The (Obligatory) Brick Wall Shot - Share Yours

[denada]

olympus xa with ilford delta 400

 

[johngpt]

I think I rented the wrong room


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[jcdeboever]

Fujifilm XT2, XF18-55mm

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[jcdeboever]

XP2, 60mm

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2. Bad shape

 

[snowbear114 46]

DSC_7008.jpg by Charlie Wrenn, on Flickr

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

 

[jcdeboever]

Minolta Maxxum 9, 70-210 f/4 beer can, Kodak Portra 160. Ann Arbor, Main Street

 

[Peeb70 6]

I think I rented the wrong room


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Did not see that one coming (I guess neither did he- until too late!)

 

[jcdeboever]

I think I rented the wrong room


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Did not see that one coming (I guess neither did he- until too late!)

That is a cool shot on so many levels

 

[jcdeboever]

Canon AE1, 50mm f3.5 macro, TriX

Sent from my SM-T377V using ThePhotoForum.com mobile app

 

[jcdeboever]

Downtown Jackson, Michigan. These were stuffed away in an alley. Stumbled across them, long forgotten until this day of exposure on TriX .

1. Race field corner

2. race corner detail, +2 ec

3. Detail Driver

 

[jcdeboever]

Minolta Maxuum 9, 35-70 f4 mini beercan, TriX, box speed.

Detroit Alley Way, Downtown, real seedy, take a chance, hid away spot. Wonderful graffiti. I had an encounter in this alley, three men up to no good for sure, soon two more came up. Drug users, homeless, and thugs occupied this darkway. I went in anyway. The guys said, "why ain't you finna take some pics of them nasty homeless roach's"? I said, "I don't take pics of people that appear to be at a disadvantage and besides, y'all are a way better subject, I came to shoot you". They just looked at me for a moment, and said, "you can locate with our permission but ain't no shooting of us going down here". So I said cool, "I can render these walls then, too bad because y'all are steel and would look righteous in black & white film". They said, " cracker Oppie, you be crazy, dog, render your s*it up against that brick b*tch". "Then you can give me that camera when your done!" I said, "man, you don't want this camera, it has film in it... what are you going to do with it? sell it for like $5.00"? They all started laughing at me. They said, "you be some real oppie cracker s**t with some low hangin steel". I said, " my brothers from the Purples tell Oppie this s**t all the time". "Aunt Bee said you should let me take some pics of you but unfortunately, I don't have any sandwiches in a sack to give you, I know all y'all like sacks...." One guy said, "that M****r F****r is Andy dog", and another said, "yeah but this alley ain't in Mayberry dog." Anyway, that was the jist of it but went on for a while and turned into momma jokes and the like. Good times but I failed to get any pics of great subjects. I got some number of my new friends and hope to capture them in the future. All the numbers worked too. I called them not long after I left. They are calling me Andy now.... You be Andy in the alley b***h now. The one dude said, "man you look like the police bra" LOL

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[oldhippy]

 

[jcdeboever]

TriX, Pushed 1600HC110, Rapid Fixer, Canoscan 8800f. Minolta Maxxum 9, 35-70 mini beercan. Sorry if I bore you but I love brick wall art in the city. I remember being commissioned to do those a few times and they are really fun in that your able to work on a huge canvas. So, I am drawn to them and take snapshots of them. I really do try to present them in the best manner as I have a great deal of respect for the hard working artists. I was recently told by a professional photographer that I was ripping off an artist by taking pics like these. Rather than get into a debate, I simply agreed with him and told him I need all the help I can get. I love the skill, location variance in relation to commerce, and such. Some of the best art is in no man land but hey, you only live once.

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3. My mothers favorite image. She see's it every time I take her to Greek town Casino. We park, and go in for a slice of pizza at pizza popalis. she always gets a shot and a beer too. Scotch and a draft chaser.

 

[zulu42]

Downtown Jackson, Michigan. These were stuffed away in an alley. Stumbled across them, long forgotten until this day of exposure on TriX .

1. Race field corner
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2. race corner detail, +2 ec
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3. Detail Driver
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What are these? Paintings on a wall in an alley? They're awesome! "A-Ha" video, anyone?

Minolta Maxuum 9, 35-70 f4 mini beercan, TriX, box speed.

Detroit Alley Way, Downtown, real seedy, take a chance, hid away spot. Wonderful graffiti. I had an encounter in this alley, three men up to no good for sure, soon two more came up. Drug users, homeless, and thugs occupied this darkway. I went in anyway. The guys said, "why ain't you finna take some pics of them nasty homeless roach's"? I said, "I don't take pics of people that appear to be at a disadvantage and besides, y'all are a way better subject, I came to shoot you". They just looked at me for a moment, and said, "you can locate with our permission but ain't no shooting of us going down here". So I said cool, "I can render these walls then, too bad because y'all are steel and would look righteous in black & white film". They said, " cracker Oppie, you be crazy, dog, render your s*it up against that brick b*tch". "Then you can give me that camera when your done!" I said, "man, you don't want this camera, it has film in it... what are you going to do with it? sell it for like $5.00"? They all started laughing at me. They said, "you be some real oppie cracker s**t with some low hangin steel". I said, " my brothers from the Purples tell Oppie this s**t all the time". "Aunt Bee said you should let me take some pics of you but unfortunately, I don't have any sandwiches in a sack to give you, I know all y'all like sacks...." One guy said, "that M****r F****r is Andy dog", and another said, "yeah but this alley ain't in Mayberry dog." Anyway, that was the jist of it but went on for a while and turned into momma jokes and the like. Good times but I failed to get any pics of great subjects. I got some number of my new friends and hope to capture them in the future. All the numbers worked too. I called them not long after I left. They are calling me Andy now.... You be Andy in the alley b***h now. The one dude said, "man you look like the police bra" LOL

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Low hangin' steel, fo sho! Are you a big dude? I would never have the fortitude to approach people like that.

The story is so great that it takes attention away from these great photos!

You have a real talent/skill/perseverance in finding subject matter.