SkyMako 0 #1 February 29, 2016 Aerodyne ad, back cover of Parachutist, image attached. Why are all these skygods standing in a junkyard? Couldn't they get a more flattering photo of these folks together? Just curious... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 38 #2 February 29, 2016 Maybe, because when you get that old and you have that much experience, you just don't photograph well anymore? I actually like the graveyard locale. lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 14 #3 February 29, 2016 'Cause it's harder to get spare parts when you get older? I know that for a fact. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NewGuy2005 51 #4 February 29, 2016 JohnMitchell 'Cause it's harder to get spare parts when you get older? I know that for a fact. ...and you need a lot more of 'em!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpwally 0 #5 February 29, 2016 I agree it makes no sense at all,,plus they are somewhat dressed up,,,plain goofysmile, be nice, enjoy life FB # - 1083 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolfriverjoe 1,340 #6 February 29, 2016 Well, here we are talking about it. The purpose of marketing is to generate attention. Seems to have worked. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pchapman 261 #7 March 1, 2016 wolfriverjoe The purpose of marketing is to generate attention. Seems to have worked. Indeed. I'm not sure what other "weird yet memorable" skydiving ads there have been, but a decade or more ago there was I think one with a girl in a bathtub filled with hotdogs, and one with a toilet bowl sitting outside. Not sure who did the former, but the latter may have been The Ranch in NY. My DZO is a bit old school and so even wrote in to Skydiving Magazine about how terrible the toilet ad was... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimjumper 25 #8 March 1, 2016 In '83 there was an ad for the Mirage where it was being worn by a person doing horse dressage! The container was bright yellow and was later raffled off at the '84 Herd boogie. I know because I won that container and traded it to help pay for the Warp 3 that I already had on order. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Croc 0 #9 March 3, 2016 jumpwallyI agree it makes no sense at all,,plus they are somewhat dressed up,,,plain goofy +1"Here's a good specimen of my own wisdom. Something is so, except when it isn't so." Charles Fort, commenting on the many contradictions of astronomy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 1,623 #10 March 3, 2016 I expect they got the location for the shoot pretty cheap.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #11 March 3, 2016 http://blueskiesmag.com/2015/11/13/who-are-these-people-in-the-aerodyne-ad-and-what-are-they-doing/"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,381 #12 March 3, 2016 kallend I expect they got the location for the shoot pretty cheap. I heard the other option was the wastewater treatment plant."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 212 #13 March 4, 2016 ryoder *** I expect they got the location for the shoot pretty cheap. I heard the other option was the wastewater treatment plant.They should have contacted Mike Rowe for a location.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #14 March 4, 2016 turtlespeed ****** I expect they got the location for the shoot pretty cheap. I heard the other option was the wastewater treatment plant.They should have contacted Mike Rowe for a location. Or Erin Brockovich for a PG&E plant location... "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RMK 3 #15 March 4, 2016 I understand what the photographer was "trying" to accomplish. However, he/she made a very amateurish attempt at copying an Annie Leibovitz style of photography. Looks like some kid just got a new camera and copy of Adobe Lightroom v6, but hasn't yet figured out how to use either. Photographic methods to isolate the "characters" are missed, the "leading line" takes the viewer out of the photo. Fuck, even the horizon is off by about 4-6 degrees."Pain is the best instructor, but no one wants to attend his classes" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 212 #16 March 4, 2016 RMK I understand what the photographer was "trying" to accomplish. However, he/she made a very amateurish attempt at copying an Annie Leibovitz style of photography. Looks like some kid just got a new camera and copy of Adobe Lightroom v6, but hasn't yet figured out how to use either. Photographic methods to isolate the "characters" are missed, the "leading line" takes the viewer out of the photo. Fuck, even the horizon is off by about 4-6 degrees. Artistic license . . . You know how the artsy people are.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpwally 0 #17 March 7, 2016 Understood Joe, but none of us are talking about the products,,,we are talking about the oddness of the shot....so i think it missed the mark...smile, be nice, enjoy life FB # - 1083 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
