You can view the whole series (20 images) on my website, www.ShapesIndustries.com under the Photography tab.

Originally referred to as “Exotica Photo Tripping,” Anywhere But Here (Volume One) is a compilation of sorts, with each image selected for its adventurous appeal and elusive exact location.

When I go on photo trips, I’m usually drawn to places that feel foreign. Minnesota has a lot to pick from in this respect, but riverside and industrial parks are the best. 

Anywhere But Here is my answer to aimless shooting, for when I don’t feel like working on a project or I simply need to get out of the house, hence Volume One. There’ll be more of this to come. 

“Anywhere But Here (Volume One)”
Completed Early 2013 - Photography Work - Shapes Industries

The work of Kurt Manley can be found here:

http://www.kurtmanley.com/

I’ve managed to get out on a few more photo trips than usual, it’s warming up a bit in Minnesota.  Kurt Manley is a good wanderer, I’d love to take pictures with him someday.    

I have this security jacket I’ve been wearing, and I’m slowly beginning to realize its power.  I’ll wander around in areas that I’m very familiar with, but the jacket allows me to do so at a much more leisurely pace.  Truck yards, empty warehouses, parking lots, it’s one of my new favorite costume pieces for looking like I belong.  

The work of Frank Hallam Day can be found here:

http://frankhday.com/

More exotic, strange, and very well lit photographs.

For the first time in my photography career I’ve made a serious camera purchase. The camera I’ve been using for the past six years was given to me by my grandmother, and it’s been a fantastic tool, but it’s falling apart. 

I will say that, at first, the new model seemed like a gimmick-ridden toy, but the hardware is there, and by God, six years of technological advancement is becoming very clear to me. I no longer have to fight and argue with my camera and it’s fantastic. Silky smooth shadow detail, here I come. 

These are my favorites from the first 2-3 shooting adventures.

“First Ten from the New Camera”
Completed Late 2012 - Photography Work - Shapes Industries

Selections from Kevin Cooley’s “Take Refuge”

http://www.kevincooley.net/take-refuge

I’ll be putting up more work from this guy in the future, he’s incredibly talented and has a lot of different work to look at.

I’ve grown really sick of seeing photos with people holding lights in them, spinning steel wool, or shooting fireworks, but I dig this series.  These images make me want to get out of the house and work on some fresh landscapes of my own.

…And in respect to the previous post, the highlights of the trailing series Beta Memories.

The colors used in most of these images manage to wiggle out more pop than I’m used to, while remaining true to the original atmosphere.  The romanticized and very still (sometimes tense) world of “Dark Shape” comes alive through An Android’s Memories series well.

Get Carter is a man who’s photography is both impeccably detailed and forgiving, as it is dramatic and stunning.

I found the work here:

http://getcarter.deviantart.com/

One day, when I’m good and settled, my entire house will resemble that of Anne Hardy’s artistic endeavors.