Loading Dock
Old Loading Dock, Salisbury, NC

This photo’s directly related to yesterdays “Alleyways” post photo — you could say they’re attached. The far right doorway in this photo is the same doorway at the far right (top of the deck steps) in yesterdays photo. This is, in fact, the flip-side of the brick wall, an old loading dock.

The same wall, two sides, and a completely different look and feel. I found the industrial “grit” feel interesting and decided color, with subdued saturation, seemed to work best.

6 Comments

  1. It’s cold and snowing here this morning so this image looks so inviting with open windows and sunshine. After the moving through the grit, I hear voices of people from the past working in the loading docks. Well done, my friend. I would love to find a similar building to photograph and to shoot models in.

    • Thanks, Monte. On the day of this photo it was sunny but not particularly warm. You’d be surprised how many old buildings there are once you start noticing them. I always find the best things when I’m looking for nothing. :-)

  2. Dang, Monte beat me to it. I was going to say that I could just see some cool B&W portraiture in here. A very nice venue, Earl. I agree that the desaturation worked here. I wonder what it would look like on a rainy day. I suppose it would have a gloomy, scary feel.

    • Paul, it would be a good location for b&w portraitures. Lots of light zones and textures to play with –perhaps a little soft supplemental lighting. Bingo! It would be pretty dark on a cloudy day.

      Yea, I’ve been trying to practice judicial use of color saturation. I have a tendency to push saturation a bit too hard sometimes and I’m trying to experiment with less-is-more. ;-)

  3. I like the mild color in this shot. The texture and detail gives the shot lots of interest. I had to go back to yesterday’s image to get the relationship of the two. Nice one.

  4. I like the processing and how you can see the details of the brick both inside and in the building outside, nicely done.