Old cemeteries are intruiging places to photograph.

I hit he perfect light on an old cemetery in Oxford, UK. Famous people surounded me - and the X marked the spot.

I got this photograph, when I was strolling around the city and making my way down from the North towards downtown Oxford.

The Light on this mid afternoon was changing between being utterly flat and simply amazing. Just when I reached the X, the sun broke through the clouds which gave me a window of about five minutes to get the shot. Read More...

Tags: Photo Shoots, Photography, Urban Decay, Black & White

Rust to dust - Urban Exploration photography

Urban Exploration or UrbEx, how it is called by "insiders" is all about finding old, abandoned buildings and locations and photographing them. But it is all about the ruins of modern civilization. Old hospitals and Asylums are a preferred location, even better than old manufacturing sites or bunkers. The spookier the story behind the subject, the better. Read More...

Tags: Legality with photography, Urban Decay

A photograph of a unique and artfully painted abstract protrait.

It happened to be in London, on a sunny Saturday afternoon: We were picked up by a friend at the Brixton Underground Station - with her car. Yes, those suburban Londonians (or, Londoners) own and drive their cars. Much to my surprise though, but then again: someone has to drive all those cars around creating the constant traffic in London.

We were on our way to a Trini (West-Indian) takeaway place - and my mind was already heavily involved with my Curry-Goat Roti to be. Did you ever have one of those? If not, you really (I mean REALLY) should try one…. But, back to the story. Read More...

Tags: Photography, Urban Decay, Photo Shoots, City & Streets

How the texture of materials impacts a photograph.

Over the last few months I payed more attention on how to emphasise the texture of an object that I photograph and how the texture of such objects can impacts a photograph. Actually, I was looking for images whose main compositional element is the texture itself.
Texture relates us to the feeling of a surface. Usually we explore a texture by vision and by touch. However, in a photograph, we don't have the luxury of experiencing the texture by touching it. The viewer of a photograph needs to be convinced by vision on how that photographed surface actually feels like. Read More...

Tags: Photo Shoots, Photography, Light Conditions, Urban Decay

With the thanksgiving turkey flavor still in my mouth, I was all energized to face the elements on this cold and beautiful November morning. For a long time I had in mind to shoot this old factory building in Saxonville, Framingham, Massachusetts. I drive by there on a fairly regular basis. And although there is nothing really special about this building, for some reason it always showed a certain beauty sitting next to the lake. Read More...

Tags: Massachusetts, Framingham, Photo Shoots, Photography, industrial Photography, Urban Decay

The perfect Fall weekend. The foliage not being at its peak, but warm enough to to have a fall BBQ: Lamb wrapped in steak, grilled to perfection. Came with a delicious, significant amount of red wine. Well, later that night, the phone rang and I agreed to a photo shoot with Ian the next morning. Shortly after the alarm clock went off and, after meeting at the Mall, we were to off lovely Fitchburg, Massachusetts. We drove around the downtown area until we found something that caught our interest. Read More...

Tags: Massachusetts, Fitchburg, Photo Shoots, Photography, Urban Decay, industrial Photography