[pure-silver] Re: Getting rid of a block

Dearest Uncle

Though weather may force it at times, inside is not the place I would prefer to be. Yes I have lights. Two older Paul Buff WL 10 000's have served me well. I have also used just some plain old work lights. I also have a large backdrop of white an dark gray muslim fabric. The frame is made from pvc pipe to hold it up and simple clamps hold the stuff together. Cheap and it works. Making one of any size should be no problem.

Model shops have never been a place I wanted to hang around, but maybe I should. I guess if you got close enough, no one could tell if it was done from a model or the real thing. Yet I am drawing the line at using dolls. No way. I do confess I had a GI Joe many years ago, but he retired many many years ago and I ain't about to start playing with dolls now.

The last time I used fruit, I also had a bottle of my favorite wine to put in the photo. Its contents seemed to disappear as the session went along. Sure had an interest effect, but I am not sure if it had more of an effect on me or the photos. Dealing with the fruit didn't seem to have as high a priority as sleep at the time. I should do more of this sort of thing. Its the type of thing that would bring a nice price from people with plenty of money to put on their walls and say they are artistic and cultured.

Stein wrote: 
Dear Mark,

If you are going to be stuck inside for a while - winter and all - now is the time to get out that old 4 x 5 ( Or get another 4 x 5 or two off eBay ) and clear the furniture out of the lounge room and make yourself a tabletop studio. You'll need:

1. Camera - a nice old cheap monorail would be perfect.
2. Tripod - which you have.
3. Lights - which you probably have, but they are good value right now. Even domestic fittings and tungsten bulbs can do the job.
4. Film holders which you have.
5. Models......

a. 1:18 die cast model cars. You will be amazed at what you find in the model shops.
b. Barbie and Ken and all the others. Toy stores.
c. Fruit and vegetables at the greengrocers. Get the best looking and wrap them carefully like babies till you get them home ( Odd looks from the greengrocer....)then light them carefully in classic still life pictures then slice them and cook them. It is the acceptable face of cannibalism.
d. Eggs. Shelled, raw, cooked, they are all photogenic.
e. Plastic wildlife models. Toy store stuff, but the range of painted figures from Germany is fantastic. A whole menagerie and you can construct their environment from garden dirt, twigs, and moss.

6. Tabletop - there is one of these on top of every table. You needn't buy a special Chinese or German setup table.
7. Big sheet of tracing paper in a picture frame.
8. 35mm slide projector.

The tracing paper screen is placed behind your main model setup and the 35mm projector supplies the backdrop scene. Exposure times are slow, but this is in a darkened studio anyway. The foreground may need a separate exposure.

   Best of all, this works for B/W and colour. Your studio is unlimited!

Uncle Dick

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