The guy who does the incredibly lifelike dio photos: another article

[StevenGuthmiller]

I've seen this guys work in the past & was always impressed.

Seems to me that he should be praised more as a photographer & not so much as a diorama/ model builder.

I could be wrong but I'm assuming all of the models he's featuring are die-cast "Franklin Mint" or similar models.

The diorama aspect of it is mostly non existent except for the base & a few back drops.

He's very good at what he does, but it seems to me that anyone with a good camera, some photography background, a good sense of space & distance & a lot of money to spend on die-cast models could pick this up rather quickly.

This is not a "dis" of any kind, but I would be much more impressed if the models were built by his own hand.

Am I missing something?

Does he build some of them himself?

 

Steve

[Earl Marischal]

Given he says he uses Photoshop, you would think he could use that to add some people.

steve

[PeeBee]

If you add a person to a photograph, or a painting for that matter, the eye goes right to that person, or persons.  Even if they're not central to the composition.  It's just human nature and curiosity.  Let's say you're painting a landscape and you even "suggest" an inhabitant in the scene with a dab or two of a skin tone.  Guaranteed, the eye will go right to that skin tone - the "person."

I think this was alluded to earlier on in this post by the photographer.  I have to agree with Harry, though:  driver-less cars in the era that this guy works in seems kind of weird.

PB.