Photography and Paint Workshop, June 2011

The first truly beautiful summer day of 2011 brought out a large bunch of 356s.
photo by Sid Messing
Wally Wright makes a camera out of his fingers.
photo by Jim Hinde
Wally talks about shooting a moving car with a slow shutter speed and
the camera moving to keep the car sharp and blur the background.
photo by Jim Hinde
Chuck Schank volunteered his gorgeous C Coupe to be moved into the shade and serve as a model for photographers in the audience to practice on. A tip from Wally: with a dark car, use a flash to fill in the shadows, and hold the camera upside down to make the light come up from under the lens.
photo by Sid Messing
Our host, Pat Yanahan, begins his talk about paint preservation and repair.
photo by Jim Hinde
To clean out a paint chip prior to repairing it,
Pat recommends bumming a used pick from your dentist.
photo by Sid Messing
Paint is best applied using a tiny foam applicator.
photo by Sid Messing
After the paint dries, wet sandpaper--1000 grit, smoother than a
cotton shirt--is used to level it prior to the final polishing.
photo by Sid Messing

Pat Yanahan's workshop on paint repair has become a must for club members who want to learn the techniques and keep up with the latest products and technology. For 2011, to get everyone off to a good start in our first-ever 356 photo contest, we added to the program a talk by professional photographer Wally Wright on techniques for taking a photo that does justice to the beauty of a 356. The two topics fit together well. As Pat put it in his invitation to this year's event, "It's all a matter of light. Whether it is taking a good photograph or making your Porsche shine it is totally dependent on how the light is managed and reflected."

After Wally's classroom session, Chuck Schank volunteered his Bali Blue C Coupe to serve as an artist's model for a hands-on demonstation of the techniques Wally had described to us. To see the images that Wally made during that session, click here.

After an unusually cold and wet spring, we were treated to a beautiful warm and cloudless day for this event, and Pat's back yard was filled with 356s newly released from their winter confinement. As usual, the workshop was followed by a delicious lunch on the lawn, and a wonderful time was had by all.

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