New Model Railroad Photography Website

[Anonymous]

Last year I posted a clinic on model railroad photography for digital cameras on this forum. Like all messages it soon got pushed to the bottom of the pile. I've placed all of the original information and much more on a brand new website just for my clinic: http://arailfan.googlepages.com/

Hopefully it will help some of you who want to take some decent photos of your models and layouts. Much of the info is geared to point and shoot digitals, so it should have a fairly wide appeal.

If anyone has any suggestions for addtional material, questions on what I've presented, etc., please let me know.

Bob Boudreau

[SpaceMouse]

I read the original post, but this seems to be better. Perhaps it is the presentation here is more conducive to easy reading. It is now bookmarked.

[simon1966]

Great timing Bob!!

I even took my camera manual with me so I could read it while sitting around drinking beer this weekend!

[BRVRR]

Bob,
I copied your original post to a file and have referred to it often. I'm not sure if it helped me any, but any faults are mine not yours.
I got a better digital camera a few weeks ago. My pictures are improving, thanks largely to you and your pointers.
The new website is a much cleaner presentation than the old posts were. Easier to follow. Good job!!!
Thanks for the tutorial. Now if I can just apply the principals consistently, things should be looking up.

[selector]

Thanks, Bob. I may get lucky and get a nice Rebel for Christmas. I would enjoy learning from your clinic, and would also enjoy a telescope that has been gathering dust out in the barn. I have always been interested in astrophotography, but my lack of learning and decent equipment (not to mention Winnipeg winters and mosquito infested summers) always kept that dream remote.

-Crandell

[dragonriversteel]

Hello Bob,

What type of a locomotive is CN 1803 ? Never ever never ever seen such a beast . I love that locomotive, should be running around a steel mill . Come on man tell be what type it is???????????

Patrick
Beaufort,SC
DRSC

[Anonymous]

CN 1803 is an RSC-24, one of three CN owned. Essentially a switcher with road engine 6-wheel trucks. Has a stubby little short hood that really makes it unique. The model was started by a friend who lost interest, and I finished it. It was a major kitbash, almost scratchbuilt.

Bob Boudreau

[NZRMac]

Bookmarked thankyou Bob

Ken.

[topgun3208]

Bob, you do some gorgeous photography and train layouts. I especially loved the photo of the machine shop you done some years ago, it looked so realistic. keep up the great work and with my wife being a Canuck we hope to make it out to the eastern side of Canada someday.

[tcf511]

Thanks very much for the effort of creating the website. I'm relatively new to model railroading and one of my goals is to learn to take good digital photos as I develop my layoutl. I've bookmarked the site.

[Anonymous]

Thanks Bob,
Just prior to reading this I took several photos, most I had to delete, I'll retry using your clinic and camera manual.

[SOU Fan]

Thanks alot. I actually take better pictures now because of you.

Thanks

[jfugate]

Bob:

Great web site with very helpful info on taking good model railroad photos.

I've come to the same conclusion as you ... doing meaty forum-clinic type posts on here is counter-productive because the content quickly gets lost in the constant din of posts. I've seen my forum clinics, when moved to the front, end up back on page 5 or 6 in just a few hours. Then your nice meaty clinic gets filled up with several pages of "bump!" posts in between all the good meaty clinic material.

Doing a separate site and referring to it now and then when questions come up seems to be the way to go. That way you control the content completely and lots of good info will always just be a click away. [swg]

[Anonymous]

Joe:

Thanks for the comments! I actually had my photo clinic on my personal web site, as well as on another one for our local area association. But they are both Geocities free sites which limit the amount of free bandwidth that can be used. I never felt it was worthwhile to refer someone to my site and to have them see "bandwidth has been exceeded, come back later". So when Google made webspace available, I decided to give it a try. Their sites are pretty basic without too many options and capabilities, but I can live with them as the price is right!

Bob Boudreau
http://arailfan.googlepages.com/

[jfugate]

QUOTE: Originally posted by FundyNorthern

Joe:

So when Google made webspace available, I decided to give it a try. Their sites are pretty basic without too many options and capabilities, but I can live with them as the price is right!

Bob Boudreau
http://arailfan.googlepages.com/

Bob:

It's hard to argue with *free*. [swg]

[dave9999]

Bob,
Nice work on the site. I have made note of many of your techniques in the past... it's nice to
have a source to reference when I need it. Thanks. Dave

[Anonymous]

Thanks Bob, I read the article and learned alot. I try to sell some structures I make on ebay, and your lesson has helped me improve my presentation.
Your article was actually pointed out to me on the weatherers network forum.

[SilverSpike]

Favorite added! Great site Bob, and thanks for sharing your photography techniques, it is a great combination of two of my favorite hobbies.

Also, thanks for the Google Pages heads up! I have a gmail account, but never used it. Now I have just created my own website in only 30 minutes and have two pages already.

[Anonymous]

I have to grab the meat of clinic posts and drop them into a word document.


quote]Originally posted by jfugate

Bob:

Great web site with very helpful info on taking good model railroad photos.

I've come to the same conclusion as you ... doing meaty forum-clinic type posts on here is counter-productive because the content quickly gets lost in the constant din of posts. I've seen my forum clinics, when moved to the front, end up back on page 5 or 6 in just a few hours. Then your nice meaty clinic gets filled up with several pages of "bump!" posts in between all the good meaty clinic material.

Doing a separate site and referring to it now and then when questions come up seems to be the way to go. That way you control the content completely and lots of good info will always just be a click away. [swg]

[Anonymous]

Nice Bob! I allways liked your modeling and shots. And alot of the tips can be used out in the real word. thank you

[fsm1000]

Nice work. I found it easy to understand too. Mnay sites on photography actually have mostly words. You have pics as examples. I like that. Thanks
Stephen