by mike | Jan 14, 2018 | Storytelling, The Modeling Conversation
Simple joys. Going through old photos, I found this ancient Polaroid snapshot. It’s a mundane scene. No heart pounding railroad drama, no dramatic lighting and no Photoshop manipulation except for some cropping of the foreground. It’s just two boxcars being loaded at...
by mike | Jan 1, 2018 | Storytelling
New Year’s Day 1968 greeted residents of Dunreith, Indiana with record cold minus 16 F temperatures not seen in decades. The 236 souls of this small Henry County community that straddles US 40 and the Pennsylvania Railroad spent the holiday enjoying the Rose Bowl...
by mike | Nov 9, 2017 | Storytelling |
The Trackside Photographer is a website I recently discovered and have come to enjoy. The writing and photography remind me of David P. Morgan’s essays about railroading, in that they evoke an emotional picture of being at trackside. I was honored to have an...
by mike | Aug 10, 2017 | Storytelling, The Modeling Conversation, The P48 Experience
As a photograph, this one is quite ordinary. I’m happy with it however, in that it represents a departure for me in terms of the composition. It’s also a study in contrasts. You have an ultra modern locomotive sitting on track that’s approaching the...
by mike | Aug 7, 2017 | Storytelling, The Modeling Conversation
I have featured this location in previous posts, suggesting there is something here that keeps me coming back again and again. I do like the location for the way the rails form leading lines that carry the eye deep into the background. I like the trees and vegetation...
by mike | Jul 2, 2017 | OST Believes, Storytelling |
What would you tell the New York Times if they wanted to interview you about the craft? How would you present it? There’s a Times story and video making the rounds among modelers on Facebook. The video, Rebuilding In Miniature, produced by Veena Rao, features the work...
