These Pictures Are A Reminder,

of the early days of mortised transport,

and suburban America, beautifully photographed by self-taught photographer Michael Paul Smith who has at times referred to himself as a text book illustrator, a wallpaper hanger and house painter, a museum display designer, an architectural model maker, and art director,

but what makes his pictures so amazing is that they are all miniature cars, he has mixed up miniature cars, detail items and buildings into a scene whose backdrop is the real world, he shoots the gorgeous miniature vistas of the town he has created and named “Elgin Park” — and he does it all with a cheap point-and-shoot, also the thing is that he does this entirely outdoors, using natural light and a 14-megapixel Canon SX280, which goes for about $250 online, 

before the Canon he used a 12-megapixel Sony, and before that a 6-megapixel Sony that was actually his favourite because, get this, 14 megapixels is too much resolution, '14 megapixels is almost too much for what I need to take convincing diorama shots, there is too much information being recorded which makes every little detail show up in the photographs', if you want to see more or read about his work have a look here at  fstoppers, 

as an aside theses are the two dioramas,

in place that he used to take the featured pictures, was I fooled when I saw the two pictures? I have to say yes, who once said that camera never lies!