Commercial/advertising photographic archive

[lharby]

Thanks. I agree. I’ve been uploading to a Flickr gallery for sharing. I’m not a fan of antisocial media platforms.

What's the url @Nas I know I've been there not that long ago but I'm lazy.

 

[Nas]

What's the url @Nas I know I've been there not that long ago but I'm lazy.

Try this: https://www.flickr.com/gp/bossnas/WM6bFj7D96

 

[lharby]

Studio shenanigans. Circa 1990. 5x4 Polaroid.
We worked on a brochure for Hoover products and built a small kitchen set in the studio. The washing machines had removable drums, presumably to cut down on weight.

Would you mind if I post this one elsewhere? It's too good not to share.

 

[David M]

Washing machines are delivered everywhere, every day, with no problems about weight.
I wonder if the removable drum was to photograph from the inside. Current TV commercials have plenty of examples of attractive, caring, well-groomed housewives adding multiple cleaning, softening and fragrancing products to their family’s clothes to make their children’s lives entirely perfect.

 

[Nas]

Would you mind if I post this one elsewhere? It's too good not to share.

Thank you for asking. Please would you share a link to the post instead of the picture. It doesn’t belong to me so I’d rather not let it loose on the internet

 

[Nas]

Washing machines are delivered everywhere, every day, with no problems about weight.
I wonder if the removable drum was to photograph from the inside. Current TV commercials have plenty of examples of attractive, caring, well-groomed housewives adding multiple cleaning, softening and fragrancing products to their family’s clothes to make their children’s lives entirely perfect.

Very true but it’s easier to move a washing machine around a studio if it doesn’t weigh half a ton. I’m just guessing. There might be a different reason.

 

[lharby]

Thank you for asking. Please would you share a link to the post instead of the picture. It doesn’t belong to me so I’d rather not let it loose on the internet

Of course, np.

 

[YorkshireBloke]

The b&w negs so far are Kodak. I remember we used Polaroid in 5x4 and 10x8 but mainly for final checks and art director approval. I've come across a handful of Polaroid Type 55 negs. Some of the E6 sleeves have circles marked on them in chinagraph to point out highlights or lighting which needs to be adjusted. I find these very interesting to look at. There are also some cross-processed colour films, a technique which was popular in the early 90s. This really is a step back through time.

Lots of great info here about some of the old strobe equipment we used: http://www.andymccartney.com/legends.htm
The quality of light from the fish fryer was beautiful compared to a softbox.

Thanks for the Strobe/Strobex tips.