Youth Center Reflections
Date: 03/16/2011
Youth Center building with windows reflecting the building set at right angles to it.
Distorted Jungle
Date: 03/16/2011
This was the first set of windows where the distorted reflections of trees caught my attention. The windows of the old buildings are not in very good shape - some of the panels are cracked, dirty, fogged, and boarded over. The tree reflections range from ghostly to almost mirror sharp in the various panels, and create a sense of dislocation where it almost appears you're either looking in through a window or out through a window, rather than viewing reflections.
Distorted Forest I
Date: 03/16/2011
With this set of windows, I intentionally focused 'through' the glass on the reflections themselves. Again, there's this odd sense of almost-superimposition. It becomes easier to believe that we're seeing a double exposure, or seeing in or out through the window, rather than realizing right away that the trees are actually reflections.
Distorted Forest I - b/w
Date: 03/16/2011
With this set of windows, I intentionally focused 'through' the glass on the reflections themselves. In black and white, the dilapidated window glass and frames create a ghostly broken-down/haunted house atmosphere, while the partially warped reflections continue to play their tricks on the eyes.
Distorted Forest II
Date: 03/16/2011
With this set of windows, I intentionally focused 'through' the glass on the reflections themselves. Again, there's this odd sense of almost-superimposition. It becomes easier to believe that we're seeing a double exposure, or seeing in or out through the window, rather than realizing right away that the trees are actually reflections.
Distorted Forest II - b/w
Date: 03/16/2011
With this set of windows, I intentionally focused 'through' the glass on the reflections themselves. In black and white, the dilapidated window glass and frames create a ghostly broken-down/haunted house atmosphere, while the partially warped reflections continue to play their tricks on the eyes.
Laundromat - CVS
Date: 03/16/2011
The CVS building and sign across the street are reflected in the glass front of the laundromat half a block down from the studio. The sun was low in the sky a little before dusk here, creating the big slash of flare at upper left.
Laundromat - CVS - b/w
Date: 03/16/2011
The CVS building and sign across the street are reflected in the glass front of the laundromat half a block down from the studio. The sun was low in the sky a little before dusk here, creating the big slash of flare at upper left.
Tree Shadows on Red Brick
Date: 03/16/2011
I liked the big shadows, rich red brick, and receding angle in this view of one of the Youth Center buildings.
Street Cars
Date: 03/16/2011
Houses line the street that runs right behind the park and neighboring high school. Not visible from this angle, a young man was working under the open hood of the orange car, while his black and orange cat sat on the lawn a few feet away.
Towering Crown
Date: 03/16/2011
An ordinary palm tree, shot from almost right next to it, looking upward.
Towering Crown - b/w
Date: 03/16/2011
An ordinary palm tree, shot from almost right next to it, looking upward. The black and white really brings out the texture in all those bark layers.
Ripples of Green - Macrocosm
Date: 03/16/2011
Leafy trees hanging over a fence. Endless ripples of green.
Ripples of Green - Microcosm - b/w
Date: 03/16/2011
In b/w, the leaf blades, highlights, and shadows, become more of a geometric study than a portrait of a living plant.
Tilted Infinity
Date: 03/16/2011
Knots in two adjoining trunks of a tree, forming an oblique figure eight in the flattened perspective of a photo frame.
Tilted Infinity - b/w
Date: 03/16/2011
Knots in two adjoining trunks of a tree, forming an oblique figure eight in the flattened perspective of a photo frame. In black and white, the bark textures are accentuated, and so are the light and dark, round and rectangular shapes that divide the frame into unequal quadrants.
Window Cross I
Date: 03/16/2011
Decorative wrought iron adorning a window in the side wall of a semi-enclosed patio area at the front of this building.
Window Cross I - b/w
Date: 03/16/2011
Decorative wrought iron adorning a window in the side wall of a semi-enclosed patio area at the front of this building.
Window Cross II
Date: 03/16/2011
Decorative wrought iron adorning a window in the side wall of a semi-enclosed patio area at the front of this building. It's fun to play with the geometry of the frame by shooting up and across at an angle like this.
Window Cross II - b/w
Date: 03/16/2011
Decorative wrought iron adorning a window in the side wall of a semi-enclosed patio area at the front of this building. It's fun to play with the geometry of the frame by shooting up and across at an angle like this.
Eagle Flight
Date: 03/16/2011
'Shapes in the clouds' bring to my mind in eagle in flight when I look at this shadow. This is shot with my lens right up against the narrow space between two vertical slats in the fencing enclosing this storage area.
Eagle Flight - b/w
Date: 03/16/2011
'Shapes in the clouds' bring to my mind in eagle in flight when I look at this shadow. This is shot with my lens right up against the narrow space between two vertical slats in the fencing enclosing this storage area.
Fencing Blue Skies
Date: 03/16/2011
Double height fencing where the school property meets the sidewalk of the bordering street restricts access to the Jordan High School athletic fields. Shot standing right next to the fence, with the camera tilted at an extreme angle.
Fencing Blue Skies - alternate color process
Date: 03/16/2011
Double height fencing where the school property meets the sidewalk of the bordering street restricts access to the Jordan High School athletic fields. Shot standing right next to the fence, with the camera tilted at an extreme angle. A brighter and less saturated version of the image.
