Thunder Over Michigan Airshow and Night Shoot 2023 Since 2019, Lerro Photography has been providing the lighting for the night photo sessions at Yankee Air Museum’s Thunder Over Michigan Airshow. The two-day airshow features a mix of WWII, Vietnam, and modern aircraft, including the F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Lighting II. Traditionally, our night sessions are of WWII-era planes, but at Thunder, we mix it up with vintage and modern aircraft. The first aircraft in the night session was a P-51 Mustang. To go along with it, a WWII searchlight was turned on in the background to add to the… [Read More]
Classic Pin-up on the Battleship New Jersey 2023
Classic Pin-up on the Battleship New Jersey In July 2023, Lerro Photography sponsored a two-day, vintage pin-up photo shoot on the Battleship New Jersey. Each day, our small group of participants got to photograph the lovely ladies in various parts of the ship. While shooting both inside and outside, I provided LED lights as well as posing suggestions and camera settings. The participating photographers were able to learn these techniques and practice their new skills throughout each day of shooting. On Saturday, we started off taking photos of the ladies with the ship in the background from the adjacent park…. [Read More]
WWII Reading Airshow and Night Shoot
WWII Airshow at Mid-Atlantic Air Museum 2023 In June 2023, Lerro Photography was hired to provide the lighting for the 3rd annual night photo session during the World War II Airshow at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum in Reading, PA. The night session featured three planes, a Bell P-63 Kingcobra, a Stearman biplane, and an Aichi D3A1 Val replica. Before the night photo session started, the airport’s fire truck sprayed water around and in front of each plane to create a reflection. Each plane put on quite a show for the attendees by running their engines, allowing the photographers to capture… [Read More]
Outer Banks Lighthouses Workshop
Outer Banks Lighthouses Workshop 2023 In April 2023, Lerro Photography sponsored two separate photo workshops in North Carolina’s Outer Banks and Cape Lookout National Seashore. The first segment was two nights and three days on the Outer Banks. On the first evening, we photographed the Oregon Inlet Life Saving Station until sunset. From there, we took a break for dinner and a few hours of sleep before meeting at Cape Hatteras Lighthouse at 2:00 am to take night pictures. Thunderstorms were moving in, so we had to move quickly. We did get about 20 minutes of Milky Way time before… [Read More]
California Lighthouses Workshop
California Lighthouse Photo Workshop In April 2023, Lerro Photography sponsored a five-day lighthouse photo workshop on the coast of Northern California. This photo workshop featured several special Fresnel lens lightings, exclusive access, and a two-night stay in a lighthouse keeper’s house. Our first lighthouse was Point Cabrillo Lighthouse, about three hours north of San Francisco in Mendocino County. I booked to have all of us stay two nights in the keeper’s house so we could photograph the lighthouse at night and be close to another lighthouse we planned to photograph. It was raining when we arrived at Point Cabrillo,… [Read More]
East Broad Top Railroad Charter
In April 2023, Lerro Photography sponsored a two-day photo charter at the East Broad Top Railroad. After decades as a freight railroad and then as a tourist line, the railroad ceased operations in 2011. It got a third chance at life in 2020 with the formation of the EBT Foundation. We ran our last photo charter with a live engine at the EBT in 2010 and held photo shoots with dead posed engines in 2020 and 2021. It was nice to be back with live steam running through the hills of central Pennsylvania. In preparation for our charter, the railroad pulled… [Read More]
Southern Pacific #18 Photo Charter
Southern Pacific #18 in LawsMarch 2023 Southern Pacific #18, also known as the “Slim Princess”, is an oil-fired 4-6-0 “Ten-Wheeler” narrow gauge locomotive built by Baldwin in 1911. In 2017, the SP 18 was restored to operating condition and has traveled to several railroads and museums. In the spring of 2023, the SP 18 was moved to Laws Railroad Museum in CA for maintenance and public events. The Laws Railroad Museum Historic Site features several a number of structures including a depot, water tower, turntable, and other buildings. Many of the buildings are authentic Southern Pacific narrow gauge buildings. Sister… [Read More]
Chesapeake & Ohio 1309
Chesapeake & Ohio #1309February 2023 Western Maryland Scenic Railroad #1309, originally Chesapeake & Ohio #1309, is a compound articulated class H-6 “Mallet” 2-6-6-2 steam locomotive. It was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1949 for the C&O, where it pulled coal trains until its retirement in 1956. It has the distinction of being the last steam locomotive built by Baldwin for a North American railroad. In 2014, the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad acquired C&O #1309 from the B&O Railroad Museum and after a 7-year restoration, the locomotive was finally ready for service. During the restoration, the railroad painted #1309… [Read More]
Yellowstone and Grand Teton Scouting Trip
Yellowstone and Grand Teton Scouting TripDecember 2022 After a very successful fall photo workshop at Grand Teton, I wanted to take the next step and scout for winter photo workshops at both Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. I decided to spend three days in Grand Teton and three days in Yellowstone with an emphasis on wildlife photography. As soon as I arrived, I noticed there were hardly any visitors in the park. Visiting the week before Christmas seemed to be a perfect time. My first day at Grand Teton started off very promising with zero-degree temperatures and plenty of… [Read More]
Hollywood Vintage Lighting Workshop
Hollywood Vintage Lighting WorkshopJanuary 2023 I have had many clients over the years ask me how I do the lighting setups for the Lerro Photography reenactments. This interest was a big factor in deciding to offer this particular new style of lighting workshop. I decided to keep the workshop small regarding participants because I wanted to make it a more personal experience and also because the space we were using was limited. I found a great Airbnb in Rockhill Furnace, PA, that had vintage charm and a style that was the perfect backdrop for our workshop. The workshop was… [Read More]
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