Fire Wall
I love shooting rust and weathered wood. There is something about photographing the texture and patterns that make me want to bring out the detail and hidden graphics.
This photograph could fall into that category. There are possibilities within this scene that must have drawn the photographer to the subject. But in addition to the textures we need to combine them with other elements such as interesting light, patterns and graphic lines. More often than not we need to get in close, almost macro photography, to find the intriguing detail. If the photograph covers too much information we end up with a record shot, a photo that has lots of information but no interpretation.
I would like to recommend that this photographer returns to this same scene and tries to find five other close-up detail images within this setup. Try shooting up close, try shooting at unusual angles and see if the lighting can be changed to a lower angle to enhance the shadows and texture. It’s like a treasure hunt. Sometimes you find the prize and sometimes there is not treasure. But you won’t know unless you do some digging.
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March 17th, 2008 at 7:46 am
I came home from a work event to find out one of the apartments in my complex caught on fire. The next morning I got up super early and took a series of shots of the fire damage.