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Sew What
Just about all that’s left here is the sewing machine. And the stain on the floor.
Quanah, Texas
photographed 12.26.2014
Like a cell block
This image right here: this is why I don’t delete my images after a quick look when I upload them after a shoot. Nope – I keep everything except the ones that are completely over- or under-exposed.* Because you just never know…
This one was a victim of sloppy shooting. It was crooked and it needed a lot of work to correct the perspective. I tried fixing it a couple of times, but it never worked. Then, the other day, I felt like giving it another try. Why now? I know more about Photoshop than when I’d worked on it before and thought it was worth a little bit more attention.
Still it took a couple of tries to get what you see here, with horizontals and verticals lined up the way I wanted. After that, getting the rough and dark cell-block look I was after was easy.
Quanah, Texas
photographed 12.26.2014
*And yes, that does require a LOT of storage space….
UPDATE:
Someone over on my One Day | One Image Facebook page asked what this shot looked like before I worked on it, so here you go:
Watkins
The only thing I could find out about this place, which appears to have been a department store, was that the corporate entity was filed on Saturday, March 21, 1914, with the Texas Secretary of State.
Nothing even mentioned that great, curvy sign. Or the mosaic wall, or the reflection of a street-light-based poinsettia.
Quanah, Texas
photographed 12.26.2015
Work Environment
Sort of bleak place to work, if you ask me.
But I do like that desk lamp, pointing toward the empty chair. And the little nest of phone cable is a whimsical touch.
Quanah, Texas
photographed 12.26.2014
The Grand Dame of East 3rd Street
She’s seen better days, hasn’t she?
Quanah, Texas
photographed 12.26.2014
One Day | One Image 