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    Industrial Images (Large Format)

    Industrial processes and facilities have always fascinated me. I just started a project making 4x5 images at local factories, and my first day of shooting was this week. (I'm trying to get access to a water treatment plant and a gas-fired electric plant, among other sites.)

    Has anybody else shot industrial sites (interior or exterior) as either a commercial job, or from a fine art perspective? I've seen some great exterior night shots on here, but not many daytime or interior shots at all!

    I'll post a few of mine from this week to get started. Let's see what you've got!

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    This factory in Oklahoma City currently makes pressure tanks for the natural gas industry. But they've made lots of things since 1910, including fire trucks!

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    The sense of scale and age of this factory is why I started the project here.

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    This image shows the age of the building. There's a lot of character!

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    ...comments and critiques of my work are welcome! Go easy on me, my comfort zone is typically photojournalism -- I'm still trying to get comfortable with fine art and large format.

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    Looks great, but some factories like the one I worked in for 30 years allowed no photography, ever. We had huge machines also. It would have been very cool...

    Keep at at it, you have a rare window.
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    Re: Industrial Images (Large Format)

    Thanks, Randy! I used to sell memberships at a country club, I signed up one of the owners of the factory. That proved to be a perfect connection for a no-restrictions photo shoot!

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    Quote Originally Posted by guyatou View Post
    Thanks, Randy! I used to sell memberships at a country club, I signed up one of the owners of the factory. That proved to be a perfect connection for a no-restrictions photo shoot!
    It's who you know!

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    Razu Welding shop, Sooke, BC, Vancouver Island, Canada, Image #511 ( 2013 ) one of a series that I made from inside this machine shop.
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    Re: Industrial Images (Large Format)

    I have permission from a shop that refurbishes railroad steam engines. But the location is over 100 miles away and my car has been giving me transmission problems. So until the repairs are done, I don't want to risk a long drive then getting stuck somewhere along the way.

    The idea is that I am going to try to create photographs in the style of a 1930s industrial photographer. The only difference is that I will be using strobes in place of flashbulbs.

    Another idea I have is to photograph steam engines as well as railroad workers in the style of O. Winston Link. Again, I will be using strobes, not flashbulbs. I know a fellow at a major railroad who works in their media department. He has been trying to get me permission to do this but the higher-ups at corporate are (for now) not going along with my ideas because I don't yet have enough large format railroad action photos. A classic Catch-22.

    When I have something to show, I will add them to this group.
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