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Originally Posted by reellis67  I'd like to hear what everyone else says too actually. For me, I think it has something to do with the character of these things. |
Exactly! Newer constructions tend to be more sterile, at least in my opinion.
When I first started photography, I was in full Ansel Adams mode - grand landscape, big scenics, blah blah blah - and I had very little success. Over time, I've started to migrate away from the landscape, and have started focusing (!) more on intimate scenes, some of which are of old, dilapidated buildings. I still try to photograph the landscape, with some success, but I find the subject matter of my strongest images contains more and more 'old stuff'. Go figure.
Why have I done this? Perhaps it's the maudlin side of me - waxing philosophical about how good it was in the good 'ole days, in the simpler times. I don't know.
What I do know is that I love doing it, and I'll continue doing it as long as I can. That said, I'm off to Escalante for a week at the end of the month - yup, more landscape
Something about try, try again...