Fire in the Battery once again
In the Pacific Northwest waterfalls are not the only thing that is abundant. There seems to also be a high concentration of abandoned military batteries tucked into the coastlines. We love to explore these, and I find they are perfect places form spinning steel wool. They were designed to be essentially fireproof. They are always poured concrete, with loads of great hallways. They are dark, usually a bit damp, and always aged in a way that works very well with the industrial look of steel wool. This battery is the Battery Fort Stevens on the northwest tip of Oregon. I usually try to do something more interesting with the actual sparks. Here we tried to have them light up the staircase in the back, but its basically just a simply spark circle. In this spin we lost a wad of the wool as it shot forward, creating that brighter trail approaching the camera. This time I was with a lot of my family, introducing them to what its like to spin steel wool. They had a great time seeing how slow the sparks are in person, but how it ends up looking in the image.
Let me know when you are ready to go spinning in Oregon, happy to join you!
Fire in the Battery once again
In the Pacific Northwest waterfalls are not the only thing that is abundant. There seems to also be a high concentration of abandoned military batteries tucked into the coastlines. We love to explore these, and I find they are perfect places form spinning steel wool. They were designed to be essentially fireproof. They are always poured concrete, with loads of great hallways. They are dark, usually a bit damp, and always aged in a way that works very well with the industrial look of steel wool. This battery is the Battery Fort Stevens on the northwest tip of Oregon. I usually try to do something more interesting with the actual sparks. Here we tried to have them light up the staircase in the back, but its basically just a simply spark circle. In this spin we lost a wad of the wool as it shot forward, creating that brighter trail approaching the camera. This time I was with a lot of my family, introducing them to what its like to spin steel wool. They had a great time seeing how slow the sparks are in person, but how it ends up looking in the image.
Let me know when you are ready to go spinning in Oregon, happy to join you!