[shuttertalk]

I thought this was an awesome project and very clever use of props:



The middle really takes you by surprise!

[shuttertalk]

Apparently it's this is the guy's website
http://elginpark.smugmug.com/

He was also interviewed in the NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/automo....html?_r=2

[NT73]

Brilliant use of scale props, as apart from the cars themselves, add to the realism.

The 4th shot brought back memories of a garage in Bradford, (a town in the middle of the UK) that we passed regularly in the early 60's on the way to band gigs. The garage only sold American cars (Studebaker and Dodge etc I seem to remember).

[Zig]

Omygoodness, it's a giant Don Schaeffer :mad:

[Toad]

Very cool - I thought it was a movie set until I saw the big head...

[shuttertalk]

Omygoodness, it's a giant Don Schaeffer :mad:

Haha, that thought did cross my mind...

[matthew]

That's a great collection. I have to confess that I knew what I was looking at, as I had seen a bit about Michael Paul Smith in one of those art-or-photography discussions. Amazing work, cleverly executed.

I can't find it now, but I recall seeing a photo (moment in a video?) showing him actually taking his photos. It made a real impression on me because he was using (what-looked-like) a little P&S camera, which I suspect was a Sony W-series. Competent, but not exactly high-end, even for a point and shoot. It was a huge lesson for me about choosing the correct camera, and about the differences in how compact cameras see things. An SLR with a macro lens simply wouldn't be able to take these photos: too little depth of field and too narrow a view to tell the story.

[Wedding Shooter]

Great work and good comments Matt.