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In 2003 I traveled to Spain to attend Englishtown. Arriving at the hotel with two of my three pieces of luggage (at least I had my cameras), I unpacked and headed out to get something to eat. Finding a place to sit at a table on the street was no problem, as it was noon, which was a couple of hours before anyone else thought about lunch. I had infrared film in the camera and I believe that this was the first shot I took.
This is a Bromoil print made on my diminishing stock of Ektalure.
There are always consequences to actions, even positive actions. The Route 450 bridge in Annapolis had traffic that was increasing , but the bridge could not properly handle. One of the casualties was Spinakers, a restaurant at one end of the bridge.
A small portion of the old bridge still remains, as can be seen here.
Actually, this is a path within Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Maryland. It is an infrared image and printed using the lith process, which accounts for some of its more interesting components.
Not long after taking this picture I was attacked by an army of flying insects, which had me literally running from the area. Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge is a wonderful place to visit, but there are times of the year when the bugs within the wooded areas just do not allow humans much time to linger.
When my daughter went to William & Mary College, she took me to an outdoor theatre that was deep within a wooded area. The theatre had been left to ruin many years previously and I returned to take numerous pictures of the crumbling structure.
The images did not work as well as I had wanted, so I planned to return at some point to reshoot. Several years ago while on vacation I realized that my travels would take me past the college, so I decided that that was the time to reshoot the images I had thought about. Upon my return I found that the entire structure had been rebuilt and the time for reshoot had passed.
This is a digital HDR infrared image of the view to the stage from the seated level. I had no thought of HDR at the time I took the images, I had just bracketed in the hopes that I would find a good way to combine the images at a later time. If you look across the stream you will see part of the “Secret Entrance” that I posted yesterday.
Actually, this image was taken across the stream from an outdoor theatre at William and Mary. This is a digital infrared image that was taken two years ago. I shot three images at the time and now have the capability of combining them via HDR.
I have taken many pictures of graveyard angels over the years. I am not sure of the attraction, but if nothing else, it breaks up the sterility of more modern graveyards, which only allow plaques flush with the ground. This image was captured with infrared film, and close examination will reveal a bit of a halo surrounding the highlight area at the top of the head. This is due to the light traveling through the film, reflecting off the camera’s back plane, and traveling back through the film a second time, due to the fact that Kodak’s infrared film did not contain an anti-halation layer. Although not an angel, another graveyard image can be found at GLSmyth.wordpress.com/2007/08/06/graveyard-figure.
There are numerous abandoned boats throughout the Chesapeake Bay. Unfortunately, pollution over the years has decreased the number of crabs, oysters, and fish to the extent that earning a living as a waterman is no longer feasible. This once proud work is slowly coming to an end, and the tools that facilitated the work are becoming no longer useful. This is one such tool, as it sits in the water on Tilghman Island.
Along with the boats on Tilghman Island, and shanties to accommodate the working boats. The shanties are, needless to say, function over form, but because of that have their own particular charm. Like the boats that outlive their purpose, when shanties outlive their purpose they are abandoned and offered back to nature.
This image was captured using Konica Infrared film.
Boats are often used for pleasure, but also serve as working tools and simple transportation. This is the case with these boats on Tilghman Island, Maryland. And yes, as on Smith Island, when their time of usefulness has passed, they are discarded, as can be seen in the upper right corner of this image.
This is a typical scene on Tilghman Island, where some people still make their living on the water, although that is becoming a more and more difficult task.
Annapolis, Maryland is a place for boats. Even when one gets away from the dock downtown, it is difficult to find a long stretch along the water where there is not accommodation for a boat. This makes complete sense, as anyone paying an incredible premium to live along the water certainly has a boat to take full advantage of their location.
This is such accommodation seemingly in the middle of nowhere. Konica Infrared captured the trees in such a way that the shelter for the boat could be easily seen, otherwise it would have been hidden in similarly rendered shades of gray.
