Another BK Dubow 1755 gets to VLJ

[Hobbstc]

Yes, collar to bottom of knit. Here's some pics. I had to self time them and run into position. I know in a couple it looks like I have a bit of a belly, but its just the way I'm standing. The jacket is trim and so am I! Thought you might enjoy adjusting your monitor against my orange wall! However it allows you to see better what color the knits actually are. :mrgreen: :lol:

 

[ausreenactor]

Niiiiiiice!

Couchy

 

[colekwok]

Wow, the back looks particularly neat! I seldom see A-2 that fits so well to the body.

Did you set up your own tripod!?
In case if I want to do self portrait, I set my 60D's timer for multiple shots.
Sometimes I also use USB connection so that I can see clearer of myself.

 

[Hobbstc]

Actually I was in a hurry and used the ironing board. I used a lint roller handle to get the angle I wanted. Improvise, adapt, overcome, right? I was in a hurry as I was packing to fly out to Austin tomorrow to get to the Formula One race.

It fits close to the body, but I can still wear a light sweater under it. The only complaint I have is just with an A2 in general and that is when driving/stretching arms, etc, the sleeves pull back some because of the back. At first i thought it might be a bit too small, but it was just me trying to remember how an A2 feels when it fits correctly (vintage).

 

[saucerfiend]

That looks like a nice fit. I think the 46 might have looked too big on you, with longer sleeves and all. Enjoy it!



Brian

 

[Cobblers161]

Good to see it finally arrived, quite a wait but hopefully worth it.

The fit looks great with a nice drape over the waist. You got a looker! .................. At long last

 

[herk115]

Yup, the white balance card is certainly a tip-off. I am a photographer too; product photography, weddings, etc. and used to have my own lab business and camera sales. Closed my shop about 10 years ago when digital killed off the small labs. The money was in the lab; not so much in event photography and equipment sales.

Be interested in a thread to hear about your technique. I spoke to John Chapman at length a while back to see what he was doing with his product photography and he does quite well with a simple P&S camera and no elaborate lighting set up. I think the key is consistency in his lighting and simple back grounds. Jacket color can vary considerably with flash, open shade, overcast weather and bright sunlight. Really hard to portray the hides correctly.

Yes, if anybody would like to discuss technique and maybe start a new subject line, I'm game. I'm a photographer by education and had my own wedding business until digital hit here, too. I have over three decade's experience behind the camera and for the life of me I can't seem to take a decent picture of an A-2! If you guys have any tips, I'd sure like to hear them.

 

[colekwok]

Yup, the white balance card is certainly a tip-off. I am a photographer too; product photography, weddings, etc. and used to have my own lab business and camera sales. Closed my shop about 10 years ago when digital killed off the small labs. The money was in the lab; not so much in event photography and equipment sales.

Be interested in a thread to hear about your technique. I spoke to John Chapman at length a while back to see what he was doing with his product photography and he does quite well with a simple P&S camera and no elaborate lighting set up. I think the key is consistency in his lighting and simple back grounds. Jacket color can vary considerably with flash, open shade, overcast weather and bright sunlight. Really hard to portray the hides correctly.

Yes, if anybody would like to discuss technique and maybe start a new subject line, I'm game. I'm a photographer by education and had my own wedding business until digital hit here, too. I have over three decade's experience behind the camera and for the life of me I can't seem to take a decent picture of an A-2! If you guys have any tips, I'd sure like to hear them.

I think in the digital age, it is all about the correct type of light and setting the correct white balance. I can understand the difficulties in taking photos of A-2s. I guess daylight is still the best sort of lighting for a brown jacket, any indoor lighting will cast artificial colour onto the leather. Most new A-2s have a shiny surface, and that would fool even the most sophisticate metering system. Seal brown is also a really difficult colour for the metering I guess as the sensors would see it as black in most cases. And unlike in the old days where photos are printed on papers, we all look at LCD monitors these days, my three computers, one Mac and two PCs all have different tones, obviously on the Mac, all pictures look vivid and contrast-y, but on my laptop, all colours look dull.

The brown on the A-2 is like a chameleon, I would also know what is the best settings which can faithfully reproduce the true leather colours.

 

[Skip]

There seems to be more photographers here than you can poke a leather jacket at, and I'm another one . Splendid jacket.

 

[CryptoDave]

I should first add that I shoot with a digital rangefinder usually using a 35mm or 50mm lens. I try to use natural lighting and and shoot with a grey card or against something that is very close to 18% grey. Then I spend some time in Adobe Photo Shop to process in order to adjust to get the colors as close to actual jacket as possible, in fact I have the jacket right next to me when doing this. This is one of the rare advantages when you can actually bring your subject back next to you for the post production processing. For close Macro shooting I use my sons Fuji X Pro 1 which renders very nice colors. I personally find capturing the true colors of the knits the hardest part but can be done if you are willing to spend the time and patience.

Dave

 

[herk115]

I was just looking at the BK website and I came across a picture on the "A-2 Jacket" page that I've been trying to find for a long time. it's here: http://www.billkelsomfg.com/site/#!jacketa2 and is the thumbnail at the top, showing the four guys leaning over a chart, all wearing A-2s. I have a poor scan of that shot from a book, and was wondering if anyone had a higher quality scan of that shot they might be willing to share. Thanks.

 

[2BM2K]

There is a copy of that photo here http://historylink101.com/ww2_color/WorldWarIIAirplaneCrews/IMG_3849.html

 

[herk115]

There is a copy of that photo here http://historylink101.com/ww2_color/WorldWarIIAirplaneCrews/IMG_3849.html

Awesome! Thank you! That is such a great photograph.

 

[Hobbstc]

Up for sale in the sale forum. Been out of work for three months and trying to pay the bills. A fantastic jacket that really is looking better every day.

 

[mindful]

looks really nice

 

[2jakes]

With regards to this photo , would these A-2 jackets be examples
of the Dubow style ? Thanks for any info.

 

[Peter Graham]

Nice jacket but what is this fancy shit about white balance cards ? Some of the photos are not even in focus.

 

[Hobbstc]

Every photo is focused where I wanted it to be. I was shooting wide open. :?:

 

[Skip]

Nice jacket but what is this fancy sh*t about white balance cards ?

White balance cards help a photographer achieve a better colour balance when a given subject/scene have characteristics that go beyond or 'fool' the sensor range of the camera. In other words you can fine tune the colour balance to more accurately represent a colour/ colours of the subject regardless of the lighting. This can also be used if in the shot to calibrate ones monitor when viewing the image, as it should turn out a mid tone grey (battleship grey?).

Hobbstc was trying to get a correct colour image of the jacket as the Dubow cuffs can sometimes look more Aero-ish red than mid purple when photographed, the added white balance card was to show correct colour balance if you wanted to check your monitor and assess those knits.

 

[Anonymous]

Here's the card BK use. The photo is pre-color correction.