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Photo above: This
beautiful 3/4 scale model of Chuck Yeager's speed
plane sat atop a "fake" control tower at Ace's
Restaurant in Sacramento (at Interstate 80
& Madison by the Holiday Inn Holidome.)
Notice how the control tower window shows Army Air
Corps personnel dressed in World War II style
uniforms!
I took this photo a few
months before a rare micro-tornado damaged the
airplane's fiberglass body. When the plane was
taken down for repair, insurance company Nazis
ordered the owners not to raise it back up again.
The beautiful model's current whereabouts is
unknown to me.
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Architectural
image at leflt: The bold, beautiful,
incredible art deco architecture of this
restaurant exterior photographed by
Doug.
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Image at
right: Exterior view of a restaurant
in Roseville, California, photographed at
night.
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Image at
left: First Covenant Church in
Sacramento - near Rancho Cordova,
California. It's a well respected local
church known for straightforward,
gimmick-free theology. Architecturally it
is also straightforward - basically just a
concrete box.
As a challenge
Doug strove to make a straightforward
building look dramatic. So he photographed
it from the east side in late afternoon,
heavily backlit with the sun just above
it. Oblique sun lighting plus a curved
walkway combined to give Doug's photo
dramatic impact.
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Above: Beautiful night
view of a US Navy training ship illuminated by a
combination of electronic flash, floodlights and
street lamps. I photographed this scene trying
three different lighting arrangements and three
different camera angles. The outcome results were
okay, pretty good, and fantastic. The version above
is the final choice.
Check out the original
test shot for this scene! Click
here...
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