Alex Wise Photography

It’s interesting coming home looking at a urbex photograph as the scene is completely different. While down there you’re pretty much working in complete darkness which is always fun. For this shot I’m unsure how I lighted the shot but have a feeling I walked back on to the camera and walked down the tunnel lighting up the scene. This was done back on because if it was front on the the camera would capture streaks of light and would be uneven. Once this was done I then started creating a light trail down the tunnel with two torches. It’s a pity that the light trail is a little dull.

If you look hard you can actually notice the convict stamp print on the bricks which were left over from Port Arthur.

Picture
Make: Canon
Model: Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
Shutter Speed: 30/1 second
F Number: F/6.3
Focal Length: 10 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Date Picture Taken: Nov 25, 2006, 9:36:40 PM

I love the light shining through the end of the tunnel..
This was taken some time ago when pottering around taking some urbex photographs in my little city of Hobart

Underground exploring photo trips are fun and very unique.. The light for this urbex scene was made possible through using a torch with coloured cd covers on the front

Another empty building from my travels. As I wandered around I could hear doors slamming which definitely had me on edge, interesting place though.

SO MANY SCARY DRUG USERS DOWN HERE!! OH MY GOSH.

Hobart rivulet, Hobart darky, seedy of all seedy places, whatever. It’s not really that bad down there and really you would be lucky to see someone, maybe some kids doing some graff but whoopdido. For photographs the place is quite amazing due to the different surroundings which you encounter. As you walk underground from one end of the city to the other, the amount of graff is vast.

For taking photographs in places like this the light is very limited. For this you have to use different means to gain a half decent exposure. For this shot I used a torch to light up the surroundings a little as I find a off camera flash to be too harsh and the exposure looks rank. The camera is then put on bulb mode and I light the scene with my torch until I’m happy then switch the camera off and viola.