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Virginia & Truckee Railway 2020

March 25th, 2020 Railroads

For the third photo shoot in our February 2020 program we visited the Virginia & Truckee Railway. We’ve been to the Virginia & Truckee before, but this time around we had an operating boxcar and real caboose to go along with the small fleet of freight cars from the V&T collection. The V&T has plenty of photo props, including two tunnels and deep rock cuts. One original V&T depot survives along the route, and there are many remnants of structures used when the region was busy with gold and silver mining. We were able to use trackside locations, as well… [Read More]

Nevada State Railroad Museum 2020

March 23rd, 2020 Railroads, Uncategorized

In February 2020, Lerro Photography sponsored a photo shoot at the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City, NV. For our photo shoot, the museum fired up the 4-4-0 Inyo, the 4-6-0 Glenbrook, the Virginia & Truckee #25, and the McKeen Car. We also had the 4-4-0 Dayton pulled out cold for a few photos. Throughout the day, we featured different locomotives with their trains at different spots around the museum property. Leading up to the photo shoot, the museum contacted a reenactment group in Virginia City and asked if a couple of people could take part in the night… [Read More]

Niles Canyon Photo Shoot 2020

March 23rd, 2020 Railroads, Uncategorized

In February 2020, Lerro Photography sponsored a photo shoot on the Niles Canyon Railway in Sunol, CA. The photo shoot featured a full day with 2-6-6-2T Clover Valley Lumber Co. #4 with a mixed freight train, as well as most of the day with 2-4-4-2 Skookum with a log train. Photographers came from as far away as Europe and Asia for the event and rode in a third train powered by a Southern Pacific switcher. At the end of the day, a night session was held at the Sunol depot. The crew and volunteers at the Niles Canyon Railway were… [Read More]

Civil War Photo Shoot 2019

March 12th, 2020 Uncategorized

In November 2019, Lerro Photography sponsored a two-day Civil War photo shoot at the Star Barn and Ironstone Ranch in Elizabethtown, PA. The property features beautifully restored barns and farmland, and even has its own railroad. The Star Barn owns the former 4-4-0 Leviathan, now relettered as the Harrisburg, Lincoln & Lancaster #63. During the photo shoot, we had a number of Union and Confederate reenactors fight in small battles, pose for portraits, and recreate everyday camp life. We also had a little fun and recreated a couple of scenes from the Buster Keaton movie “The General”.

D-Day Conneaut Photo Shoots

October 22nd, 2019 Themed, Tours and Workshops

In August 2019, Lerro Photography sponsored two fundraiser photo shoots to coincide with the annual World War II D-Day reenactment in Conneaut, OH, in which 1,700 reenactors depict the D-Day invasion of Normandy Beach on June 6, 1944. It’s actually considered one of the biggest WWII reenactments in the world. The beach at Conneaut, OH offers similar terrain to Normandy Beach with Lake Erie, a wide sandy beach and a large hill. During the main event, the GI’s offload on the beach in real Higgins boats and storm towards the hill. The German reenactors are entrenched on the hill and… [Read More]

Liberty Ship Photo Shoot 2019

September 22nd, 2019 Themed, Tours and Workshops

Liberty Ship Photo Shoot 2019 In September 2019, Lerro Productions sponsored a photo shoot on the Liberty Ship “John W. Brown” in Baltimore, MD. Originally the plan was to have our photographers and reenactors ride the public cruise and then ride the overnight deadhead run to Norfolk, VA. Because of issues in the Norfolk harbor and Hurricane Dorian, the ship had to remain docked for the weekend. Instead of fully cancelling, the photographers and reenactors opted to spend the day on the ship and make the best of the situation. We spent the first two hours in the engine room,… [Read More]

Thunder Over Michigan Night Session

September 3rd, 2019 Recent Shoots, Themed

In August 2019, Lerro Productions was hired to run the night session during the “Thunder Over Michigan” airshow near Detroit, Michigan. During the night session, we lit up a P-51 Mustang, a F4U Corsair and a B-25 Mitchell. Each plane was lit individually and ran it’s engine(s) for five minutes. An airport firetruck also sprayed water in front of each plane before the engines were started. Click on the images below to enlarge

Battleship New Jersey Photo Shoot 2018

January 2nd, 2019 Themed, Tours and Workshops

The USS New Jersey (BB-62) is an Iowa-class battleship that features 9 x 16 inch guns and is 887 feet long. She served in WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and other engagements in the 1980s. In 1991, the New Jersey was decommissioned and became a museum in 2001. Lerro Productions sponsored a WWII era reenactment photo shoot on the USS New Jersey in August 2018 and featured two separate shoots. The morning session was a classic pinup shoot and the afternoon shoot was a Navy crew shoot. Our morning pinup shoot featured Jenny and Rosalyn and they posed in various… [Read More]

Quebec Lighthouses 2017

February 14th, 2018 Lighthouses, Recent Shoots, Tours and Workshops

A small group of us traveled to Quebec to photograph lighthouses along the St. Lawrence river. We started off on the north shore with a hike to Cap au Saumon Lighthouse. We then traveled to Pointe des Monts Lighthouse for sunset and sunrise shots. On the 2nd day, we photographed Bon Desir Light and then took the ferry across the St Lawrence so we could make it to Cap Chat Lighthouse where we were able to light the fresnel lens for sunset, night and sunrise shots. We then took a boat ride to Pot à l’Eau-de-Vie [Brandy Pot] Lighthouse. To… [Read More]

Scouting for WWII Reenactments

February 7th, 2018 Themed, Tours and Workshops

Lerro Productions has been expanding the themed and reenactment photo shoots to include the WWII era. This includes the Rosie the Riveter and the military ground and air shoots. In order to find more reenactors, I’ve been attending large WWII events that draw in thousands of reenactors from across the country. In the process of attending these events, I become friends with many of the reenactors and have actually participated in a couple of the events at a “WWII War Correspondence” photographer. In the future, we hope to offer a variety of WWII military type photo shoots. Below are photos… [Read More]