Urban Shadows
Nothing special, but if you’re out early, various urban furniture really put nice shadows on the ground. They change rapidly, but there are a LOT of them, so diligence is key. These are from Boston
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Kodak Hawkeye Brownie
These are photos taken with a 1950’s box camera, the Bakelite Kodak Hawkeye Brownie that takes 620 film. I hand-re-rolled the film + backing paper from a 120 spool to a 620 spool, which works great. I use a Graflock back for one phase of the re-roll, which also works great; the other phase in a dark bag. I also took this camera apart and cleaned out everything, VERY easy to do as it’s so simple. The lens produces surprisingly nice results as long as you stand far enough away from your subject, 10-12’ is optimal. I also have the
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Color Blocking
I was in downtown Minneapolis on a little walking trail out to a huge sculpture garden and these were ~4 foot-high vertical path, cylindrical lighting posts. The orange is the reflection of the light bulbs inside the dark anodized exteriors. On the second one, you can see the groove around I really loved the completely abstract nature of an every-day object here. Olympus E-M1.2 12-40/2.8
Asbury Park white abstract
Asbury Park NJ boardwalk. I can’t remember exactly what this is, but it was on the side of some sort of structure on the boardwalk. I just liked the contrast and subtle hints of color Olympus E-M1.2 12-40/2.8…….as usual.
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Wide Angle Tree in Boston
Walking around Boston with my normal digital kit, the Olympus E-M1 + 12-40/2.8 and the delightful Laowa 7.5mm manual focus lens. This taken with the Laowa, which is a great little ultra-wide rectilinear lens, equal to a 15mm on FF. It’s a little soft at the edges for a couple of stops, but nice by f/8.
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Covington Color
Random buildings and snippets of color around Covington, GA. This ethos continues to be a theme of mine, just to walk around and hunt for blocks of color, wherever the are. I love what you can find with some effort and it also means that I can find photos that I like (and that’s what is important for me) almost anywhere in the world. All taken with my favorite combo, the Olympus E-M1.2 and the superb 12-40/2.8 pro lens
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Police Barrier Abstracts
I was at the Olympic trials marathon race and at most intersections, the Orlando Police had put these big safety barriers to prevent any rogue from driving onto the course and causing injuries. The barriers had big steel teeth holding them in place and yellow hooks on the cables. I did a bunch of photos, at which time the closest cop walked over and asked me “What are you doing?”. I had a nice conversation with her and there was no incident, but they’re just doing their job and anything that keeps the runners safe is OK in my book
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Atlantic Highlands Ship Barrier
At Atlantic Highlands, NJ, there is a slip where a ferry comes in and this is the metal barrier that was driven into the ground to form the channel. It’s obviously seen a lot of salt water and salt air and has suffered from rust, even thought it’s been painted multiple times. It had rained this morning and there was a nice reflection puddle to work with that day. Olympus E-M1.2. 12-40/2.8
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Isolated B&W Lopping Shears
Was roaming around Porterdale, GA, which is an old mill town right outside Covington, GA and there was this pair of garden lopping shears that had gotten rusty and had a spider web on it from an industrious arachnid. I wanted a shallow DOF picture and spent some time crafting the right background for the subject. I didn’t have anything longer than 40mm (80mm FF equivalent) at f/2.8, so this is what I used.
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Construction Art
I have become attracted to something I don’t think many people pay attention to, construction equipment. My family was in the contracting, land development, and building materials industry for all of my childhood. So I was around lots of big equipment, Dozers, Excacators, Frone-End tracked loaders, Lifts, Tractors, Back-Hoes, etc. I have taken to stopping whenever I have time at random construction pieces, almost always between jobs or parked on a weekend. The yellow, orange, or other bright colors are really irresistible to me. Where else can you find such bright colors, strong lines, graphs, geometric shapes, or bold lettering?
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Electric White
You’re walking around suddenly something catches your eye. For me, it is often electrical boxes. I know that sounds mundane, but I find the asymmetry appealing as subjects. This one in Covington, GA struck me with its off-white color, but there was that little touch of blue on the tags that was nice. I think that they painted everything to match, including the connection box and the wires, which added to the scene. I had to give it a little extra exposure, maybe 1 stop to make it right, as the in-camera meter would have made everything gray.
Pinhole in color
Color photography with my Reality So Subtle 6×6 pinhole. 20mm, super-wide focal length. The first one is a familiar subject that I’ve come to like, a piece of construction equipment. They offer such bright yellow, red, and orange colors that it hard to ignore them. I will probably put together a gallery and try to start taking more. The second one of an old chimney from the Porterdale Mills in Porterdale, GA, a now defunct textile mill just west of Covington, GA. Time has passed the old mill town by now, which it’s copious numbers of mill houses. The old
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