Assurance ComforTred

Torrington, Connecticut

This is a huge tire store doing a lot of business with truckers and heavy equipment users. The faded big group portrait in the window, which at first I figured would date way back to the 40s or so, turned out to be a color print, while the truck looks like a much later model, 60s or even 70s. Come to think of it, a print from the 40s would have been b&w and probably not anywhere near so faded, despite the long exposure to sunlight through heavily tinted glass.

Meanwhile, Spring Has Sprung at The WPII blog. For the next two weeks there will be daily postings of pictures from early spring in western Connecticut, 2009

Markings

Ansonia, Connecticut

Graffiti, stencils, seems to be quite an urge to make marks on other people's stuff.

Naugatuck, Connecticut

Hot Topic

Waterbury, Connecticut

Doorway in a service corridor at a shopping mall.

WP Supplemental: Workshop

I've learned that "we have a go" for my Introduction to Platinum/Palladium weekend workshop at The Center for Alternative Photography coming up May 16-17 in New York. There are one or two spaces still available, so if you're interested in a platinum workshop and can get to NYC two weeks from now, this is the time to jump. Follow the link for details.

Van-Del Drive-in Theater, Middlepoint, Ohio

Picture in the Window

Winsted, Connecticut

A picture in the window and a stepladder, too. As always, a larger version of the picture is available just by clicking. Use your browser 'back button' to return.

Shadows

Winsted, Connecticut

Sometimes I think the nicest thing about strong sunlight is the way it casts shadows. Crisp sun delineates shapes clearly, but then shadows convey all sorts of information about shapes that aren't even in the picture.

Winsted, Connecticut

Blue

Winsted, Connecticut

A grab shot on a sunny afternoon. After the cyclist passed by I became fascinated with the resonance between the strange blue standing-rib metal siding and the thinly clouded sky, all delineated by clear sunlight. The funny building is a duckpin bowling alley.

Winsted, Connecticut

WP Addendum, Cross Posting

For any visitors here who don't routinely stop by The Online Photographer, you might want to link on over to a technical article of mine that will go up there sometime later today. It's about working with that strange light source, The Sun.

A sneak preview:

Waterbury, CT, 2009

"Full sunlight in the foreground and background, deep shadow (much darker than open shade) in the middle. I set the camera to "sunny 16" (1/320th@f/8 with effective ei of 80) to keep the highlights from burning out, then used a little Recovery in ACR to give them more substance along with a lot of Fill Light (stupid name but useful tool) to bring out some sense of texture in the deep shadows. Note the extra tone in the lower surface of the I-beams from light bounced back up from the pavement."

Click on over to read the whole thing.

Two Flags and a Refrigerator

Winsted, Connecticut

Seen a few minutes, and just a block or so, apart. While I'm usually drawn to soft lighting conditions and overcast or cloudy skies, now and then it's interesting to explore the look of things under full sunlight. Familiar places can take on a new character.

Winsted, Connecticut

Front Porch

Torrington, Connecticut

The building to the right is the rear of a commercial strip mall. It's likely the old house will be replaced by commercial development.