Category Archives: About Translites

Richard explains the kind of pictures for which he is known.

Money, Money, Moneyball…

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Richard Lund

I still love baseball. The game, not the experience of being a fan necessarily. And the big league ball parks are a world to themselves. Got to visit one recently. Athletics’ home field. Shot a backing for Moneyball, the new … Continue reading →

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Changing shooting titles can be confusing…

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Richard Lund

Don’t know about your memory, but mine can be just out of sorts, if you know what I mean… So, don’t ask me to title your next film. I will probably not have an catchy ideas about that. In fact, … Continue reading →

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My signature or the part you saw all the time…

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Richard Lund

Sometimes I really got exposure. Tim Russert made sure it went on for a long time just by doing a great job in his work. Meet The Press. Iconic show. And Tim Russert. Iconic journalist on NBC. “If it’s Sunday, … Continue reading →

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The part you didn’t see…much

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Richard Lund

Arguing that “there is a fractal for that” Richard Lund Back in the “we got to try out something new department…” Jim Fenhagen got me involved with a new project way back in the last century. In fact the last … Continue reading →

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Let the black and white reproduce way beyond Kodachrome colors…

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Richard Lund

How glamorous is Hollywood, anyway? Well, it depends on you point of view, I guess. Sometimes I have been in on the beginnings of television shows. Got to work on most of the start ups for Law & Order. And … Continue reading →

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Hanging out on the roof can be a good thing…

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Richard Lund

Every location that has two things is a great location. Water and bathroom top the list. I got what I needed in Atlanta last year. This nice young lady called me up to arrange my trip to Atlanta to shoot … Continue reading →

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Vintage cities show their roughness in lovely ways…

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Richard Lund

People and buildings may not look much alike, but we can appreciate both for similar reasons: their roughness. Let’s have a look. My travels sometimes take me to interesting places. I look at location photography from a completely self-focused perspective, … Continue reading →

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Making connections…

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Richard Lund

So today I will talk about somebody who knows how to make connections. More about that in a New York minute… Ken Hardy is a regular guy who works hard every day at a job he loves. Of late he … Continue reading →

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Another guy named Dick…er, Richard

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Richard Lund

You may not know his name, but you have seen his style. Another guy who called me Dick. We Dicks get along fine with one another. I see that a news reader got into serious hot water of the name … Continue reading →

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Just the house across the street…

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Richard Lund

Sometimes I shoot pictures of the proverbial “house across the street.” Okay, mostly boring stuff… It happens that a production designer wants a translite photo backing of the house just opposite the “hero” location. This can be at street level … Continue reading →

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