052 - Ohio House HDR

It's a new post! I bet you thought I had all but given up on this little venture. Obviously, 365 consecutive days of photos is a pipe dream. I admit defeat. But, I am going to continue shooting and posting here as often as possible. Maybe someday I will attempt a post a day again...

Anyway, today I have a really cool old house we came across driving around in Northeast Ohio. I would have loved to get inside this place. Normally DO NOT TRESPASS signs won't keep me away, however, there was an occupied house right across the street and I didn't feel like getting arrested my first week in Ohio.

I've done some high def photo shopping to enhance the overall feeling of abandonment. I dig old houses...can't you tell?

027 - My office

My office is a pit. It's so sad. Once upon a time it was beautiful, really. Then I started working from home and things just got out of hand. CD's that have been burned and need to be boxed, all the books we have up for sale that will end up being donated before we move. Boxes of paper, printers everywhere, photography stuff mixed in between. Soon it will be all packed up, moved and I can start all over again!

009 - Falling Down House

Once upon a time I was firmly against photo editing. I believed that you should do your best to create a technically perfect image straight out of the camera. I still believe that. I shoot in full manual mode, each image carefully thought out in order to get what I am looking for. However, I have come to embrace what computer software can do. HDR is a perfect example. High Dynamic Range imaging is a technique that allows you to show a greater range of light and dark areas in your photo and is done by merging multiple images into one. I like using this technique for old abandoned buildings, warehouses, rusty barns, etc. We found this house today and I knew it would be great as an HDR image.