This week has been an interesting one for me. I did my first ‘photo presentation’ at a local camera club. This was around HDR and urbex, more focussing on the urbex side of things and hopefully dispelling the myth that all HDR is bad. It was a very fulfilling couple of hours that I really enjoyed, I was initially unsure if i could waffle on about my pics for that length of time, but it appeared to work well.
Creating the presentation made me look through a lot of old images that I’ve not looked into for a while and although some of the initial shots that I took when I first started out on my journey are pretty bad, it’s good to see my progress. Also good to find that I have quite a few decent images from forgotten trip that I can use now that I have a bit more skill in Photoshop.
Here’s one that I might have processed before, but thought it would be fun to do again. It’s the well known Padded cell at west Park, now dust and rubble.
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Good angle for the shot, somehow adds to the sense of confinement and claustrophobia that is the padded cell. Always a bonus to find something new in old work too!
I love the lighting in this shot, Mark. Great shadows and the way the light drapes on the floor and walls there really adds a ton to the overall drama. Fan-flippin-tastic shot, my friend!
Hi Mark,
I am a student at The British Academy of photography and I am researching on abandoned building for my next assignment,
Hope you don’t mind the question, but where did you get the permits to shoot in these places?!
I love your photos and This one, in particular, I love the angle.
Thank you