I commented someplace before that I will photograph pretty much anything, it doesn’t really matter what the subject is just as long as it calls out to me that “Hey, look. There’s a photo to be had!“. Anything from picturesque landscapes to, well, cigarette ends. To paraphrase Garry Winogrand – I photograph things because I want to see what they look like when photographed.
Here is a case in point. It’s a couple of vegetable oil cans repurposed as ashtrays near a bar / restaurant. There was something about the scene that grabbed my attention though. I think it’s a combination of the colourful cans against the drab colours of the wall and floor. the contrasty geometric lines of the graffiti, and – of course – the light (I probably wouldn’t have taken the picture without this last factor).
It’s probably not the sort of subject matter that many photographers would choose, but I like to think there’s room for all types of pictures – there are only so many picturesque landscapes you can look at before craving an ash-filled cooking oil can, right? Right?
Canon Sure Shot Supreme & Fujifilm Superia X-tra 400. Lab Developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.
Taken 5 February 2023.
Steel City Snapper photography 
I dig it.
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Perhaps semingly random, but I like your subjects quite alot! …Cailín
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Thanks Cailín. I’m glad you like them. 🙂
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Right. But in all seriousness, I agree with your sentiments and the G. Winogrand paraphraseology. There is stunning beauty in surprising places and if not beauty, then at least exceptional interestingness. Now, if I was incurring the extra expense of film as opposed to the ease of digital……I’ve often wondered if my calculus would change for certain things. As accomplished and skilled as you are, that surely must not come into play at all? FWIW, in the years of looking through your pictures, I’ve never come across a single frame you chose to share, that I thought was unworthy of being taken.
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Yeah. The way the price of film (colour film in particular) is skyrocketing right now, I think a lot of people’s calculus will be reviewed.
I’m always more careful with what I photograph on film than I am with digital, although it’s probably more down to only having a limited number of shots at my disposal rather than the actual cost per photograph. There have been plenty of times where, having seen a composition, then walked around it to look at the angles and how it might be framed, and even got everything ready to make the picture, that I’ve just decided it’s not worth it and moved on. With digital I’d probably take the picture anyway (and then delete it later :D).
Thank you for the compliment BTW, that’s very nice of you as always.
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