photoshoot

Below are some photo's I took in Avon, Northampton. Featured in some of these photos is Jorden Heffernan who is also a film maker and photographer. Here's a link to his facebook page: www.facebook.com/pages/Jorden-Heffernan-Films-and-Photography

The photos I have taken were edited in photoshop. The editing, includes desaturation and the addition of a vignette on some of the photo's.
I edited the photos like this because I wanted a dark urban feel to the photos.

 This photo is desaturated all apart from the danger signs!

 This photo has a blur vignette which was added in photo shop and also has been desaturated.

 Credit to Jorden Heffernan who took this.

Photo of the week

This weeks photo of the week goes to Harry Russell's photo of Jamal Luke Taken in the abandoned YMCA building in Northampton. Harry Russell is a  Photographer, Film maker and founder of Kiss and Tell.
I love the attitude and urban feel to this photograph.
Find More of Harry Russell's photo's on http://www.flickr.com/photos/hazarussell/page1/
Check out his video's on http://vimeo.com/hazarussell/videos

Northampton abandoned building: YMCA aka: "Yam House"

 The Ymca located 4-5 Cheyne walk (nicknamed yam house) was sold in 2004 due to not being able to afford £400,000 in repairs. Now it has been abandoned and left to rot away. The building is covered inside and out in Graffiti, parts have been knocked down or falling down and is becoming overgrown with plants and weeds.  

 

In July 2009  a bully (Aaron Adams, 23) used the abandoned building to record the torturer and assault of a 16 year old teenager. Aaron Adams strapped a teen to a chair and put a pillow over his head; Aerosol and a lighter was used to burn his face, beer and water was poured all over the victim. 

The court was told that a female witness said to stop and a knife was put against her throat and was given death threats.

Aaron Adams was send to prison with a 15 months sentence for false imprisonment.

 As for the building itself steps to Rooms have been either knocked down or have fell down, so climbing is needed to get into some of the rooms as Kieran is doing here.

 The basement is dark and bedding can sometimes be found, suggesting the homeless have slept down there. It gets pretty spooky, which is why when we went down to take some photo's with our garden lights, we only took these two in the doorway and left in a hurry. 

 Photo from a hole in the wall I took of Kieran in one of the many rooms upstairs. The building has got very unstable.