Category Archives: Digital
Abandoned Garage
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Here’s another image from my new conceptual series I’m working on.
Freighter Photographs
Freighters photographs are often about as interesting as your average band photo… in the fact that they aren’t interesting at all. Particularly in the Blue Water area in which I live, bad ship pictures are about as expected as bad pet pictures most places. But I have no problem using subject matter that flirts with cliché, since if I’m doing so it’s in a thoughtful, intentional way. I’m really happy with how this image turned out. I think it has a kind brooding, mysterious quality that I’ve never seen before in a picture of a freighter. I’m planning on using it in the conceptual series I mentioned in my last post.
New Conceptual Series
I’ve been really busy for the last couple of months and I haven’t been able to post, but I’ve been working on a lot of new stuff. I’m almost finished with a new conceptual series, so I figured I’d post a few images I’m planning on using for it in the meantime until it’s done. I’m planning for the series to have a darker mood than any of my previous work, but in a very subtle way. I want it to be something that leaves the viewer with the sense that there’s something a bit off, nothing too obvious but still retaining that slightly foreboding undercurrent. I think this motel image is a pretty good example of the type of feeling the series will have, although as a whole it’s going to feature all sorts of different types of subject matter since it’s based around the underlying concept.
Underneath Freeway Overpass
Here’s another image I shot the other day when I was in Toledo. I had wanted to shoot this new freeway overpass over the Maumee River on I-280 since they begin construction on it several years ago, since I really like clean lines of the new bridges architecture.
Factory with Three Smoke Stacks
I shot this image of a factory while I was in Toledo, Ohio last week. I was really drawn to how the sweet light rendered the smoke stacks, water tower, buildings, and power lines as highly graphic elements against the gradated sky. In some ways, this image reminds me a lot of the many photographers from the 1920’s and 1930’s who photographed industry in a highly romanticized way to showcase the power of industrial progress.
Arrow and Lines on Wet Pavement
When I saw this scene a few weeks ago, I was immediately drawn to the extreme texture and monochromatic color palette created by the early evening sweet light. I really like the mood that quality of light reflecting off the wet pavement creates in this image, as well as graphic interaction between the arrow, puddle, and parking lot lines.
McIndustry
For quite a while now, I’ve been noticing McDonald’s restaurants located in very close proximity to power plants, landfills, and other forms of industry that generally would be considered an unsightly backdrop for an eating establishment. I’ve thought about doing a series on this rather unusual and ironic phenomenon for a while now, but now that I’ve got a good start, I’m actually going to begin working on the series. This particular photograph was taken from inside of the McDonald’s in Trenton, Michigan. I find it to be a rather unsettling image, which I greatly enjoy personally. I can only hope that I’m able to capture other images with a similar feeling.
Gravel Pile, Power Lines, and a Excavator
Here’s another brand new image I shot the same day as the previous post by the new construction that’s taking place on the Marathon refinery in Detroit. Apparently I was particularly drawn to using power lines as a compositional element in the top of the frame that day, although it’s not really surprising considering that they are such an ever present element in urban/industrial areas.
Abandoned House and Power Lines in Delray
I just shot image a couple of days ago, so it’s brand new. I took this photograph in Delray, a residential section of Detroit surrounded by heavy industry, which is know as one of the most polluted area’s of the city. I discovered Delray after a few years back while I was looking around the industrial section of Detroit, and I’ve always found it a very surreal place.
Trailers in Dirt Parking Lot
Here’s a new image I shot in Detroit the other day. I was drawn to the high key lighting of the scene, since it feels rather different than the lighting conditions you usually find in Michigan, or at least different than the lighting conditions that I tend to shoot. I also like how the tracks in the dirt lead you into the frame as the trailers serve to frame the shot on both sides while obscuring what is behind them, thus creating just a little bit of visual mystery.
A Rather Sad Looking Blue Popsicle in the Process of Melting
Here’s an editorial image I did a couple years back of a rather sad looking blue popsicle in the process of melting. The vintage linoleum floor looks like it’s enjoying itself though.
Detroit Institute of Arts Main Hall
Since I started this blog a couple of weeks ago, I’ve been posting older work that I haven’t shown before, but now I’ve finally posted my first brand new image. I shot this last week in the main hall at the Detroit Institute of Arts. An interior designer that I’ve sold a considerable amount of work to in the past, is interested in commissioning some architectural interiors of neoclassical buildings, in a similar vein as Thomas Struth’s Museum Photographs for a large home he’s decorating, so this is my answer to his request. If I get the commission, I’ll probably visit other art museums to capture more images in a similar style.
Self Portrait with Ray Bans
Here’s a self portrait I did last year of me wearing Ray Ban Wayfarers, which are undoubtedly one of the most iconic and classic sunglasses designs of all time. I wanted the image to have a stylized, high fashion type look. Kind of like if Juergen Teller shot band photos.
