@BillYo414 posted:That first one could pass as an old photograph without even trying.
Thanks. I love getting shots from 'eye level' and then messing around with some photo software to make them look like someone snapped a shot with a Speed Graphic camera, and it's now faded over time:
I never liked soft lighting on a layout, as you see that in real life only on a very cloudy day. I use LED cans, so none are overlapping and in shots it looks more like direct sunlight. As anyone who's watched a movie shot indoors that represents the outside can tell you, the lighting is easy to spot when it doesn't look like sunshine.