This evening I wanted to get out of the house, so we decided to go for a walk. We’d been discussing camera lenses and Joe said, ‘Hey, didn’t you want to do an urban decay type shoot?’
I’d had the idea a few weeks ago whilst we were walking along the canal but I didn’t have my camera at the time. The sky was pretty clear tonight and it was getting into the twilight time of evening which is supposed to be one of the best times to take photos (I say ‘supposed to’ because my camera didn’t capture any of the pale pinks in the sky). So off we went.
Sin came along for most of the trip:
(Of course it’s not weird. It would only be weird if he brought his own camera or something. The fact that so many people stared at us was just a freakish coincidence).
The grunge thing is something I’ve never tried before, mostly because I like my photos to create the illusion of a perfect world. But I got into it straight away and realised that the decay has its own kind of beauty if you stop and think about it for long enough. Or maybe I’ve finally completely lost it.
Anyway, here are some of my shots, brought to you by the Enhance button in iPhoto (pretty sure it’s my all-time favourite button. If I were to have an all-time favourite button of course).
And a couple of not-so-grungy ones:
Tonight I reached the following conclusions:
- I now love urban decay type stuff.
- Our area is severely lacking in talented graffiti artists.
- Despite the fact that they can apparently run at 30 miles per hour, cats can be extremely slow walkers when they want. Especially when they get stopped by random strangers wanting to stroke them.
What a fantastic travelling mascot you had for your photo walk!
I like the mixture of urban decay and natural beauty – it’s a nice contrast. Rural decay is one of my all-time favourite things to capture; there’s something so timeless and mysterious about an abandoned house or a tumble-down building.
I can definitely see a pink(ish) tint in the sky! Did you add this in?
P.S My cat once followed me to Blockbuster Video
Nope, I didn’t add it in – I guess my camera picked up a little bit of it! Your cat sounds awesome
Gorgeous photos Jenni! I didn’t realise you’d taken a liking to photography, it’s been so long since I regularly visited your blog.
I absolutely love the new site design and the way you’re using it now. Funny to see how we’ve both changed since we were, what, 14/15 years old? All grown up now, with grown up websites and grown up articles!
No more “How to paint your nails 100 different colours!” or “How to get your homework finished in 30 minutes!”
Ah, if only I had an old copy of Foolish Angel or one of the others. Just for memory sake 
Thanks, nice to hear from you!! Haha, yeah. Have you tried looking on web.archive.org for old copies?
I really like your photo of the lily pads! I love taking pictures of my neighborhood. Some many cool things to look at.
I remember just spamming the enhance button on my camera. For some reason it had this enhance feature that brightened up your photos a bit.
I really respect some graffiti artists, but only the ones who do it in the right places – not ones who just tag things and graffiti vehicles and store doors and things like that.
I really love your photos.