Charlie Waites: Keeper of the Clock
I first met Charlie Waites in 2010 when I originally photographed the clock. Charlie was the guy who guided me up to the tower, through the belfry and into the clock, just as he did again this past weekend when I took these shots. The clock was originally installed 1910 by E. Howard Company of …
Pacific Office
[singlepic id=2444 w=800 h=800 float=center] Another shot from the Pacific Mill to wind up the week. This is from the big empty floor, not one of the partially built-out floors. That is my way of saying that I don’t remember if the Mill is five or six stories high. It is a massive, sprawling structure. …
Mill Crossing
[singlepic id=2443 w=800 h=800 float=center] This is what it looks like inside one of the footbridges that connect one mill building to another. Like the one in the image below.
Shadows of Stone
[singlepic id=2442 wi=800 h=800 float=center] Last Saturday Steven Perlmutter and I hosted our final Historic Mills Photography Workshop for the year at the Stone and Everett Mills. It was our first year doing these and overall we have to call it a successful year. We hosted three full day workshops, one evening light painting workshop …
Dali’s Window
[singlepic id=2432 width=840 float=center] This image was shot at about 3:00 pm in mid October a couple of years ago — proof that the light in the mills from the fall through early spring is extra special. The low sun creates some amazing shadows and light patterns through the tall windows in these old buildings. …
Blue Cart
[singlepic id=2431 width=840 float=center] Back on October 12 Historic Mills Photography Workshops took a few people into the Stone Mill for some light painting fun. My role that night was that of conductor, or facilitator, not as photographer. But in order to lead a successful Light Painting workshop we needed some compelling subjects. So in …
Rooflines
[singlepic id=2358 width=840 float=center] I thought I’d wind up the week with a black and white shot since that’s all I posted all week. Makes sense, I think. This is another shot from last Saturday’s photo walk for the Trails and Sails weekend that was hosted by Steven Perlmutter and me, We treated our (roughly) …
Washington Mill
[singlepic id=2306 w=850 float=center] Last Saturday night my friend and Mills Workshop partner, Steven Perlmutter and I hosted a casual photo walk through the North Canal District of Lawrence. We played host to about 15 people who share our love for shooting these old industrial buildings. Much fun. The North Canal District is an area …
A River Runs
[singlepic id=2255 w=650 h=650 float=center] A long exposure shot of the Merrimack River flowing through the City of Lawrence, Massachusetts. In it’s heyday, the river would have been lined with many more mills with smokestacks billowing dark smoke into the atmosphere from fires generated by this same river — all part of the plan: To …
Washington Smokestack
[singlepic id=2252 w=650 h=650 float=center] This is the first in a series of similarly processed images of the Mills in Lawrence (B&W, square crop) — Frankly, it is an extension of the occasional B&W work I’ve been doing. I’m just trying to get more disciplined about it. I have a couple of recent images already …