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Re: Organized photography?
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Tue, 10 Aug 2004 14:42:04 GMT
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Adrian Drake wrote:
> 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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?
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> Anybody want to bring 13 feet of a nice clean backdrop for, um, something that
> I'm bringing along? Yeah, I suspected not. Rats.
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> Adrian
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
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| In lugnet.events.brickfest, Nick Kappatos suggested: (...) Restroom -- an *uncluttered* background? Whuh? But on that topic: remember to wash your hands (including all their surfaces) for at least 19 seconds. Rocklands? SHIP? (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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