Righty tighty, lefty loosey..........

It is so funny that there is a group on facebook actually called I-still-say-Righty-Tighty-Lefty-Loosey-when-i-unscrew-things  Which is truly funny because now every time I loosen or tighten that's what I think of when I am saying righty-tighty lefty-loosey!  There you have it, another look into my head.

Last post I mentioned some new lenses. You may have guessed that they have arrived, you would be right except that my fish eye has not arrived thanks to the silly UPS driver who seemed to think he had the right house and they denied the package! COME ON, doesn't that seem odd? Dork anyway.
Well I do have my Sigma 24-70mm and my ultra wide extension. Though I haven't had much time to get out and play around a lot with these, I do have a few to share:

And I hope that you wouldn't think that I wouldn't add something:

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Another Original:

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And finally:

No alterations because I LOVED the contrasting colors here!
With any luck I have a photo shoot on Wednesday and HOPEFULLY UPS will get my package to the right house (mine) and I will have a fish eye extension. Fingers crossed everyone!

The best hunt ever

We went toward some places I had seen on previous trips, and I have the photos from that, but the fourth place we went to was Totally Awesome and I don't have those ready yet because I had a photo shoot this most recent Saturday. I had two models in an abandoned building and it was GREAT! So I have been editing those photos since Saturday. If you happen to be reading this and your interested in being a model it's a pretty simple plan I run. No charge to you if you pose for me and don't mind being in abandoned buildings. Then I let you have low res copies for your pages on the Internet, and if you want to prints, you can purchase those from me as well.

Here are the shots from 3/20/10:















Here is a sneak peak of my photo shoot:

On tour......

Well after months of working with a broken blog editior, I finally got it right. No big deal for you but for me it's a lot nicer to see what it is I am doing!

If you were waiting to hear about my story about the abandoned factory, your wait is over.  And if you live in Hillsdale you most likely know what I am talking about. Yes, the old stock mill buildings. If you haven't been in it, I am going to share some photos with you so you can see what's there. Mar and I went all the way to the roof, we didn't go into any of the silo buildings because it was really dark and I am scared of the dark, I'll admit it.











We didn't go down there, it's really dark on the other side of the building, yes we did have flash lights, but I am not game for encountering things in the dark. It was thrilling enough with out being in the dark. 



No you may have noticed that some of the photos have not been edited, I wanted to give my viewers an idea of the whole way through the buildings.

This of course this isn't all the photos, this is only the first and second floor, there are many more to come so keep watching.

I wonder......

5Last post told you of how my son and I went out to find something abandoned. Worked on a couple more of the photos from that trip to show off. The first place we found was located next to a public parking area for state land. That's where we parked and we hiked a bit down the trail then veered off toward the crumbling barn and falling house. Of course we were trespassing, BUT we were following other foot prints. We stopped at the barn and took some photos then moved on to the house. The good news, it's was so bad, we couldn't have went in anyway, which I promised my husband I would NOT do. Here is a shot to show you how that looked, with a little some editing of course:


I don't know if I am extremely happy with this one, but I like it so it's hard for me to say, I am open to opinions!

These shots are some older ones that I found when I was cleaning out my bridge to makes space on my computer.





That's all I got right now, currently working on more and I spent today out finding more abandonment!

What with the weather and all...

So In the last two weeks, it has been crazy!  Last week there was a snow storm, and last night there was a super wet snow that resulted in a mess and no school!   When there is a lot of snow I like to get out and take photos for my yearly winter photos and I have a blast driving in the snow, but I also have to take care of my husband too because he is out there plowing and he won't stop and get himself food so I take him food and drinks and tools and what ever else he needs!

This last weekend my son and I went out to find something abandoned, if you remember from previous post, that is my favorite thing to shoot and I would really like to get some models to go along with me and be my contrasting element--girl in a pretty dress with crumbling abandonment around them.  Well we didn't find as many as we wanted to, but here are a few that I have played with:

I have added my own texture, and then a gradient and other little tid bits as well
This one below is one of my favorites.




These ones will be posted on imagekind.com for sale.

Now I am hoping to have a couple models this week to show off. Until then, I will cross my fingers that facebook will not suck up so much time and I will get some more photos edited for your viewing pleasure!