Category: graffiti
Graffiti ranges from simple written words to elaborate wall paintings, and has existed since ancient times. Sometimes it is art. I do not consider obscenities scribbled by idiots on buildings graffiti, that's just despicable vandalism. Artful graffiti is fun to photograph and enjoyable vandalism. I don't condone it, but hey, it's there, so I might just as well enjoy it.2
The Chair, Urban Decay Series
It's Monday and time for a new series! After a week of clouds, I decided it was time to head underground and take a look at the spooky and dark side of my fair city. This little tableau caught my eye, how often does one find a comfy barcalounger waiting for them in such a lovely setting. Like any good city photographer, I forsook the tempting creature comforts and set to task of documenting the scene.2
Where the Stone Arch Meets Ground
The Stone Arch Bridge forgives me, but I'm not sure what I did. I wonder what all this bridge has experienced in it's long and distinguished history guarding the riverbank.3
Biketrail Grafitti
I found this early Saturday Morning on the trail between Lake Calhoun and Lake of the Isles. I've seen this style of graffiti on the Greenway, Kennelworth and the Cedar Corridor. It's usually in chalk and only lasts a few days. Kids: take a lesson, this is actually art grafitti. When people say they like graffiti, this is what they mean — spraypainting obscenities or "Compton" on buildings or public monuments is just being asinine.2
Railroad Graffiti
I couldn't decide if this was a moment of zen photo or not. That character is pretty odd. I decided to blast the heck out of this photo with a cross-processing effect and play up the other-worldly look to support this odd graffiti.0
Linden Yards Establishing Shot
The setting for yesterday's photo, this is the Linden Yards Depot with Interstate 394 in the background. Rumor is that they are going to demolish this sad little shack and put in luxury condos here. Good luck getting all the hobo ghosts out.6
Railyard Graffiti
In like a lion, out like a lamb, March is skittering off the stage and April is rounding the bend. The CDPB Theme Day (first of the month) for March was Graffiti and in the spirit of March, I decided to offer you one more graffiti post for the month. I will postpone the April theme of "Water" until the second, so that I can make an announcement tomorrow; be sure to check back, it's pretty cool! The train is actually moving in this photo, I found the graffiti and was all set when I heard these Canadian Pacific GP40's chugging on from stage-left. It was a grimy pre-spring day when I was out and the colors were rather bland, so I ran for my trusty over-saturated look to process this photo. I process all my photos for mitchster.com in Adobe Lightroom only — there is no Photoshopping of any of my photos. I'm a bit of a National Geographic Photographer wanna-be. If you haven't tried Lightroom, I strongly suggest it, the power and speed is incredible. I can organize and process hundreds of photos very quickly. One of my favorite options is to copy-and-paste settings — adjust a photo, then copy the settings to another photo from the same shoot and you're done. In this case I had several photos of the graffiti and after I created the effects you see, I pasted them to several photos and found the one it worked best on.19