Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]drodgers@nextlink.com wrote: > > I photographed stuffed snakes to support an editorial piece. A friend, Tom Carroll, recently told me of getting a call from a prospective client (Seagull Oil?) wanting a seagull standing on a post by the ocean with an oil rig in background. Tom asks exactly how does he want it? Well, wings up active maybe some other birds in back ground would be nice. Tom, say sure, got it, send it too you tomorrow. He goes down to friend's taxidermy shop and gets a seagull he remembered, takes friend along and heads for beach in LA area where the oil rigs are close. They set the stuffed seagull up on a post, shoot the shot, looks pretty good but not many gulls behind. Taxedermist says, You want more seagulls? Sure. Taxidermists bends the wings in a certain way and gulls come flying. Tom gets great shots of Seagull on post, gulls and rig behind. Sends the client one frame. Client stunned, paid bill, ran ad. Only ten years later did he tell client he used a stuffed bird with wings bent in the matting call position. donal - -- __________ Donal Philby San Diego www.donalphilby.com