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3 Tone Paint on the Reliable Resin 67/68 Camaro F/C Body

( Correct 118 / 120 in. wheel base ! )

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Brass Roll Cage : Chas Cochran Brass Works

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Black Pin Stripe Decal ( window boarder ) w/ my Rivet Decals

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Gooche' Custom Decals

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On the Bench COMING SOON !!!

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Posted

Thanks Jairus

Those images were taken w/ a $99.00 Dig. Camera I got at Office Max

w/ only " 3X Optical Zoom "

BTW .........finally figured of what an Avatar is .............. Dught !

Don

Posted

Fantastic work Don, My favorite subjects to. I plan to purchase a few novas sometime to build some funny cars, the 68-69 are my favorite nova funny cars.

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Don...

would you care to share Your photo tips or pointers??

Lighting etc..

Well.......... while attending an NNL , I watched the way Gregg shot the Models for the Mag

Simple Curved Poster Board background, however I don't have Big $'s for the Flash /Strobe lights

#1

Many think that they need to get Right Up on the Subject

which 90% is way to close .......... i.e. on a 3/4 Shot the Front of Car is out of focus & the Background is in focus

What I do is set the Tripod approx. 1 > 1.5 ft away

(then crop the image in Photo Shop)

#2

I like using GE Reveal Bulbs, they cast a Clean Blue Light as the

Erg Bulbs cast a Yellowish light

I probably spent $1,000 of dollars on wasted NFG pic's back in the day of SLR ( film ) Cameras

When I got this Dig Camera

What I did was tried various settings & wrote down what settings I used ea. pic on a 3X5 card in the corner of the pic

A lil' Trial & Error ............ until I got the result I wanted

One thing That I know works well , is

I like shooting w/ 2 Desk Lights w/ Reveal Bulbs in them w/ NO OTHER lights on in the room

When all fails ............ read the Camera manual :idea:

Build ON !

Don

Posted

Don...

thanks...

Well.......... while attending an NNL , I watched the way Gregg shot the Models for the Mag

Simple Curved Poster Board background, however I don't have Big $'s for the Flash /Strobe lights

#1

Many think that they need to get Right Up on the Subject

which 90% is way to close .......... i.e. on a 3/4 Shot the Front of Car is out of focus & the Background is in focus

What I do is set the Tripod approx. 1 > 1.5 ft away

(then crop the image in Photo Shop)

#2

I like using GE Reveal Bulbs, they cast a Clean Blue Light as the

Erg Bulbs cast a Yellowish light

I probably spent $1,000 of dollars on wasted NFG pic's back in the day of SLR ( film ) Cameras

When I got this Dig Camera

What I did was tried various settings & wrote down what settings I used ea. pic on a 3X5 card in the corner of the pic

A lil' Trial & Error ............ until I got the result I wanted

One thing That I know works well , is

I like shooting w/ 2 Desk Lights w/ Reveal Bulbs in them w/ NO OTHER lights on in the room

When all fails ............ read the Camera manual :idea:

Build ON !

Don

Posted

Terrific work...I am looking to buy some of these bodies, I am a HUGE vintage drag fan. I want to build them all LOL...keep them coming, very inspirational work.

Ron

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