old flour mill

Skippy · December 15, 2007

gus wrote:

This place is at the end of my street. Build in 1930 & put to rest in 2002. They are about to turn it into a massive residential/shopping complex so i needed to get some photos before its gone.
That said i have to hand it to the developers with keeping the site for what it is with home units to be built up inside the silos.
More photographs to come tomorrow... this was my first trial at doing 'schmootography'.
I liked how the billboard now names the current residents.
oh look...that boards missing over there.
I love old wood but i made a point of touching nothing as you never know if you will disturb asbestos fibres.
Deep inside under the silos.
Morning sun breaking through.
Man .. i recon a bloke would need to be doing 2 jobs just to afford the bloody spray can bill !!

You don't need two jobs to be a Graffiti Artist Gus,
the good ole Ozzie Tax Payers are paying for it.

They sure were busy inside and outside the Mill weren't they

Your first attempt at SchmooTography went very well.
Were you using your 10-22mm??

Love those inside shots

nice work Gus ..... Skippy

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DoctorIt · December 15, 2007

pretty neat seeing inside that place. the graffitti is also much nicer and more coherent than one would think. some artists definitely spent some time creating a few of those full wall murals.

good stuff

schmoo · December 15, 2007

Gus!!

It's been a secret desire of mine to see your take on this kind of stuff. I finally got my wish and wow I had nothing to do with it.

Did you take your tripod or were these magically handheld? I love the graffiti there. I thought SF had great tags but I see Oz is up there, too.

Some people (like myself) get weird canted angles because we either haven't had our V8 or because the subject won't fit in the shot the conventional way. I don't know what your reasons are but I love it because you make it look as though the building is growing out of the frame. Not that I'd ever say you were conventional.

The shot under the silos is beautiful. I'd love to get my camera all over this place one day.

DoctorIt · December 15, 2007

schmoo wrote:

I'd love to get my camera all over this place one day.

You better hurry.

gus · December 15, 2007

Tks guys. Schmoo i had my tripod but it gets in the way in these sort of places i found thus i just laid my camera on the floor/ground & then checked to see what i got. I just sit it down..aim it towards a general area & let the cards fall.

Just did some more so will post them shortly.

gus · December 15, 2007

DoctorIt wrote:

You better hurry.

yeah like within the next week or 2. Then its all over red rover. $280 million ($250 mill USD) getting pumped into it.

gus · December 15, 2007

System · December 15, 2007

some great shots gus-

gus · December 15, 2007

gefillmore wrote:

some great shots gus-

Tks george. Spooky joint to be in at 5am. You really need to concentrait where every foot is being places as the old boards are ready to go & other huge holes have stuff across them that wont take my weight. It would be a bad joint to fall in.

jdryan3 · December 15, 2007

They do some very colorful tags there. Nice captures Gus. I like the second one from the second shoot (this morning), where you can see the bright spray paint thru the doorway from the room of all wood timbers.

gus · December 16, 2007

jdryan3 wrote:

They do some very colorful tags there. Nice captures Gus. I like the second one from the second shoot (this morning), where you can see the bright spray paint thru the doorway from the room of all wood timbers.

Tks mate...yeah that shot took some processing i'll tell you. Hard to balance light in these joints.

I actually expected to find some people spraying in there as its such a big place however i do make quite a bit of noise walking over the old boards.

JonMikal · December 16, 2007

definitely some great work in this post. you have a good eye.

what makes the location more interesting for me is that they left their evidence behind. i like that you included the cans/tops in some of your images.

schmoo · December 16, 2007

gus wrote:

Tks mate...yeah that shot took some processing i'll tell you. Hard to balance light in these joints.

I actually expected to find some people spraying in there as its such a big place however i do make quite a bit of noise walking over the old boards.

Ya going during bright clear days can be a problem. I tend to have the curse of the rainy day whenever I head out but I've found it makes for slightly less contrast when shooting in dark interiors near open windows.

I'm still really amazed by the artwork your locals have done. Both of you, really great

leaforte · December 16, 2007

All nice shots. Very interesting. I especially like the one with the abandonded paint can on the hall floor. And wow, your lens takes some sharp pictures!

gus · December 17, 2007

Thanks guys. Yeah that copy of the 10-22 came from a board member here..its razor sharp. My first copy of it was a real mess.. seriously dull but i can now see how sharp that lens can be.

mANVIL · December 18, 2007

Well done man. You've got a neat little spot just down the road. Lighting in places like this is difficult because you have large spaces with very confined and intense entrances of light. I bet that mill would look great at night too

Be careful though, you may have been bitten by the bug. Symptoms include near constant scanning of the horizon for derelict structures, aimless wandering of old railroad tracks and curious uncontrollable desires to find out what lies on the other side of fences.

gus · December 18, 2007

mANVIL wrote:

Well done man. You've got a neat little spot just down the road.

Thanks but $250 million worth of work starts there this week. It will all be lost.

mANVIL wrote:

Lighting in places like this is difficult because you have large spaces with very confined and intense entrances of light. I bet that mill would look great at night too

Yeah but not worth going through 3 floors...those floor boards are seriously dangerous in the daytime

don corleyone · December 18, 2007

mANVIL wrote:

Be careful though, you may have been bitten by the bug. Symptoms include near constant scanning of the horizon for derelict structures, aimless wandering of old railroad tracks and curious uncontrollable desires to find out what lies on the other side of fences.

very true!

good stuff there! lots of awesome colors. i'm diggin it.

schmoo · December 18, 2007

don corleyone wrote:

very true!

good stuff there! lots of awesome colors. i'm diggin it.

You made it!!!!!

Sorry for the hijack gus. But I'm glad to hear that you're playing it safe.

gus · December 18, 2007

don corleyone wrote:

very true!

good stuff there! lots of awesome colors. i'm diggin it.

Tks don.

gus · March 2, 2008

Well they said it would be hit in the start of '08 !

The silos & main brick building are staying for offices & residential. I have to respect its now a building site so i kept out.

I messed with it a bit..no idea why or where i ended up.

DoctorIt · March 2, 2008

down it goes. noisy?

gus · March 2, 2008

DoctorIt wrote:

down it goes. noisy?

Really its just the tin & timber frame work coming down & i can hear that a bit but they only do that in my work hours so its been rather quiet for the hour after i get home. The silos & brick building stay.

DoctorIt · March 2, 2008

gus wrote:

Really its just the tin & timber frame work coming down & i can hear that a bit but they only do that in my work hours so its been rather quiet for the hour after i get home. The silos & brick building stay.

just drove by on the way back from the airport. sure looks different, even from the ICB

old flour mill

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