[GH85Carrera]

I am sure they are struggling as well. From everything I read every oil & gas related company is floundering.

I remember back in the late 80s a valve company that was over on 39th & Portland area called us and wanted some pictures of one of their valves. I told them we would be happy to do that just bring the valve by and we will put it on our infinity table and photograph it on a all white background. They explained that would be difficult as the valve was large. So we loaded up the company Suburban with the 4x5 camera and portable whit background.

We were a bit shocked to see that valve. It was 8 feet tall and 4 feet wide. I could crawl through the valve if I had wanted to. We agreed shooting it in place was the best option. It was a royal pain to try to light the behemoth and have a even background tone. We ended up shooting it with the owner of the company standing next to it to give it a scale. Without him in the picture it looked like just a big valve not an friking huge valve.

I spent hours setting up the lights in that HOT HOT building. The 4x5 camera was backed up against the wall of the building to get it all in the photo and I spent even more time dropping out the background with a frisket. Now days a cell phone and Photoshop could do it in no time.