Playing with Shadows in SF
I was cruising around downtown San Francisco one afternoon on a day off and took this. I took it in color and the building was reddish brown, however, I was playing with it and it looked like an old photo of an old building when I converted it to black and white. I liked the way the shadows looked in b&w also.
I took the photo on the right on the way to work on Friday. I liked the way the shadows hit the wall. It was around 700 a.m.--Eric
posted by Eric at 9:25 PM
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Interesting shadow work, Eric.
The B&W shot is interesting because the B&W building looks like something from old photo, however, the composition looks modern (to me, anyway).
The 2nd photo looks familiar, like I've seen this idea before either here on our blog or on some other online place. I think the unexpected lightpost shadow adds an interesting, whimsical element to the shot.
--WT
Hey Warren. I agree with you. The b&w building does look old but not the composition. Perhaps someone did this before. It's across from 44 Gough.
Hi Eric, to me the composition seems not only modern, but also not a common one, which can be good.
Seems kind of like a tight crop, where you're actually looking for something in the windows or something with a long tele?
There is a fascinating book about a late NY b&w hobby photographer (his photos were taken with SLRs, and he seemed to be a pretty good city landscape photographer):
http://www.amazon.com/Angels-World-Photographs-Angelo-Rizzuto/dp/0393061116
a local library probably has it, check it out! The story of the guy itself is fascinating.
Thx Ted. I wasn't looking for a tight crop, but I guess it did come out that way.
Urban photography is very interesting as I studied design in the past and I like architecture. I may check out the book you listed.
Eric
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