Desktops

Of Travel

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It’s almost fall again and for the last four or five years I have traveled in the fall/winter. Its taken me all over the world and this year is no different it seems only this time I will be taking it back to the basics and traveling by car around the US with YoungDoo. I am excited about the opportunity to explore the US again and look forward to shooting all the way across the country with her. So in the spirit of travel I pulled this from my archives. I took this photo while on the way back from Korea earlier this year and I really love the image simply because I love traveling by plane. Unlike many people I really love airports and the whole mess of an experience traveling by air can be. Getting stuck in an airport somewhere is less of a disaster in my mind and more of a chance to feel lost and rough it for a night in a unique sort of a way. The spirit of travel is never lost on me, even on the long days.

I remember this sunset well, in a crowded terminal in Newark the sun was setting on the runways and the sun was casting a bright orange glow across the faces of all the travelers sitting around in those never comfortable seats. It was just a beautiful moment all around that no one but me seemed to be enjoying. I found this image just as the sun left the sky. A few pigeons were flying from walkway to walkway and one made it into this shot there on the left. So in memory of these sorts of memories I’ll leave you with a wallpaper of the photo.

To download the wallpaper pack including the full resolution desktop version as well as crops for the iPad and iPhone simply CLICK OR RIGHT CLICK HERE to grab the zip file. You will also find the terms of use which in essence state that these images are here for your personal use only and not for any commercial gains. If you do post the image around please use the small one above and link back here, do not re-host the images on your site. I appreciate all of your ongoing support! It keeps me motivated to keep pushing things forward around here on 50ft.

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Desktops

In Your Shadow

in your shadow

in your shadow

in your shadow

I knew I needed something new to share so I went looking around the building I work in for something to stand out and sure enough, this tiny plant growing up the side of the brick worked very nicely for a new wallpaper image. Simple, not too distracting but unique and natural enough to be interesting. After exploring a couple angles the one that worked best of course put me in the weirdest position while taking the photos, face crammed into the brick while kneeling down in the dirt. It didn’t take long for the mosquitoes to find me but thankfully I got a few nice shots out of the effort.

One of the first things I learned when exploring composition years and years ago was the art of finding unique vantage points on any given subject. Of course, within reason that is. Some photos suffer because they are clearly just struggling to find some strange unique perspective and thats all there is and it feels forced. You should have a reason behind your composition. Find the flow in the environment, the movement. Its something I learned in a drawing class and in design courses but it applies heavily when I am scouting out the best angle to shoot something. In this case a large part of what made the shot interesting was the shadow being cast so why not include the source of that light and shove the sun right there into the image to blow out part of the composition, give it a warm feeling while also balancing the flow of the organic life versus the man made structure. Maybe thats over analyzing it but its how I came to take these images. All of those thoughts didn’t go through my head but that approach has become an instinct while shooting.

To download these at their nice big wallpaper resolutions simply CLICK OR RIGHT CLICK HERE to download a zip containing the desktop, iPad, and iPhone size images in a tidy zip file. You can also find direct links to the I device sizes below. I will be revisiting the way I package these in the future update, I hope to simplify the process. You will also find the terms of use which also need some revision. Please, do not rehost the full resolution files on your site, use the smaller images above for sharing if you would like and link back to this page should you do so, I appreciate the understanding! Enjoy!

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