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I went to the Volo Auto Museum in Volo, IL
today. Wow! What a museum! This beats the auto show!
Not only did they have a lot of cars from movies, they had a bunch of cars for sale too! If you are in the market for a collectable car, this is the place to get it! I was shocked at how many cars they had.
Besides cars, there were exhibits like scooters, antique boat motors, Wurlitzer jukeboxes and military displays! I plan to use this museum to train Balanced Exposure students on how to photograph museum exhibits and how to adjust cameras for proper exposure!
I found myself constantly adjusting my exposure settings since the various exhibits' lighting kept fooling my camera's meter. I believe the students will learn a lot by accompanying me to this museum to see how to proper evaluate their settings and dialing in the right exposures.
Come with me when we do a class here! It will be worth learning how to interpret camera meter readings and adjusting exposures properly!
Besides the cool exhibits at the museum, I was lucky to meet Dick Shepard, the museum's commercial photographer as well. He showed me his photo studio where he takes quality photos of the cars they have for sale. It's a large converted garage with overhead continuous lights with light diffusion panels. The studio is also equipped with studio flashes. Above, you can see a photo of a vehicle ready to be photographed in the studio. The floor rotates continuously so that various angles of the cars can be taken without driving the cars! Looks great in videos too! Very impressive. He said they never touch up the cars in the photos, so what you see in the photos are the way the cars are when you buy them.
My favorite exhibit? Can't you guess from the photos? It's the Batmobile from the 1966 TV series starring Adam West and Burt Ward! I grew up with Batman & Robin so this car just brought me back to my childhood!
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