Old Barn Vignette

Old barn detail on Gumtree Rd near Walburg in Forsyth County, North Carolina. Click here to similar compositions from my Carolina Landscape Vignette gallery.

Cheers!

C. S.

Live Oak Composition

Photography

I had to stop to capture a composition of this stately old live oak on the campus of the University of South Carolina in Columbia.

Cheers,

C. S.

Abandoned Home

Black And White Photography, C.S. Young Jr., Photography

Abandonment is what first drew me back to photography. While I enjoy exploring many genres, my eye is always drawn to the ironic beauty found in decay and neglect. See my “This Ole House” gallery for more examples of my work exploring abandoned homes.

Cheers,

C. S.

Abandoned Barn on Rock Foundation

Black And White Photography, C.S. Young Jr., Photography

Old Barn in George Gap Composition 2 Monochrome

This unique old barn was found on the back roads of Watauga County near Sweetwater, North Carolina. The stone foundation supports one side of the barn’s placement on the edge of a hill. The vine consuming the façade appeared to have died, leaving a thick, craggily branching structure attached to the barn. To appreciate the cool textures, click on the image to view a high resolution version.

Cheers,

C. S.

Fern II

Black And White Photography, Joseph, Photography

Fujifilm X-T4 and XF 70-300 WR lens

Fern

Black And White Photography, Joseph, Photography

Fujifilm X-T4 and XF 70-300 WR lens

Craggy Knob Landscape

Black And White Photography, C.S. Young Jr., Photography

A cloud consumed Craggy Knob during my visit to Craggy Gardens earlier this month on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. See more compositions from my recent Blue Ridge Parkway expedition.

Scooting Across

Black And White Photography, C.S. Young Jr., Photography

Scooting Across

See more monochrome street photography of Uptown Charlotte here.

Cheers,

C. S.

Guest Post – Alena Shminke

Alena, Black And White Photography, Photography

It’s my pleasure to introduce our newest guest contributor, the talented Alena Shminke.

Am I ready to see a beauty?

My name is Alena Shminke. I was born and lived most of my life in Russia, but over the last two years, I have moved to Estonia. Frankly speaking, I’m a newcomer to photography, and I can’t say I was always interested in photography. I graduated from medical university and worked as a clinical psychologist for several years. Although medicine is a far stretch from art I was always interested and tried my hand in different art forms.

When I moved to Tallinn I had a lot of free time and since I couldn’t find a job I started to think about getting an education in the field of art. I chose photography because creating visual images is the most interesting to me and I have a lot of ideas I wish to embody. I really enjoy analog photography. I like to shoot on film, to develop films and to make prints in a darkroom.

Because of my interest in film photography, a vital part of my work is monochrome.
Possibly the most typical genre for me is fine-art and the most of the images you can see on my blog are still life’s and emotional (self) portraits.The personal part of photography for me is the more I shoot the more I feel that photography is something stronger than me. It makes me stand up and act even when I feel broken.

Alena

You can see more of my work on my blog – here