Saw Success within the First Four Days of Operation
Clients Love It!
For three years,
TorontoCanada
area photographer, Diane Wilson, wanted a Scene Machine Virtual
Backgrounds system, but her limited finances and the negative comments
made by other professional photographers kept it only a distant
dream. “They told me it didn’t work and to stay away from
it. How wrong they were!” The images displayed here are from her
first four days of operation. These clearly show that the Scene Machine
works extremely well.
Diane’s story is really
special. Being a professional photographer was not in her
plan. She was a partner in a furniture company and bought a D1X
digital camera to document the furniture they were making. Some
unexpected twists in the road, including being diagnosed with MS,
changed all that. She got out of the furniture business and since she
already owned a camera, and with training in art, Diane decided to
become a professional photographer.
For three years, she developed her unique style based on using sets and doing extensive digital work. All of her work was of children with
various handicaps. She produced the work for charity and
non-profit organizations. She worked out of a converted garage
and on location, but her health condition limited her location work.
Finally
Diane decided to try to make a profit with her photography. She
rented a 15' x 18' booth space with peg board walls in a local indoor
flea market. The new location also was her motivation to finally
get her Scene Machine. She made a special agreement with VB
Canadian consultant, Patrick Riley to help her install it and Diane was
off and running with her new system!
”I have so
many things in my head. I can’t wait to go forward. I am an
artist and I want to do paintings and turn them into backgrounds.
This is so exciting. I want to do every fairytale. I want
to do little boy blue. I need enchanted backgrounds.
Realistic is not my style. I already have people driving an hour
or more to come for a sitting."
"This
is really exciting! There are no words to explain my feelings about the
Scene Machine and the freedom it has given me! I have no more
worry about trying to steam muslins. I have more backgrounds than I can
imagine!”
Diane makes all of her own costumes except for the wings which are made by Tammy Henderson at Enchanted Costumes.
Diane uses several small props and even though she is confined to the
15 x 18 foot area, she estimates that she already has 20-30 different
sets, all because she can change backgrounds using her background
library slides. She gets her props from the flea market, yard
sales, thrift stores and antique sales. She has
no polystyrene sets because she doesn’t have the space.
Diane gives special credit to Pennsylvania Scene Machine photographer, April Helsel of Keepsakes Studio for providing her with background images to help get her started. Diane
reports that because of her limited mobility from MS, her Scene Machine
system is even more important to her because it's difficult to go on
location.
Diane says, “The outdoors is not
art. I want to create my own complete settings. I think about my work
long and hard and then transform the everyday environment into
artwork. Some day I am hoping to publish a story book of
children’s fantasy photographs."
"Using my Scene Machine, I can take the same slide and use it so many
different ways. The slide is only a paint brush - it is a tool.
It is like giving all the students in an art class the same materials
and everyone comes up with something different. This is great!”
We predict that you will be hearing a lot about Diane Wilson in the
future. She has energy, she has enthusiasm, she has ability, and now
she has a better way to display that ability with her Scene
Machine.
Diane
clearly represents a major reason we are so enthusiastic about the
Scene Machine, helping photographers become more creative, more
efficient, and more profitable.