Doug Whyte

Dan - it was good to see you today. Thanks for the great pics! I didn't know you were from Redding. I lived there from 1990 to 2005.

Thats right Harry - and a great vid I also forgot Sugar Magnolia - Shes got everything delightful, shes got everything I need, Takes the wheel when Im seeing double, pays my ticket when I speed Well, she can dance a cajun rhythm, jump like a Willys in four wheel drive. Shes a summer love for spring, fall and winter. she can make happy any man alive.

Here are a few lesser known songs with YouTube links - The vid is better than the tune. Bet you can't watch just once. Deja Varoom! by Southern Culture on the Skids http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd4Aj4tbf50 409 by Junior Brown with the Beach Boys Speedway at Nazareth by Mark Knopfler Here is a great list of Corvette/Chevy Songs "They don't write songs about Volvos" http://members.home.nl/walfred/Corvette%20Songs.htm

I'll be there -

Thanks Mark, I'm glad you were inspired by that series of articles. I have a similar story. Back in the '80s I got back into modeling after a twelve year hiatus. I found several copies of SAE in an automotive book store in NYC. Bill Coulter's writings in those magazines singled handedly inspired me to get back into modeling. He is now a friend and still a great inspiration. Thanks again to all for the welcome. Doug

I'm in Bethlehem - about twenty miles southwest of Winsted and about twenty-five miles southeast of Lime Rock. We moved here two years ago from Redding (CT). I also moved my photo studio here from NYC. No more commuting into the city - the digital age is great. Thomas - Now that Ice House Hobbies is gone where do you go for modeling supplies? Doug

Thanks Jairus - its great to be here! Doug

Thanks for the complements on the Olds boxart. I'm very pleased with the see-through view of the Olds. Growing up I always liked the double exposure shots (mostly Funny Cars) that graced the covers of Hot Rod Magazine back in the late '60s. When I shot my '53 Studebaker custom for SAE (not the cover, but the inside shot with the article) back in '93 I went a step beyond a straight double exposure. I used a technique called "matting". I learned it twenty-five years ago when I was a student at the Art Center College of Design, and it was considered old school then. Matting was commonly used in the early days of motion picture film combine two scenes into one. For the Stude, I put a matte (black card) between the camera and the model. The card had a small oval hole that allowed me to expose only the engine (with the flip front body work removed). Next I removed the matte card with the small hole, put the flip front end back on the model, put a black matte the same size and shape as the hole and in the same position as the hole and then exposed the film again. Keep in mind the camera is locked down on a tripod. This is a lot of work and it took four tries to get things to line up or register, if I remember correctly. Why bother? Well.... matting gives control of what ends up beings 'ghosted'. If you look back at that shot, the the area around the grille and head lights are not ghosted but the hood is see-through to show the engine. A simple double exposure would have ghosted the entire front end of the body. In the digital age with the Olds: lock the camera down - shoot the chassis with the body removed - shoot another shot with the body on the chassis - use Photoshop to put the 'body-on' image over the chassis image as a layer. Then erase and feather away sections of the body 'til it looks cool. In the Olds image you'll see that some sections of the body are solid, other sections are ghosted and some are completely clear. Ain't technology great!