Share your diecast diorama build tips, photos
You've seen them here at Redline Derby and elsewhere, folks taking photos of their cars (custom or otherwise) with some scenery creating a nice diorama to give their cars some emotional value and context.
Some people use model train kits for buildings and some just print out a background on their printer. And some more dedicated guys go out into the field to create some spectacular shots. It's all about the effort you want to put in to it...but eitherway, dioramas are certainly "the extra mile" when showing off your diecast cars.
If you're a diorama builder...
- What are your tips and tricks for getting good shots?
- What types of "props" do you use, what scales?
Please share your photos, tips, tricks, ideas...
Discussion
There's certainly a case for that...I guess I just see all if it as a way to create a scene with your cars rather than just the "showroom" photos (like I typically do).
And if anyone dresses up their tracks - like DCRA - then please share as well!
In a diorama the back ground is usually painted and may are may not be in the same scale as the foreground and miniature(s) used. I have seen this process of using a real back ground in model train photography before. I dont think it is an official term, but it is often referred to as nostalgic images. The photographic technique used is called forced perspective. Film makers have used this technique from the very beginning in motion pictures.
I would still consider the set up above as a diorama - as it contains the 3 basic elements of a background, a foreground and the miniature that make up a diorama!
Here's a sneak peak of a museum I have been working on in a shelf:
- nice shop k n o... — model40fan
- Good job! Where is the sink hole going to be? — Milton-Fox
- Nice work. Love all the logo signs on the wall. — redlinederby
- Thanks guys! Haha Mark, hopefully there won't be one here! — KandORacing
Good use of reclaimed boxes by Smitty, read more but here's a shot.
http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc415/model40fan/newtrackpix62004_zpsb7956f96.jpg
Isn't this one more trick photography than an actual diorama since the trees and houses are real and the cars are just up on a table?