Abandoned: The Lights Are On But Nobody's Home.

It can be quite surprising the amount of abandoned places that are still left connected to a source of electricity.

These sites certainly leave some unanswered questions. Who is paying the bills? Well sadly for hospitals, educational properties or any other site funded by the government, quite possibly you and I. I have a couple of theories on industrial sites. One is if the power is still running it's not going to be so easy to steal from. It isn't advised to rip out live copper cable and could the thieves be sure if they did try to turn it off. Also these sites will eventually be stripped and it will not be a safe working environment in a poorly lit space. Then we have mothballed sites, where the cost to restart the whole factory is far more than keeping it alive a blast furnace is a prime example of this practice.  

 Here is a selection of places I have visited where the lights are still on but nobody is home. 

 

QEII Hospital UK

 

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Timelapse Film: Industreeside

A short timelapse/ slow motion film of the heavy industry in the North East of England. Filmed around Teeside and the Seal Sands industrial site between Hartlepool and Middlesbrough.

Huge industrial sites here bellowing out steam, smoke and even fire at times. It was quite a pleasure making this film.

A short film of the heavy industry that can be found around Teeside and Seal Sands, which is set between Hartlepool and Middlesborough. Lots of steam and smoke at what I believe to be mainly chemical plants. Filmed with a Nikon D750, a Nikon D7000 and a Samsung nx500.

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Abandoned film: Norfolk Light.

A short time lapse of some abandoned houses in Norfolk.

A time-lapse of a couple of abandoned houses in Norfolk. Sadly nothing left behind here but I feel they still work well with this video.
 

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Vlog 1: An Evening To London. Pretty much just a time-lapse.

So I tried to make a vlog. It didn't quite go to plan and ended up failing at getting enough footage and recording my random waffle ended up a time-lapse as the camera settings were wrong. So basically here is a time-lapse of London. Quite a few clips from last year.

So I thought I would try and make a vlog. It didn't quite go to plan. Mostly ended up a timelapse with a few other bits. Sadly most of the footage is not from this trip as the filming was a bit of a fail.

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Photoshop Tutorial: How To Clone Yourself

Tuestorial. Am going to try and post a new tutorial every Tuesday. Not sure if I can keep it up but I will try. So as you can see from the image its quite clear what the goal is here. Hope you learn something and enjoy.

A photoshop tutorial on cloning yourself into an image using layers. All you need is a tripod, a camera and photoshop. Just using two images here but it gives you the basics and you can take it further if you wish.

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Urbex Film: Abandoned The Greenhouse

An short film of an abandoned time capsule in Norfolk.

So I feel I really upped my game with this short film that I made recently. I learnt a lot making this film and I am really pleased with the final outcome. Hopefully you are too.

A timelapse of an abandoned house I explored in Norfolk, UK. A small derelict property I found a couple of years ago. I decided to go and have another look to do some filming. It didn't work out too well and returned the next day to try something different.

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Tutorial: Making A Timelapse With Lightroom and LRtimelapse

So we have a tutorial on making a time lapse video with Lightroom and LRtimelapse. It seems quite long winded and confusing, but once you get to grips with the saving and reading of metadata you will be making your own time lapse videos in no time.

A tutorial on making a time lapse with Adobe lightroom and lrtimelapse. Once you have got your sequence of images this is a step by step informative video of how to put them together edit your images and how to automate lightroom to get the best out of your images to make a great timelapse clip.
 

Urbex Film: Greys Car Graveyard

A nice car graveyard in Norfolk. Quite a number of cars left to rot here. A real shame as there are a couple of beauties left behind here.

Exploring a car graveyard found in the middle of rural Norfolk UK. Quite a few bits remain here including some vans.
 

Abandoned: A Car Dealership In Suffolk →

A small abandoned car dealership on the outskirts of Ipswich.

Campaign: An Industrial Timelapse Film

So here is my first proper timelapse film. Based on the sugar beet campaign in East Anglia. Mostly shot at the Wissington site due to the access and views available, there are also scenes of Bury St Edmunds and Cantley. I used a wide focal range for this film maxing out at 500mm. 

The sugar beet campaign only lasts around four months it starts around October and ends around January. This obviously varies due to weather and the harvest of the beet. I do love large industry and there isn't really much around East Anglia, so I had been eagerly awaiting the start of the campaign, to shoot some timelapse.
 

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Urbex Film: An Abandoned Train Journey

A short film I made on a few abandoned train carriages in Norfolk. A mixture of time lapse or stop motion and video. These carriages are in fairly good condition and certainly bring back a few memories.

A short film of abandoned train carriages in England. A mixture of timelapse and video.

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Tutorial: Merging Brackets In Photoshop

Just a brief tutorial in merging brackets from Lightroom using layers and a mask in Photoshop. I kept it simple and only used a graduated filter.

A brief Lightroom tutorial on merging brackets in photoshop, using layers and a mask. I kept it simple by using the graduated filter mask. I find this technique easier, cleaner and more precise than HDR. Remember f you are going to use this technique keep it subtle.

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Abandoned: Holden Plant Car Graveyard →

A car graveyard in Norfolk. A nice selection of abandoned cars here.

Abandoned: RAF Sculthorpe →

RAF Sculthorpe is a large abandoned RAF base in Norfolk.

Abandoned Video: Derelict East Anglia

A short timelapse film of abandoned places in East Anglia. From asylums in Norwich to small homes in the Fenlands.

A short timelapse film of abandoned places in East Anglia. Shot in abandoned places from Norfolk and the Fens. All shot on a Samsung NX1100.

Tutorial: Basic RAW Editing in Lightroom

So here we have the first in a line of tutorials that will be appearing here on the odd occasion.

A brief introduction to editing RAW Files in Lightroom. We touch on lens profiles, I consider this an essential and the first part of my workflow. Also using the graduated filter a highly under rated tool in the lightroom arsenal. So I hope you find this useful I will have more coming along soon.
 

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