Industry

**Sean Galbraith** · 11-Apr-2010, 18:31

Originally Posted by Jan Pedersen

Nice work, i like the industrial scenes and look forward to see much more.

Sean, what color film are you using? I like those colors.

Thanks, Jan. Provia 100F (quickloads)

**Sean Galbraith** · 11-Apr-2010, 18:32

Originally Posted by Sanjay Sen

Very nice! Please keep them coming.

I have a question: how do you folks get access to these sites, the abandoned ones? Do you seek permission? The ones I have seen, and those that have appealed to me, all have "No Trespassing" signs posted conspicuously.

I operate on the principle that it is easier to ask forgiveness than to ask permission. And it is even easier to run quickly to avoid the question altogether.

**Sean Galbraith** · 11-Apr-2010, 18:34

Originally Posted by Greg Blank

Hey Sean

I like this photo the best, my only two comment that could be critcial is whatever your using to scan with is producing too much noise. Also the third image you see a lot of halo-ing as a result of your older lens, a polarizer might help. Aside from that they are well done....especially this image.

These were all scanned on my little Epson 2450 (i.e. good enough for Flickr). For exhibition prints I have them drum scanned.

Thanks for the advice, I'll look into getting a polarizer for it. It certainly has some problems with flare.

**Allen in Montreal** · 11-Apr-2010, 18:57

Sean,
You have posted some great old industrial scenes over the last while, are they shot in TO? Do I recall you mentioning Buffalo in a few posts?
You have found some real beauty sites to shoot.

**Sean Galbraith** · 11-Apr-2010, 19:00

These ones were Buffalo, Niagara Falls (NY) and Woodstock (ON). I do most of my shooting in Buffalo and Detroit these days. Not much in the way of abandoned industrial spaces in Toronto left anymore (well, none that I haven't already shot to death).

**Frank Petronio** · 11-Apr-2010, 19:40

I like Jim's shots. He actually shoots WORKING industry.

**Allen in Montreal** · 11-Apr-2010, 20:10

Originally Posted by Frank Petronio

I like Jim's shots. He actually shoots WORKING industry.

I like all of it.
Working, shuttered, big, small, show 'em all!

**Frank Petronio** · 11-Apr-2010, 20:40

Yeah it is all good but it still blows living here. I actually shot in places like that 20 years ago, you'd blow your nose and it would be all black.

And those guys were better off than they are now.

**Allen in Montreal** · 12-Apr-2010, 04:27

Originally Posted by Frank Petronio

Yeah it is all good but it still blows living here. I actually shot in places like that 20 years ago, you'd blow your nose and it would be all black.

And those guys were better off than they are now.

As a struggling photographer right out of school, I spend 6 years as a high pressure welder to make ends meet and buy gear before going "full time" into photography.
I completely know what you are talking about.
And all the old timers had missing fingers, walked with a limp from injury, some sort of battle wound from their time in the shop.

**catshaver** · 12-Apr-2010, 08:16

"Sloss Stacks" - Birmingham, Alabama. Sloss Furnaces is now an historic landmark in Birmingham. It used to be a major blast furnace supplying the nation with pig iron during the industrial revolution during the latter half of the 19th century. Many people believe it to be haunted because so many people were killed there on the job. Photographers are welcome to shoot the site, but must first get a pass to do so in advance.

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