12 posts tagged “photo”
Last night my friend and I finally made it into the Bethlehem Steel admin building. This place was built in 1917 and was abandoned in 1989 after the earthquake. This is a pretty historic site, many battleships were made here during world war one and two. One of many shipbuilding sites that as a whole produced an average of one ship per day during WWII. Getting in was difficult, but incredibly rewarding. I can't wait to go back during the day when I don't have to make 4-5 minute exposures, plus it will be slightly less creepy. Remarkably, the place is pretty much intact, other than copper pipe being stripped out of some of the bathrooms. A wonderful Beaux Arts building with some Art Deco details. This place has an abundance of wood paneling and marble walls and floors. Even some of the office supplies are still there. Due to time constraints we only took photos of the first two floors. Credit all photos to Andre Hermann.
I ran across this little gem when I was helping my Mom move into her new office space. I asked her whether she was using it, she said no and gave it to me. I didn't know much about the camera at the time, but I could estimate that it was an entry level medium format TLR camera. TLR means that it is a twin lens reflex camera. The top lens is used for looking through the viewfinder and the bottom lens is used to project an image onto the film. It has a little light meter (which I never have used, since I'm too lazy to buy the weird batteries that it takes and I don't trust the in camera meter a good deal of the time, besides I have a handheld meter). The image size is 6cm X 6cm which is a fun departure from the usual 6x7 that I normally shoot or 35mm which I use from time to time.
If you guys get a chance please check out Rando Steve's blog on backcountry skiing the Tetons. Tons of hair raising photos of arguably some of the more extreme routes in the lower 48. Kinda makes me want to move back there and be a ski-bum/dirtbag for the the rest of my life
