The Jeremiah O’Brien Liberty Ship in dry dock in February 2012. The refit finished, she was put in the water the next day. 30 second exposure, available light only.
Flight Through the Moon
Atop the superstructure of the Jeremiah O’Brien Liberty Ship in dry dock. Combination of two 15-second exposures. Red, lime and blue-gelled strobe.
The Blue Tube
The Jeremiah O’Brien in dry dock, February 2012. The shipyard night shift crew was welding deep inside the engine room. Using fans to ventilate the confined spaces, the gasses were blown through hundreds of yards of plastic tubing, run up through the ship and out the superstructure. You could hear the toxic wind rushing through it. […]
Lighting Crane 6
More from the Jeremiah O’Brien in dry dock in San Francisco. Even at night the ship was swarming with workers and caretakers, some, like Scott here, living aboard her, 24/7. When he showed me that the signaling lamps on the flying bridge still operated, I immediately saw it as a light painting tool and had […]
Funnel Shadowplay
When the SS Jeremiah O’Brien was in dry dock last winter I was allowed on board to do some night shooting among all the cranes and mixed lighting in the BAE shipyard. The camera was sitting on the deck, pointed almost straight up, in this view. 348 seconds at f/22. Available light only.
Saint Patty’s
Another interior from The Oasis. The place stank of decay so bad, the people I was traveling with refused to spend any time inside. There were a number of small fires that had been started in here–there’s remains of one on the left bar stool–so it’s amazing the place hasn’t yet burned to the ground. […]
Indoor Tumbleweeds
Inside the abandoned Oasis Cafe, Carson Plains, Nevada. Total darkness, lit with a Stinger flashlight from 2 angles.
The Fat Saguaro
Abandoned along Highway 50 in western Nevada. 204 seconds under a full moon at about 4 AM. Lots of sodium vapor light from the highway. Lime-gelled LED onto the saguaro from camera right.
Beauty in the Pit
A slowly moving band of clouds blurs over the rendering pit, at Paul’s Junkyard . . . somewhere in California’s high desert. 204 second exposure under a full moon, yellow-gelled strobe from behind the tagged up limo.
Truckstop Marquee
Last shot before dawn at the abandoned “Truck Inn” truck stop in Fernley, Nevada. Tall curbs, cement filled, double-high 55 gallon drums on the ends, they must have had problems with semi’s crushing the pump islands. 35 seconds into a lightening sky, enough time to crouch behind the drum and get some red LED flashlight […]
