Provides a guide to photographing model aircraft and trains against realistic backgrounds, using computer software such as Photoshop. This book provides brief tutorials on various methods and examples of the final results: aircraft tutorials, models and backgrounds, photographing aircraft, models, getting them "airborne", and spinning the prop.

Home computers and digital cameras have given aircraft and train modellers the opportunity to add a very creative and enjoyable new dimension to their hobby. With fairly basic computer and camera skills, the models can be displayed in their true environments: images of aircraft can appear airborne and trains can be brought to life by the simple "addition" of smoke, steam and footplate crew. This book provides brief tutorials on the methods the author uses and many examples of the final results: aircraft tutorials, models and backgrounds, photographing aircraft, models, getting them "airborne", spinning the prop, clearing the canopy, smoke and vapour, military aircraft, civil aircraft, train tutorials, photographing train models, lamps and footplate crew, "fixing" bad bogies, bringing model trains into the real world, making smoke and steam.

IntroductionThe AircraftAircraft TutorialsMilitary TypesCivil TypesThe TrainsTrain Tutorials