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rickenmartin78

rickenmartin78

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First trip to Disneyland is coming up (end of July). :)

I need photo ideas.

Those who have been before, what did you enjoy shooting? What is on your wish list for next time?

Those who haven't been yet, what would you shoot on your first trip?
 
Carsland is a must. I was only able to shoot from a distance since it hadn't opened yet, but seeing Tim's photos and know how much it is themed out it is a definite must.
 
Shoot it all! Disneyland Park is exactly the same as The Magic Kingdom, but completely different at the same time. The foliage, scenery, and themeing are over the top in DL... just blast away and have fun doing it. I LOVE DISNEYLAND!
 
Had a great time! DL for a week, capped off with the D23 tour of the Studios! Photography wise, I can only suggest that anyone going to Disneyland (or any park for the first time) better forget about taking a lot of time to plan shots. My tripod stayed in the hotel room the entire time. There's just so much to do and not enough time to do it in.

Past and Present by rickenmartin78, on Flickr
 
The old animation building is one of the "Meccas" for any Disney fan. Think of Cinderella - Aristocats, and it happened here. The tour took us down the main corridor, into one of the "inkwell" courtyards, and down into the tunnels that connected the ink and paint building to the animation building. Oh, and we got to look up the stairwell that led to the floors where Walt and Roy had offices (so close, so close). But just being in another place where Walt and Roy did what they did was very special.

Stairs take you down to the tunnel system from the Animation building. Many action sequences from the show ALIAS were filmed in the tunnels. The tunnels also were a treasure trove of old Disney work that had been neglected during the 60s and 70s. Extremely valuable material was just lying around in boxes and file cabinets gathering dust until the Disney Archives team started sorting through it. A set of steep ramps take you back up to the Ink and Paint building. Apparently the animators used to use the cels from finished films to "slide" down these ramps--ruining the cels in the process. We were told that Roy E. especially enjoyed that "ride" when he was young.

Of course, since no photography was allowed inside ANY building, I had to settle on shots like this...on burst mode...making a scene...embarrassing the family and all. One woman clicked a cell phone picture, with flash on of course, inside the Disney real-estate office and I thought Chernabog was going to come through the walls and devour her phone by fire. You could literally hear gasps! She was instead reprimanded by the studio security guard (who kept giving me the stink-eye).

More to come...

The Old Shop by rickenmartin78, on Flickr
 
Cool stuff Peter - I never did see your original posts on this, but nice to catch up. The cloning out worked well on Matterhorn. And glad you made it to the Studios as well! Back in 1990 I lived in Burbank for a year, then later moved out to Calabasas, CA. My father is in the film industry, and was working at WB studios right next to Disney Studios - so I was able to get onto both studio lots all the time. I loved walking around the Disney studios, looking at all the classic buildings and standing in the same spots I had seen Walt standing in photos, just imagining what it was like then. There are a few spots around Burbank that Walt and the gang would frequent - coffee shops and restaurants - and the photos are still on the wall. I lived just a few blocks from there - within walking distance of the studio. Fun times!
 
zackiedawg said:
Cool stuff Peter - I never did see your original posts on this, but nice to catch up. The cloning out worked well on Matterhorn. And glad you made it to the Studios as well! Back in 1990 I lived in Burbank for a year, then later moved out to Calabasas, CA. My father is in the film industry, and was working at WB studios right next to Disney Studios - so I was able to get onto both studio lots all the time. I loved walking around the Disney studios, looking at all the classic buildings and standing in the same spots I had seen Walt standing in photos, just imagining what it was like then. There are a few spots around Burbank that Walt and the gang would frequent - coffee shops and restaurants - and the photos are still on the wall. I lived just a few blocks from there - within walking distance of the studio. Fun times!
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Thank you, Justin. We had ONE day to do the studio tour plus anything else we wanted to do in the LA area. There's so much to see in Burbank alone that we will definitely be going back there when we get the chance!
 
The amount of Mickey in the museum is staggering. These two shots were 10s on my Disney-nerd scale:

The first is an original cell from The Band Concert...

Mickey Mouse and William Tell by rickenmartin78, on Flickr

And then the best...the earliest known sketch of Mickey Mouse, credited mostly to a collaboration of Walt and Ub Iwerks. This sheet of sketches was placed in a safe at Retlaw Enterprises by Bill Cottrell and was not discovered until years after Bill's death in 1995. Notice a proto-Minnie Mouse to the right of the highlighted Mickey:

Mickey Comes to Life by rickenmartin78, on Flickr
 
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Talk about putting your stamp on the park! This is the Disney family crest, which is mounted right above the front door of Sleeping Beauty Castle. I'm so mad that I didn't get a straight-on shot of this.

Oh, well--I have to have an excuse to go back, right?

Disney Family Crest by rickenmartin78, on Flickr
 
rickenmartin78 said:
The old animation building is one of the "Meccas" for any Disney fan. Think of Cinderella - Aristocats, and it happened here. The tour took us down the main corridor, into one of the "inkwell" courtyards, and down into the tunnels that connected the ink and paint building to the animation building. Oh, and we got to look up the stairwell that led to the floors where Walt and Roy had offices (so close, so close). But just being in another place where Walt and Roy did what they did was very special.

Stairs take you down to the tunnel system from the Animation building. Many action sequences from the show ALIAS were filmed in the tunnels. The tunnels also were a treasure trove of old Disney work that had been neglected during the 60s and 70s. Extremely valuable material was just lying around in boxes and file cabinets gathering dust until the Disney Archives team started sorting through it. A set of steep ramps take you back up to the Ink and Paint building. Apparently the animators used to use the cels from finished films to "slide" down these ramps--ruining the cels in the process. We were told that Roy E. especially enjoyed that "ride" when he was young.

Of course, since no photography was allowed inside ANY building, I had to settle on shots like this...on burst mode...making a scene...embarrassing the family and all. One woman clicked a cell phone picture, with flash on of course, inside the Disney real-estate office and I thought Chernabog was going to come through the walls and devour her phone by fire. You could literally hear gasps! She was instead reprimanded by the studio security guard (who kept giving me the stink-eye).

More to come...

The Old Shop by rickenmartin78, on Flickr
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The architecter of this building oozes Disney. I had the pleasure of being there in the early 90's.
 
Something I noticed in Anaheim was how 1) Character interaction was a lot better than WDW, and 2) the Characters (and cast members) seemed more laid back, like they had fun with it all. Here, Alice was having quite the conversation with the Coke Corner ragtime piano player:

Alice and Alan by rickenmartin78, on Flickr
 
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