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One of the things we got to be well known for was shooting a 4x5 or 8x10 transparency of an artists work. We had the National Cowboy and western heritage museum bring in some large paintings for us to make a 4x5 or 8x10 transparency of it. Think 35mm slide, only the sheet of film is 8x10. Back in the olden days before digital, the transparency could be scanned on a large drum scanner and then a "separator" could make poster. Right now if you go to any museum and they sell posters in the gift shop, they are all done with offset printing.
One fun project was a local very rich lady that grew up with old money. She owned a Da Vinci and had a mortgage on it. It was stored in museum in Tulsa. She we took her, and the 8x10 camera and lights up to the museum and I photographed it in a room that was downstairs. I did touch it just to adjust the angle. She sold it to the Getty museum for 18 million. She had a second painting that sold for just 6 million that we shot while we were there.
The Da Vinci was the Madonna and child and if I saw it at a yard sale I would not have paid 20 bucks for it.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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