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Junkyard Fanfare  :::::  Fire Truck Accessories

Paul’s Junkyard Gallery Refresh

I’ve added a bunch of new images to the Paul’s Junkyard gallery.  Many have been featured on this blog over the last year or 2, but there’s several never shown before images in there, like the one above.  Check it out! That’s a pile of interesting bits salvaged from a fire truck.  The rest of […]

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Time Tunnel  :::::  Vought F8 Crusader II

Time Tunnel

Looking into the tail of a Vought F8 Crusader II with its engine removed.  The F8 was a 1950s carrier-based jet fighter, used extensively during the Viet Nam war.  This fuselage is in storage at Paul’s Junkyard. Shot in total darkness, this was lit with the Protomachine flashlight.  The green was done from beside the […]

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Late For School

Late For School

Winter flooding in the Central Valley. Full moon, Protomachine flashlight (red) and sodium vapor light. 535 seconds.

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She Rides the Rails  :::::

She Rides the Rails- Limited Edition 8×10 Print!

Who wants an 8×10 of “She Rides The Rails”? This is a limited edition print, I’m only doing 25 of these, signed and numbered. Then no more 8x10s of it . . . ever. $25 by paypal. (Includes shipping in the USA only! Outside the US, add $5) Message me if you’re interested.

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The Valley of the Moon  :::::  March 2013

The Valley of the Moon

Available as a signed and numbered limited edition 8×10 print. $25 by paypal. (Includes shipping in the USA only! Outside the US, add $5) Message me if you’re interested. Edit: THIS RUN IS DONE! Thanks to everyone that ordered them. I plan on doing another LE 8×10 soon . . .  

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Are You The Gate Keeper?  :::::  March 2013

Are You The Gate Keeper?

Cigar-shaped clouds breeze past the gate house for an abandoned NorCal industrial site.  The industrial site’s way too tagged up for my taste (and shot to death by virtually every night photographer in CA), so I didn’t bother with it, but this shack by the gate has been largely forgotten.  Rising moon, mercury vapor light.  Protomachine […]

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Droplight Interrogation  :::::  March 2013

Droplight Interrogation

Shot this strange scene last night in an abandoned building up north.  Protomachine flashlight (red and lime) and that’s a distant mercury vapor light shining through the broken windows.  179 second exposure.

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Suburban  :::::  Chevrolet Suburban Movie Prop  :::::  Paul

Suburban

Dave’s creepy doll, posing for me at Paul’s Junkyard during last October’s “Secret Alumni Workshop.”  I love when people bring good props! Late model Chevy Suburban, shot up for some movie or TV show.  Protomachine flashlight: warm white straight down on her head, red from right and left.  50 second exposure.

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Stranded Flying B  :::::  Bentley Mk VI  :::::  December 2012

Stranded Flying B

Yeah man, it’s a barn-find Bentley!  This model is a ’50s limousine.  More on this new location later . . . Totally dark interior, Protomachine flashlight.

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Jeff  :::::

Presidio Pet Cemetery

I’ve been sitting on a bunch of work from the Presidio Pet Cemetery, shot in 2011 when this tiny necropolis was covered with a temporary roof while the construction of a new freeway went on overhead.  This covering created a surreally gloomy, underground graveyard.  It’s like a cemetery in a subway tunnel . . . […]

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