I had the chance to work with Bob Hynes on an exhibit in one of the world’s most visited museums! Friday is the official opening of the new Barron Hilton Pioneers of Flight Gallery. It was a lot of fun to visit the Smithsonian during the production and see the various people and tasks that go into making such a large exhibit.

I have not gotten to see the final exhibit yet but hope to soon. I’ll add pictures of the final exhibit after I visit.

My role for Bob’s exhibit pieces was Photoshop work. We needed to take old photos and make them museum worthy. Here is one of the larger pieces.

I started with this original photo:

We needed the photo to be a huge stadium scene that spanned a whole wall of the exhibit. Also we added a touch of color. After many hours in Photoshop I was able to create this:

And here it is up on the exhibit wall:

We had smaller pieces such as some planes for the wall:

Even more fun, a photo of my family is actually in the exhibit! We needed extra models to dress up in period gear and pretend to be watching an air show. So if you get the chance to see the exhibit, you’ll see the Harners sitting above your heads, behind a white fence, watching an air show.

I put the photos together in Photoshop into a realistic row:

And here we are, prior to getting put in the exhibit.