Old House

Imagine picking up your prom date from this place. It seems it went from Christmas lights to vacant. When someone lives in a place the story is written. When a place is vacant the story can be many things. I always wonder about places like this. How long has it been since people lived there? What kind of people were they? How long before the building is rubble hidden by grass and golden rod? How many more images can I make before someone looks out the window? That would scare me!

Cold House

Sleet, snow, and rain, what a day. I'll admit, I never left the car, and didn't put the window down. The window up (dirty and wet), helped keep the contrast down and makes it more real for the day. Sometimes I think camera technology is so good it takes some of the realism out of the image. The house is square on this day. I think of a place like this as an abandoned barn. It's vacant and with no upkeep, it won't be long before it's a pile of rotten boards on the ground.

Wind

I've been doing time images for the past several years. An image can show as much time as you'd like in an instant. This changes everything. There was a slight wind, so I figured, over time, I might see different speeds of color moving. The lower part of the trees move less than the top. Some bushes move more than others. To help show motion, it doesn't hurt to have something not moving (my house). I can control time!

Refrigertor

I was siting at the house thinking I ought to go find an image. The light was pushing strong shadows outside, it was the end of the day. I was getting ready to go out and noticed the bottle shadows on my refrigerator. I liked the depth in this, the from the outside, the glass, and then the refrigerator itself. I had to move fast as the light was going. I shot this, then grabbed another cold one. Mission accomplished!