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On Fine Art Photography


Often, I find I become bored with showing things they way they appear in real life, rather than the way I see them.  So, rather than a purely documentary capture and treatment of the final image, I tend more towards what many would call fine art photography.  To me, abandoned environments lend themselves quite well to more of an artistic approach, though I know many out there are more purist when it comes to such things.

On another note, I noticed Amazon had one of those tasty daily deals on a 40-watt home theater soundbar from TaoTronics. Decide I’d order one up to give it a whirl. I’ll give my impressions here on the blog once it shows up and I get to try it out.

American Psycho

I know I’ve said this before, but it’s dang creepy exploring abandoned asylums on your own, particularly when you come across a scene like this.  Who knows what lurks behind the next turn… a zombie, an angry specter, or, worse still, a psycho!

Tow Away Zone

Here’s another URBEXy shot from my recent explore of Baltimore.  Have to admit there were some cool times in some of those seedy alleys where I wished I had brought my Nikon D700 and at least a super wide angle lens along.  In fact, I had the same feeling during my visit, the week prior, to Eastern State Penitentiary (ESP) up in Philadelphia.  Well, don’t worry.  I’ve lined up a return visit to ESP for tomorrow, this time with with the dSLR and a few lenses.  Looking forward to re-exploring and re-shooting with the big rig!  Looking forward to getting something out on the site this Monday from that shoot!

Did you order the Code Red?

For some reason, this scene reminded me of that great confrontation between Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruise in A Few Good Men.  That has to be one of the greatest speeches in a movie…ever.  To me, it rates right up there with George C. Scott’s speech to his men in Patton.  What do you all think?  Is it sacrilege to put those two performances in the same league?

Marquis de Sade was here…

Here’s another shot from my last explore at the old East German powerplant in Vockerode.  What a great place to shoot URBEX.  I shot the photograph you see here in a section of the old place that had been used a few years back from about 2006 to 2009 for a freaky Marquis de Sade performance.  They left the floor in there when they were done, and you can see them dancing all over it by clicking right here (warning: this is pretty creepy).  They still film a lot of movies in this place, and some film makers were actually doing a shoot while I was there last.

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