourself an amateur (maybe semi-pro or pro) photographer or do you only pick up the camera to create your Dio-stories?
Depends on what anyone would qualify as any of those titles. I have been a wildlife photographer, capturing active wolf packs at the Bronx Zoo in NYC for six years. I did some runway model photography for larger BBW girls at close of classes at Barbizon. Like most parents, I always tried to get that once in a lifetime shot that your kids set up, be it funny or heart warming. So It grossly depends. I still pick up my camera, which is an old Pentax K1000, but I love this dinosaur because it is one of the few cameras left that does not have an elecromagnetic shutter. So no batteries, no problem!
What's the strangest (or Hardest) thing you've ever done to capture a perfect shot?
Light. Plain and simple. One of my disabilities is that my eyes are extremely photosensitive, which means dark is my friend, and light not. This of course, doesn't work in the reverse, especially with regards to dioramas. That's the hardest. So I can say with shame that so far, no shot on any dios I have done are perfect. But I do like the look of posing some background fodder on a scanner with my Lara Croft custom for her pic on the site. Something about the eyes and stance.
But hopefully, with better protective eyewear and some new tricks, I can finally join my fellow creators in earnest.
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