Category Archives: Motion Picture Stories

Richard Lund tells stories about his work in motion pictures, television, and other visual media.

8X10 is more than a glossy photo…

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Richard Lund

My friend Carlos has asked me about how I got my career started. I have talked about part of the story before. Now here is some more of it. I can’t really say that I was planning on taking pictures … Continue reading →

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Great plans plus skill sets make for great work…

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Richard Lund

Tom Valentine was one art director who spared no effort in planning. This is the story of Tom and the Spider-Man 2 backings.   People who design film are all over the place in skill sets. To my way of … Continue reading →

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Getting even wider with Potemkin views…

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Richard Lund

Until recently, I had to put up with it. But now, I can do cool stuff, just like a Potemkin village, all lined up. Thanks to the newest Photoshop. What am I talking about? Easy for you to say…I mean … Continue reading →

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A third of a circle…

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Richard Lund

Sometimes we meet someone for just one purpose and then we never see them again. It was like that with Don Ingebrigtsen. When I first started taking pictures for backgrounds, I wanted to explore all the tricks of the trade. … Continue reading →

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Placing pictures perfectly…possible panorama progress?

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Richard Lund

So you say I shouldn’t quit my day job to alliterate for a living. Okay. But I do some other stuff… Compositing pictures is one of the things that I frequently do, especially for background pictures used in translites. I … Continue reading →

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Delicate roughness…

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Richard Lund

Jasmine flowers after rain showing delicate roughness. Seasons come and go, sometimes far too quickly for me. Our spring in Southern California is one of those. This year’s May showers seem just a little too special to ignore, however. Rumors … Continue reading →

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Even little angels want good habits…

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Richard Lund

Sometimes I just have to play around to make ideas better. I often find that a good catch phrase or theme guides creativity. But sometimes creativity is driven by more than words – like music or images. Almost all sensory … Continue reading →

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The lust of the eyes, or just gimme the cookie already…

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Richard Lund

Selling stuff requires desire, even if it is good for you. So my young friends at Good Habit took a chance and roped me into making you want some. To eat. Cookies. (And granola. More on that later.) They gave … Continue reading →

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The maps, they are a changin’

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Richard Lund

Taking a break from my own pictures, I have a confession to make. I am a news junkie. I am not sure if there is a 12 step group for that, but I have a hard time staying away from … Continue reading →

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Taking time to tell our story

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Richard Lund

Alan Au invited me to shoot backgrounds for a movie in March of 2002. It had been my first motion picture assignment in the city since the attack of the year before. I had been there for Paula Zahn’s set … Continue reading →

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