Chair
Anyone who’s read this blog for very long knows that I always try to look around behind these old buildings. Sometimes that’s where the good stuff is.
So, this chair. I found it behind that drive in from yesterday. The first thing I noticed was how the woven stripes in the upholstery weathered differently – half of the fabric was in relatively good condition, while the other half was just threads. The second thing I noticed was that hole in the wall to the right of the chair. For some reason, that hole seems…ominous.
Midland, Texas
photographed 8.23.2014
Posted on September 5, 2014, in Photography and tagged abandoned buildings, architecture, black and white photography, melinda green harvey, midland, midland texas, monochrome, NIK Silver Efex Pro 2, one day one image, photo a day, photography, texas. Bookmark the permalink. 10 Comments.
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The hole is ominous. I learned from experience that it’s pretty tough to punch a hole in a cinder block wall.
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Experience, you say?! That must have been one long night of drinking…!
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That would be a good excuse but I don’t drink.
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Is that a cactus plant behind the grass on the right? Trying to figure out what that shadow is. And the whole image is ominous to me. Like something happened to whoever used to sit in that chair. That said, I love the mood.
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Thanks, George. I believe it is a prickly pear on the right side.
I did more than my usual amount of post-processing on this one, trying to capture the way it felt to me (instead of how it looked). It was unsettling, for reasons that I can’t explain.
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I like everything about this, Melinda. One of your best.
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Thanks, Andy. I usually try to post a week or so in advance, to give myself time to think about the images and what I want to say. Every now and then, there’s a shot that makes me second-guess myself; I usually don’t substitute another image because I want to trust my initial reaction of “Yes! This one will work.” This was one of the shots that I almost didn’t end up keeping in the queue – I just wasn’t sure about it.
It seems that my first-guess efforts are much more reliable than my second-guess ones!
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After forty five years of calling myself a photographer, the hardest thing I still find is recognizing what is good and what’s not so good in my own photography. It’s so hard to get past subjectivity and try to view one’s own work as an outsider. I really don’t know the answer to this problem and of course what one viewer likes won’t be what every viewer likes. But just for me, one second was enough for me to say about this image: what a great image.
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That’s a good point – not every photo will appeal to everyone. Imagine how boring the world would be if that were the case!
My problem is that I sometimes don’t trust my first instinct that a photo’s “good enough” for the blog. If I had the routine of writing a post, then posting it immediately, that wouldn’t have become an issue! It’s the writing in advance that gives me time to (over)think some of the posts. My schedule is both very busy and very unpredictable, so posting in advance is the only way to make daily posts. What I am learning is that I need to have a lot more confidence in my selections for the blog!
Also – thanks for saying it took you only one second to like this shot!
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I think we can get hung up on popular opinion, and how well received our work will be. I’ve found it very refreshing in the last few years to try to follow my heart and not think of what everyone else will think of my work.
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