In October 2023, Lerro Photography sponsored four days of photo charters at the East Broad Top Railroad using 2-8-2 #16. For this event, we ran two 2-day charters with 40 photographers participating in each group. On the first day of the charter, we started things off with runbys in the yard and a number of human-interest shots with our reenactors while the crew fixed a malfunctioning dynamo on #16. To fill the downtime, we had our fantastic group of reenactors pose in various places around the station, both with the train and antique vehicles. Once the dynamo was fixed, we… [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]
May Newsletter
We just wrapped up the California Lighthouses photo workshop and the East Broad Top photo charter this past month. Those photos and blogs will be in next month’s newsletter. In this month’s newsletter, I want to learn more about what you the client, and what you want. I have included a link for a survey. Please take the time to answer the questions. Any feedback you have is also welcomed. Click here for the survey We are featuring some of the behind-the-scenes shots.
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]
Split Rock Lighthouse Photo Review 2020
Split Rock LighthouseLake Superior, MNNovember 2020 To mark the anniversary of the sinking of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior, the Split Rock Lighthouse illuminates its 3rd order Fresnel lens for about two hours every year. On average, the lighthouse only turns its light on two to three times a year, making it a rare occurrence. I’ve always wanted to attend this event, but personal scheduling never allowed. This year, however, I made it a point to go. In years past, I had tried to schedule a photo shoot and get the lens lit for just our photo group… [Read More]
Michigan Lighthouse Photo Workshop Review
Michigan Lighthouse Photo Workshop ReviewSeptember 2020 Lerro Photography ran a photography workshop of the lighthouses around Ludington, Mich., in September 2020. With the ongoing pandemic, all COVID-19 protocols were followed during the tour. We started off at Little Sable Point Lighthouse where we shot in the evening and at night. The clouds had rolled in so we didn’t get any star shots, but we still managed to get a few good night shots of the lighthouse with the sand dunes and the lake. On Saturday morning we met up at Ludington Breakwater Lighthouse for morning shots and the departure of… [Read More]
Vintage Aircraft Photo Shoot
As with most large events in 2020, nearly all airshows had been cancelled, including the Yankee Air Museum’s “Thunder Over Michigan” airshow. As the saying goes when one door closes, another opens. In this case, it allowed Lerro Photography the opportunity to put together a last-minute photo shoot. Since the museum had everyone already scheduled, they were more than happy to host us. While following Michigan’s Covid-19 rules, Lerro Photography was able to put together a number of reenactment photo shoots throughout the day. The schedule featured two air-to-air photo shoots, an afternoon ground shoot and a night session. For… [Read More]
Nevada State Railroad Museum 2020
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
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]
