Few Band Promos

Recently, I took some promo shots of Jamie's band "Motivations" (from the NH area). This is the first time I've given up my original files, without any post-processing. I was excited to see what photographer/graphic artist/photo retoucher Louis Botha (from australia) was going to do with the photos: I was REALLY pleased! Here's a few shots:

NHS- Salmon Building Video

This is the Crown Jewel of abandoned buildings.

The Salmon Building:
The Salmon building at Norwich State Hospital, Connecticut's second public insane asylum, founded in 1904, was a building built for male forensic patients, those found not guilty by reason of insanity. An original construction building, part of the initial footprint of the hospital campus, Salmon was a milestone in terms of the construction of psychiatric hospital buildings for the violent insane. Every window was barred with prison-style 2/3 inch thick iron bars built into the brick, as well as a heavy mesh screen. In order to move down the ward, the door ahead would only be unlocked when the one behind was closed - airlock style - which would insure that even in the event that a patient escaped his room, he wasn't going far.
In nearly 70 years of operation, not a single escape was recorded from Salmon.

Video taken with a Canon 5dMII, with a Canon L 17-40mm Lens.

Flanking the Administration building, in direct contrast with the Kirkbride plan which dictated that violent patients would be housed far from the administrators, Salmon was echoed by a female forensic unit named Awl, which was situated on the other side of the Administration building.

If you are interested in the History of NSH, Visit these links:
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Link 3

My 30-something-ish Trip To NSH (Photo Blog Part 1 Of The Trip)

Visited the infamous NSH yesterday with 3 good friends of mine. Took TONS of photos (a bunch of self-portraits, as well- Hey, I LOVE that place, and I wanted more photos of ME in it) and some video as well, both standard definition and hi-definition.

I shot with as low an ISO setting as possible, but in a place like this, the settings change so many times it'd be pointless to say what I used for each photo. Most of the morning (when the sun was first coming up), I would take 30-second exposures on ISO 100 (and bump it up only when needed). I've found that it's EXTREMELY hard not to get light blowouts in abandoned places- it's dark inside, but the light POURS through the windows.

Here are some photos from the trip:

Throwback Video- Killswitch Engage

Here's a video I took last year while on tour with the Rockstar Mayhem Fest. I believe this was in Florida, August 2009. KSE- My Last Serenade (Tampa, FL)

6/18/10 Shoot Preview

I shot Sera today in Manchester, NH, in a warehouse and a VERY large, Ninja-Turtle-Sized sewer drain that I found YEARS ago, and have been meaning to re-visit.

As per usual, my shots were taken with a Canon 5dMII using a Canon L 17-40mm F4 lens, using only natural light (no reflectors, portable lights, etc). Wardrobe was all me (Tank GOD for freaking ebay).

Here's a preview of some of the images; I'll be posting more in the next few days:

I will put the rest of the photos underneath this page break (so, naturally, you have to read the REST of this post)