Faces of Exit 270 Part 6

My faces of Exit 270 are not exactly street photography – since in many of the photos there is very little of the street scene involved.  This is why I call it the faces of Exit 270.  While many of the subjects in the photos are not aware they are being photographed –there are some where I have asked for permission to photograph them, while telling them to try and ignore my presence.   My images are what you would call “grab shots”, I do try to pick my subjects and carefully compose the shot.  All of the images have been shot in color and converted to black and white because I feel black and white offers a more dramatic effect than the same image in color.  My camera of choice for this type of shooting is a Sony Nex7, because it is unobtrusive and gives me the ability to compose and shoot quickly.   

Desert Debris

Debbie Harry once said, “I don’t mind if my skull ends up on a shelf as long as it’s got my name on it.”

Recently a friend loaned me some animal skulls for me to work into some still life photographs. I guess he figured my macabre interest in such items would produce some interesting possibilities.  So after studying them for a couple of days I set about constructing the attached still life scenarios.  The lighting used was a portable Flashpoint Led light, which enabled me to direct the light or paint with it hand held. Using a Nikon D7000 at ISO100 with an f8 setting, I preceded to create the following images with some PS help.