You won't believe this!!! It is astounding!! http://www.flickr.com:80/photos/24796741@N05/sets/72157604247242338/show/with/2346008881/
You're so right, Fox! That guy's work is amazing! He's incredibly talented! Most of those pics look so real, I would swear they were. David
I'm simply AMAZED at this work! In most of the pix, if not all, you would never know these are models! Now HERE'S a guy with patience!! And TALENT!
That's pretty incredible. I'd love to have the time to do something like that. Problem is I'd never have the patients and half of my stuff would probably end up smashed due to hard, sudden impact with the wall/ floor.
And incredible modeler AND incredible photography. I think it's kinda wild that using that tilt/shift technique you can make a real scene look 100x more like like a scale miniature than this scale miniature! That would actually be a really neat project. Photograph a real scene using tilt/shift, and then recreate it in miniature with this level of build and photo skill, and make people question their perceptions of reality. Them artsy types just love makin us simple folk question our perceptions of reality.
If there's anyone here that's really talented in the Modelling hobby, they should send a portfolio to the movie producers! U was watching the 'Special Features' on a few of Dreamworks' movies, where they show the models they built on Shrek and Shark Tales, etc. They invest huge money into those models! Disney usually does some too, and architectural companies working on oil rigs and refineries, or public works projects for bridges and state building projects. I recall one company I made a presentation to, and Oil Rig engineering firm, that was building an offshore oil rig model, down to the warning signs in 1:50 scale. They were paying $50,000 for the model, back in 1982! There's money in toys.
I did some research on this guy and he is a professional photographer, not a model car collector. He borrowed the already built diecast models from a friend of his. A good idea but almost any pro photographer could probably do that, looks cool though and realistic. It just the angle of the camera and lighting that really makes it look real, oh and baking soda to simulate freshly fallen snow. Kenny.
Wonderfull work, I had to look twice at some pictures to see if it was a scale model and scenery. Who needs photoshop if you can build like this.
True, he didn't build the cars. The cars are 1/24 scale diecast models by companies such as Franklin Mint and Danbury Mint and others. The astonishing part is that he scratch built all the structures and signs and many other details, and was then able to put it all together with natural lighting outside using all of mother nature as a back drop, to create a realistic scene. He has been building the structures to recreate his Pennsylvania home town of the 50's. I wish I had half his skill at modeling buildings for dioramas. But I'm confused. I consider this to be art, but is the photograph the art or is the actual diorama the art.
