Showing posts with label Red Baron. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Red Baron. Show all posts

Saturday, April 28, 2007

Red Baron - Tom Daniel



When I was a boy, Big Brother and I started playing with Hotwheels in 1968, the year they first came out.

As a kid, my very favorite one was the Red Baron. The car's design was created by Tom Daniel.

A couple of years ago, some new cars were issued (not by Hotwheels) showcasing the designs of Mr. Daniel. They are about twice or three times the size of a normal Hotwheel, and pretty nicely detailed.

Of course I had to get me a new Red Baron, my childhood Hotwheel version was eventually handed down to Younger Brother, who pretty much finished off any useful life of toys.

Yesterday afternoon, I tried to create a decent setup to take photographs of small items like this. I did it on our back patio, just inside the shade, so that I could get some great diffused natural light. I also played around with fill flash and took some with the flash set at -2/3 of a stop.

The top shot has fill flash whereas the second one doesn't.

I had fun and ended up with a few nice shots.