Some of my photographs were opportunist shots, for example an abandoned barn at the side of a motorway. I had not planned these shots so was not fully prepared with a tripod or choosing optimal weather conditions.
Another visit planned was to Liverpool castle, a folly from the 1900s. This visit was successful as the folly looked authentically run down, with flooding in some parts, overgrowth through the stone and some rubbish left over from previous visitors.
The set of initial photographs below were taken around Bolton on a street of abandoned businesses. The access onto the sites was not too difficult, however iron gates surrounded the buildings, so I had to take many of the photographs through the gaps. This made it harder to capture the sites from certain angles. Also, the weather was very cloudy so it did not present a lot of light for the photographs, though this added to the dull atmosphere and thankfully did not interfere with the quality of the photographs. The trip was cut short due to heavy rain, but just before it broke out the sky looked very dark and foreboding which I thought would be a great opportunity for capturing dark atmospheres.
Another visit planned was to Liverpool castle, a folly from the 1900s. This visit was successful as the folly looked authentically run down, with flooding in some parts, overgrowth through the stone and some rubbish left over from previous visitors.
The set of initial photographs below were taken around Bolton on a street of abandoned businesses. The access onto the sites was not too difficult, however iron gates surrounded the buildings, so I had to take many of the photographs through the gaps. This made it harder to capture the sites from certain angles. Also, the weather was very cloudy so it did not present a lot of light for the photographs, though this added to the dull atmosphere and thankfully did not interfere with the quality of the photographs. The trip was cut short due to heavy rain, but just before it broke out the sky looked very dark and foreboding which I thought would be a great opportunity for capturing dark atmospheres.