Martin Trailer Productions » cool http://blog.martintrailer.com ....... about photography and some trailers. Tue, 13 May 2014 16:32:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 Airstream, Metaphor http://blog.martintrailer.com/2014/05/05/airstream-metaphor/ http://blog.martintrailer.com/2014/05/05/airstream-metaphor/#comments Mon, 05 May 2014 21:26:31 +0000 http://blog.martintrailer.com/?p=1241

Posted September 1, 2013 – ©2013 Martin Trailer

On the mend being sick since last week, but not out of the woods just yet and it is my day. to post an image.

Seems we are trending greenish energy and thought of this in my library.  With my last name, it is fun to run across such metaphors and then to be able to play it again is terrific.

So, green energy, wind power, moving clouds, sky, all above an Airstream, Trailer no less!

To see the preceding imaged, go to http://DailyPhotoGame.com

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June 13, 2014 – ©2013 Martin Trailer

Playing the Daily Photo Game this was my June 13, 2014 contribution. Check out the link to see whole collection.

Following Bob Stevens who always makes the game a fun challenge providing so much to play with.

I was considering marbles, multiples of two, faces, people and the front end of cars.  I have always thought that front grilles and headlight combinations resemble faces.  I originally was thinking of stacking several “car faces” but this one got me and I couldn’t resist.

It puts a smile on my face.

 

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June 3, 2013 – ©2013 Martin Trailer

 

This is not the same as I posted to the Daily Photo Game. This is an animated GIF which it was decided not aloud in the game.

My thoughts;

Following Bob Steven’s image of the airplane flying over gave me many opportunities to play.  The butterfly was an off shoot of another idea. Butterfly on the wind.

Check out the game at Daily Photo Game and check out and like us at Facebook our fan page, Daily Photo Game.

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Red Baron, the man with the most "helmet tickets" in the country with his new bike, wearing pink SDPD and yellow CHP no helmet tickets. ©Martin Trailer

This authentic portrait is of “The Red Baron”.  I was to make a portrait of a “biker” and private investigator working for a national law firm that defended motorcyclists who refuse to wear a helmet, for Blvd Magazine as a feature story.  Red has the record for the most “no helmet” tickets in the country and rode a custom Harley Davidson chopper, with his red hair in the wind.  Unfortunately, it had been recently stolen and replaced with a new stock bike.  The only customization was the skull face on the headlight, so far.

Prep included creating a suit of tickets he collected, pink on the top issued by San Diego Police Department and the yellow on the bottom issued by the California Highway Patrol.

When preparing for any portrait, the interview of the subject or review of the story line is important, so all the elements come together and to insure their “buy-in” to the visual solution.  This will begin the process of creating a safe space for them which is one of the keys to getting an authentic portrait.

Your pre-visualization needs to happen well in advance of the shoot time, not when your subject is there in front of the camera. Shoot time is when the photographer makes them comfortable to insure an authentic look and feel.

Authentic, cool and confident.

Comments welcome.

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]]> http://blog.martintrailer.com/2012/04/30/authentic-portrait-red/feed/ 0 Reputation http://blog.martintrailer.com/2009/09/16/reputation/ http://blog.martintrailer.com/2009/09/16/reputation/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:28:36 +0000 http://blog.martintrailer.com/?p=492 How can you appeal or please everyone, you cannot.

Couple of comments today were frustrating since in my mind, they conflict and proves you can’t please ‘em all.

Two different marketing managers commented as follows;

a) “My designer had a look at your web site and said you were too expensive.”  http://MartinTrailer.com

b) “Who did your web site?  It is so cool.  Can’t wait to work together.”  http://MartinTrailer.com

Same web site.

They are in very different industries, one selling to the consumer and the other to their trade, but both have to appeal to sophisticated buyers.

Can’t please all of the people all of the time, that is for sure.

Martin
MartinTrailer.com

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]]> http://blog.martintrailer.com/2009/09/16/reputation/feed/ 1 Hip Trailer coupled with a Mini http://blog.martintrailer.com/2009/04/30/hip-trailer-coupled-with-a-mini/ http://blog.martintrailer.com/2009/04/30/hip-trailer-coupled-with-a-mini/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:40:38 +0000 http://blog.martintrailer.com/2009/04/30/hip-trailer-coupled-with-a-mini/ A buddy sent this link to me of the cool Mini Cooper and Airsteam combination.

Look Here

How hip is that? I love it!

Martin
MartinTrailer.com

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