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Re: Organized photography?
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lugnet.events.brickfest
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Tue, 10 Aug 2004 13:24:22 GMT
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Phillip Thorne wrote:
> Those of us who've attended BrickFests past know that much shutterbugging
> transpires, as hundreds of attendees try to record the fiddly genius of
> thousands of bricks. But don't you just hate the prosaic, non-plastic
> background when it intrudes into your composition? Walls, chairs, carpet;
> conflicting models.
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> At BF-DC-2002, I took a bunch of photos in the Castle room from a low angle,
> nearly a minifig's POV (see
> <http://www.underbase.org/blog/archive/00000167.htm>) -- but darn those
> classroom walls and ceiling! Wouldn't a neutral, sky-blue backdrop be
> preferable? It'd be like something out of the catalogs or Idea Books.
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> I've corresponded with Castle chief Magnus Lauglo, and he's all for the idea, so
> I'm now assembling the fabric-and-dowels I'll be using. Since I've got a module
> for the Moonbase, I'll be bringing a swath of black, too. If the fabric doesn't
> work out, I can pick up some (not easily transported on Amtrak) posterboard (at
> the Ballston Commons Mall) -- it just won't suffice for wide-angle panoramas.
> Either way, I'll need a passerby or two to hold up the backdrop.
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> BrickFest doesn't take its own photos, and asks (in '02, at least) for links
> from attendees who did. I'll make the snaps public, of course -- I'm just
> trying to plan ahead for max aesthetics. Comment?
Anybody want to bring 13 feet of a nice clean backdrop for, um, something that
I'm bringing along? Yeah, I suspected not. Rats.
Adrian
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http://www.brickfrenzy.com
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| (...) You could try to photograph it in the men's room at Rocklands - someone did a nice .space tribute in there last year. I'll help you carry the SHIP in, if you want. -nk (20 years ago, 10-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| In lugnet.events.brickfest, Adrian Drake asked: (...) Thirteen feet? Ha. And my mother thought only *three* yards of fabric was overdoing it. "Some of these layouts are pretty darn big," I say (then add up the Moonbase reservations). Though I (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| Those of us who've attended BrickFests past know that much shutterbugging transpires, as hundreds of attendees try to record the fiddly genius of thousands of bricks. But don't you just hate the prosaic, non-plastic background when it intrudes into (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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