antique shops don't seem to last very long which is kind of a cruel irony for antique dealers. this one's been up for sale for a long time. pity, peering from the street into the dim interior it looks like an aladin's cave of curios.
truth told, i was hoping to capture more of the interior but, despite the dullest of skies here lately, it was still too dark inside that old shop!
thanks. i cobbled the avatar from two IFs, jody. i felt i was missing out. actually, it saves work seeing if i've already replied or not! no small change left for the old brain slot meter...
its good..oddly enough i've seen several similar shops..one was always shut..maybe its just a storage place for antique markets. I remember looking at an old hornby trainset..rally old..maybe 1940's'50's..nice to kno these places are still around.
excellent work..the darkness adds to the dusty fogginess just right..i can almost smell the musty atmosphere..trouble is i'm v.allergic to dust:-/
Hello Ian Your pictures have given this antique shop a feeling of mystique. Is it reality or is it some ghostly image? Here in the US there are thousands of businesses claiming to have "antiques" but in reality the items are discarded "stuff" that should have stayed discarded. Boy would I like to have a long look about in your antique store! Have a wonderful day Babe :>
Most of these were taken on a Canon ixus400.
I've had it for four years after noticing how much fun others were having with pocket-sized cameras. It's a bit arthritic now but it's still my little favourite.
About three years after getting the ixus I bought a digital SLR and one of these days I'll learn how to use it.
There's a few references to photoshop. I avoided using photoshop in the beginning, it's a moot point whether it's still photography and not merely computer graphics. This idea changed when my friend and pro photographer, Anne, urged me to ''push'' my images to get the best results. Now I feel it's all about the finished image; the end justifies the means. In a way this implies photography has been devalued, and it has, but then no one has been using box cameras and silver nitrate for a while - it's progress. As long as the spirit is alive, it's still photography.
Very nearly all the images involve some photoshop but I've only tagged those that used more photoshop than photography.
Technically, I still don't use photoshop. It's Paintshop Pro Photo XI. At one tenth the cost and able to do everything I need it to, I can put the half-grand saved towards another lens.
Art is both creation and recreation. Of the two ideas, I think art as recreation or as sheer play of the human spirit is more important.
Lin Yutang
What is art? Art could be how you view life and not necessarily tied to the production of objects. Hamish Fulton
If we had never before looked upon the earth, but suddenly came to it man or woman grown, set down in the midst of a summer mead, would it not seem to us a radiant vision? The hues, the shapes, the song and life of birds, above all the sunlight, the breath of heaven, resting on it; the mind would be filled with its glory unable to grasp it, hardly believing that such things could be mere matter ... too beautiful to be long watched lest it should fade away. Richard Jefferies, from 'Wild Flowers'
Photography needs more anarchists. Anne de Haas
In our creativity, we should endeavour to make mistakes. There is nothing wrong in making mistakes; in fact it should be regarded as a creative virtue. After all, success is just an accident that occurs while we are making mistakes. potager's proverb
Actually, I'm not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the picture is in the box, I'm not all that interested in what happens next. Hunters, after all, aren't cooks. Henri Cartier-Bresson
walk slowly, take your time and smell the roses...
pea & ham
Being a blog, photos get posted in chronological order not always in the order they're made, and never in an order which represents my own favourites, whether it's artistically pleasing, a fascinating learning process, an enjoyable day's hunting or just bloody amazing that anything turned out better than I hoped!
Also, as every picture tells a story, I thought I'd select a few images which mean more than the majority I've snapped and place them to a sub-blog, which I call Short Back & Sides, and I'll record some notes and memories, motivation and inspiration, and any other mumbles that come to mind.
8 comments:
COOL photos!
thanks.
they look a little like double exposures. :o)
Neat photo... I would love to paint that trike GREEN!
BTW.. I really love your new avatar! So you.
Have a great day.
SMooch,
The Tart
The reflection really enhances this image Ian. It seems to make it have even more of a nostalgic feel. Of course the turtle is a bonus.
truth told, i was hoping to capture more of the interior but, despite the dullest of skies here lately, it was still too dark inside that old shop!
thanks. i cobbled the avatar from two IFs, jody. i felt i was missing out. actually, it saves work seeing if i've already replied or not! no small change left for the old brain slot meter...
i knew you'd like the turtle, steve! ;o)
its good..oddly enough i've seen several similar shops..one was always shut..maybe its just a storage place for antique markets. I remember looking at an old hornby trainset..rally old..maybe 1940's'50's..nice to kno these places are still around.
excellent work..the darkness adds to the dusty fogginess just right..i can almost smell the musty atmosphere..trouble is i'm v.allergic to dust:-/
DAZ
Hello Ian
Your pictures have given this antique shop a feeling of mystique. Is it reality or is it some ghostly image? Here in the US there are thousands of businesses claiming to have "antiques" but in reality the items are discarded "stuff" that should have stayed discarded. Boy would I like to have a long look about in your antique store!
Have a wonderful day
Babe :>
i think they just hadn't cleaned the windows, babe. :o)
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