More older Toys "R" Us 1990s signage.

Older 'The Gas Shop' 1990s signage revealed.

Fire Escape,

Downtown Los Ángeles,

California,

USA

More older Toys "R" Us 1990s signage.

Trash compactor & receiving dock for Toys "R" Us. Container trailers loaded with toys imported from the companies are parked there!

Sometimes I hope for a fire.

Former HS/Cheap As Chips store being prepared for fit-out. Possibly for a supermarket or bigger Radio Rentals/Toys "R" Us.

My first shot with a new toy that I bought with the proceeds of a photography competition win! :)

~Larger~

The photograph that won is here. I was very pleased as it was one of my mum's favourites.

GTA V, only a few days before its official release!

A fire exit in the British Museum, London

New Gas Works Store where Wallspan used to be.

Hoardings on former Wallspan kitchen store. The HS end of Tea Tree Plus looks dead to me!

Charlie Chan shortly after closing.

Fire hydrant & exit door.

GTA: San Andreas for PC, costing only $8!

Skip bin with parts of the now closed Charlie Chan Asian cuisine stall.

GTA: San Andreas for PC, costing only $8!

Police Credit Union, which is likely to move in the next few months.

Service way towards former HS/Cheap As Chips receiving bay.

A bit of an urbex shoot at my previous workplace BOC where I spent nearly 10 years of my life. A place with lots of good memories but now the site in nearly finished being decommissioned and is now looking rather sad. I just wanted to make a final document of the place before its gone forever. ( the site is sold and will be redeveloped soon)

Interior of a derelict store.

Charlie Chan shortly after closing.

GTA V, only a few days before its official release!

Interior of a derelict store.

Skip bin with parts of the now closed Charlie Chan Asian cuisine stall.

One of the many cameras that litter the corridors.

This was also from my trip to The Rhode Island School of Design Museum with Sonja... this is just the other side of the building. I don't suspect they get many visitors there. ;)

I shot this on my Lubitel using some old Fuji slide film. The depth is fantastic! :)

Chiropractor next to the new Gas Works store.

Looking towards the former Harris Scarfe/Cheap As Chips store. Something big & exciting will open here soon!

Remnants of HS/Cheap As Chips signage.

New Gas Works store with former store to the right next to the chiropractor.

Note the older 'The Gas Shop' signage has been revealed.

Charlie Chan shortly after closing.

Carpark and undercover parking ramp.

Seen in a Kyoto Hotel : -

排= exclude

煙 = smoke

口= mouth/exit.

Skip bin with parts of the now closed Charlie Chan Asian cuisine stall.

Skip bin full of junk.

The city council have decreed that certain works of graffiti art are going to be preserved. Unfortunately, the deciding factor in what makes good art is going to be how famous the artist is, rather than how good the artwork is.

I think it's called the 'kiss ass' approach.

See where this picture was taken. [?]

1990s tiling.

Former HS/Cheap As Chips store. Something new & exiting will open here soon!

Charlie Chan shortly after closing.

Empty shops.

FIRE EXIT @ CC’s Callum Cavern, back Sneddon Paisley.

This gig was shot with and without a flash which meant having to use a really high ISO, more so since there wasn’t a front stage spot light. So this meant those at the front of stage where in shadow with their backs to the on stage lighting, resulting in high ISO noise.

Plus some photos where the flash never fired are dark and noisy, one or two are out off focus, though I messed around with them and added them anyway to this set.

All in all a great gig and place for bands to play where only photographers who like to shoot without a flash would like to see at least one spotlight. If anything the drummer was in the right spot with all the lights on him.

There’s one cool shot where the flash never fired and in the darkness you can see the drummer only because of the lights to his side.

Myself! I would place a rotating alternating colour gel spot light to one side of the stage that changes colour myself. It would lighten up the singers faces and add more light around the other musicians without the need of a huge lighting rig. If anything two spots on either side of the stage would be more than enough and much less cheaper.

Much more so than shelling out £1200 quid for a low F number lens to suck in some more light that’s for sure..

From a publican and punters point of view its perfect and an expense they needn’t have to endure to appease people taking photos with crazy low light demands ;)

CC's - Callum's Cavern:

www.facebook.com/CCs-Callums-Cavern-Live-Venue-1193833730...

Police Credit Union, which is likely to relocate in the next few months.

Note that Wallspan has since closed.