Monday, March 1, 2010
Small town Corrosion
I went to my hometown and nabbed several photos of the buildings that seem to be falling apart there. These photos don't really have any interesting angles simply because I wanted to be able to capture the entire object in a simple way for the majority of the project.
These first two shots are of the same building. Right as you enter the beautiful town of Kellyville, this is probably the first thing that catches your eye. So I took two pictures, one as an establishing shot, and one as a slightly closer look at the building. I didn't purposefully add the slight blue tint, but I think it adds to the tone a little.
This next picture is actually of the newest building addition to Kellyville. It's only been there a couple of years. I'm pretty sure it was an attempt to give the town an "old west" feel, but it turned out looking kellyvillian.
This picture shows the only building in Kellyville that seemed worthy of doing business. It's been closed a little more than a year now.
Yes, Kellyville has a middle-school. The building's been there for nearly 100 years. It definitely shows.
I'll be honest, I'm not sure what this place is, why it's here, but it had several rusty cars. A worthy photo for a corroding town.
I've known about this apartment building in Kellyville for awhile now, and as long as I can remember, it was abandoned. Much to my surprise, after I shot this photo, some guy walked out of that door on top and waved at me. It seems to be in use again.
These last two photos are of some older grave sites in the Kellyville cemetery. I used to pass this place everyday and never knew how old some of the headstones were. It sounds creepy, but I probably spent most of time in the cemetery looking at them.
Oh, and these three, are really as small as they appear. I couldn't even read the writing on them.
These first two shots are of the same building. Right as you enter the beautiful town of Kellyville, this is probably the first thing that catches your eye. So I took two pictures, one as an establishing shot, and one as a slightly closer look at the building. I didn't purposefully add the slight blue tint, but I think it adds to the tone a little.
This next picture is actually of the newest building addition to Kellyville. It's only been there a couple of years. I'm pretty sure it was an attempt to give the town an "old west" feel, but it turned out looking kellyvillian.
This picture shows the only building in Kellyville that seemed worthy of doing business. It's been closed a little more than a year now.
Yes, Kellyville has a middle-school. The building's been there for nearly 100 years. It definitely shows.
I'll be honest, I'm not sure what this place is, why it's here, but it had several rusty cars. A worthy photo for a corroding town.
I've known about this apartment building in Kellyville for awhile now, and as long as I can remember, it was abandoned. Much to my surprise, after I shot this photo, some guy walked out of that door on top and waved at me. It seems to be in use again.
These last two photos are of some older grave sites in the Kellyville cemetery. I used to pass this place everyday and never knew how old some of the headstones were. It sounds creepy, but I probably spent most of time in the cemetery looking at them.
Oh, and these three, are really as small as they appear. I couldn't even read the writing on them.
Assignment 5 - Frontier Lanes
I felt that even though it's a bit cliché, the sign tells a lot about the place. It has a more retro feel to it and the alley itself is more of an "old-school" kind of style as opposed to the more modern alleys that are adjacent to bars where I'm from.
I'm not very fond of this shot because I couldn't get everything straight and even, but I wanted a shot to compliment the sign, very basic to show the style of the place even without anyone in the shot. I love the colors and the reflections on the wood, but I'm very bothered by the unlevel ceiling and floor, which might have been from me using the tripod for the first time.
Saturday night, a fraternity came to bowl and I caught the interaction between a couple of the brothers. Unfortunately it came out really grainy, but I couldn't pass up the great expressions going on between them.
This is another fraternity brother. I liked that I caught him mid-swing without too much motion blur, thanks to the tripod.
This was a shot Shane told me to go back and look for. I caught a bowler after winning a game against her friends taking off her shoes. I used the floor to stabilize my camera and reduce any blur and took quite a few shots. I really like that you can read Frontier Lanes on the shoe, which I wasn't anticipating to come out.
Saturday nights are extremely busy and I wanted to show the number of people there. It was difficult to get this kind of shot because there was a lot more people behind me waiting to play, but trying to include everyone just didn't look very good.
Because of the lighting and constant motion, it was difficult to get a non-blurry shot, but I felt the motion involved in picking up the bowling ball allowed for some blur.
As I mentioned before, the motion involved, I think, allows for some blur and I didn't find this so overbearing and I was aiming for another shot of actual bowling.
The assistant manager and an employee chat as it gets closer to closing time. They were a little nervous around the camera, so I didn't take very many shots of them but I liked how this one came out.
This was Sunday night. Literally the last frame of the day. I was hoping to incorporate the emptiness of the alley as well as the motion of the bowler.
I had a lot of trouble with this assignment on little things that I was having problems working out. It seemed that no matter where I stood, there was something in the way (the monitors, the ball returns, the chairs) of the shot. Plus, the lighting in the building combined with the constant movement of people made it hard for me to choose pictures and a bit overwhelming on what to take pictures of. All things I just need to practice on and I'd like to hear advice that anyone has on getting past these things.
Beggs... a rundown, deserted town?
Posted by Dana Lea Smith
I chose to take pictures of Beggs for this assignment. All of these pictures were taken during the daytime. I took alot of pictures at night and hated them all so I'm not posting them...
The football field.
An old, rundown car wash.
The Legion Hut.
Beggs rodeo and fair grounds.
The only park in town.
Deserted gas pumps at a deserted gas station.
The Methodist Church.
I chose to take pictures of Beggs for this assignment. All of these pictures were taken during the daytime. I took alot of pictures at night and hated them all so I'm not posting them...
Alot of the parking lots look like this.
The football field.
An old, rundown car wash.
The Legion Hut.
Beggs rodeo and fair grounds.
The only park in town.
Deserted gas pumps at a deserted gas station.
The Methodist Church.
Favorite assignment so far :)
This turned out to be a really good establishing shot. This kid and his friend were taping the same stunt over and over. I got lots of shots from different angles.
These next two are random art up and about. The colors on the first are incredible and I only found it going through a little walkway that I never even knew was there.
The second is pretty small and you wouldn't see it unless you were really paying attention.
I loved the framing of the smoke stack here. I went back to try to shoot it without the wall and pillars in the foreground but I felt like it lost the effect from the first time so I decided to keep it as is.
I spent a lot of time hanging out over this overpass waiting for someone to come underneath. I shot this without a person in my first shoot but I waited until I caught someone the next time.
This shoot, I got to the park later than I had planned on and felt like I wasn't going to get much that was usable but the slow shutter speed made for some interesting patterns.
The flag came from the same shoot. I kept shooting the flag because it was the only color and movement in the dreary weather.
I wanted to catch the moon and the tree branches in this one but I waited for someone to come by to add a little interest. I shot a few different bike riders.
I was trying to find interesting ways to incorporate the sun here.
The last one is a shot Shane told me to look for and I'm glad I did. I kept trying to get it just right and it took a while. Then I had to wait for someone to walk by and hope it lined up right. This girl was actually waiting outside the shot because she thought she would be in the way but I just told her to keep walking.
These next two are random art up and about. The colors on the first are incredible and I only found it going through a little walkway that I never even knew was there.
The second is pretty small and you wouldn't see it unless you were really paying attention.
I loved the framing of the smoke stack here. I went back to try to shoot it without the wall and pillars in the foreground but I felt like it lost the effect from the first time so I decided to keep it as is.
I spent a lot of time hanging out over this overpass waiting for someone to come underneath. I shot this without a person in my first shoot but I waited until I caught someone the next time.
This shoot, I got to the park later than I had planned on and felt like I wasn't going to get much that was usable but the slow shutter speed made for some interesting patterns.
The flag came from the same shoot. I kept shooting the flag because it was the only color and movement in the dreary weather.
I wanted to catch the moon and the tree branches in this one but I waited for someone to come by to add a little interest. I shot a few different bike riders.
I was trying to find interesting ways to incorporate the sun here.
The last one is a shot Shane told me to look for and I'm glad I did. I kept trying to get it just right and it took a while. Then I had to wait for someone to walk by and hope it lined up right. This girl was actually waiting outside the shot because she thought she would be in the way but I just told her to keep walking.
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