When Cynde and I were in Chicago last fall I walked around for several days looking for new photos and enjoying the architecture.  I really enjoyed seeing the contrasts in the different buildings and the styles of buildings over the years.  One of the things that I particularly enjoyed was the contrasts between the very ornate older buildings with the very modern all glass buildings that were much simpler.

We stayed near the new Trump Towers and I really liked how the very ornate older Wrigley Building contrasted with the extremely tall Trump Tower.

I hope you enjoyed the photo!

Scott

I have been working through my Bodie images to put together a series of photographs to put into a photobook.   As I walked around Bodie I found the old bank.  The main building has fallen and about the only thing left is the old vault.

I hope you enjoyed the photo!

Scott

As I spend time with my mother helping her out, I started looking around at images that I could post.  I did not bring more recent files with me to work on as I was not that organized when I left for my dad’s funeral.  I did really enjoy this trip with Cynde out to Bodie last fall.

Many of the buildings in Bodie have items that were left by the orginal residents give one a view of what people used, but did not think were worth moving with them as they left Bodie. This building is one of the buildings that you can walk into that is near the church.

Hope you enjoy the image,

Scott

Cynde and I drove up to Lee Vining in our van to spend the weekend exploring and photographing with two sites as the main targets:  Bodie State Historical Park and Mono Lake.  Bodie is an old deserted ghost town as after the gold disappeared the town dwindled to nothing.  Many of the folks that left there did not have the resources to take all of their possessions with them so they left them.  The entire town is left in a state of arrested decay.

Bodie Hotel Reception and Switchboard

I hope you enjoyed the photo,

Scott

I really like photographing old buildings.  I does not matter much if they are in nice condition or abandoned, I just love the details in these buildings.  One this particular day I noticed the clouds in the sky and I knew they would work well in a photo, since a technique I like to use will emphasize the detail in the clouds.  Had a lot of fun working with this old building, you know, maybe old abandoned buildings are more interesting . . .

Monrovia Train Station

I have heard rumor that if the Gold Line Extension goes through there will be a stop here and they have plans to add and modernize this station.  I hope they do not remove the character of this old station.

Scott