40 Minutes in Downtown Olathe, Kansas – Part 10 – FINAL

Part 10 and Final of “40 Minutes in Downtown Olathe, Kansas.” This is the last post from this series that I will be posting here on my photoblog. For the past 10 days I have introduced a new photograph each day for you to take a look at what I shot while in downtown Olathe, Kansas on 3-14-2007. Again all of the posts from this shoot were to get textures and this is what developed. This was one of the last frames that I took before heading back to the office to upload the photos. Thanks for taking a look at this and continue to see what I will be posting in the next couple of days. Let me know what you think about these. Hate them? like them? drop me a comment and what you like/dislike about them. Thanks for checking this out – Kansas City Photographer Aaron Lindberg.

40 Minutes in Downtown Olathe, Kansas – Part 9

Part 9 of “40 Minutes in Downtown Olathe, Kansas.” This is a cross walk that I happen to take a photograph of. I snapped 3 or 4 shots of the lines in the street before moving on with my escapade. I didn’t really think about how this looked or how it would turn out, I just sort of shot it and moved on. After my initial editing process I found that I really liked this. What stuck out to me was the shadow from the street light that crosses into the middle of the photograph. Just to let you know this is the second to last photo from this series that I will post. Friday will be the last day!!! Thanks for checking this out – Kansas City Photographer Aaron Lindberg.

40 Minutes in Downtown Olathe, Kansas – Part 8

Part 8 of “40 Minutes in Downtown Olathe, Kansas.” My favorite photo from this shoot. I can not explain it but this is my favorite photo from this series. The juxtaposition of nature verses the buildings. The light verses shadow, red brick verses white wall verses Tree. Everything about this was enjoyable to photograph. This photograph is more of conceptual thought and not a good photograph. I will not market this photo, not even post it anywhere else on my websites. I most likley will not make a print of this. But this one is a personal favorite, it will be one of the photos that will stick with me for a long time. Thanks for checking this out – Kansas City Photographer Aaron Lindberg.

40 Minutes in Downtown Olathe, Kansas – Part 7

Part 7 of “40 Minutes in Downtown Olathe, Kansas.” Again – I do not think this photograph goes along with the original idea of “texture” which was the main idea going into this shoot in Olathe, Kansas. I did see this bland looking building while walking the streets and enjoyed how uniform the windows and floors created a pattern of glass and concrete. It really reminded me of Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti album cover. This was the first thing that popped in my head when looking through the lens. The street light is an element that I am fond of. Its not overbearing and blends into the windows but to me it stands out. Keep checking back, Friday will be the last installment of this series of my work. Thanks for checking this out – Kansas City Photographer Aaron Lindberg.

40 Minutes in Downtown Olathe, Kansas – Part 6

Part 6 of “40 Minutes in Downtown Olathe, Kansas.” This is not exactly a texture shot, at least what drew me into it was not the texture. What made me stop and aim my camera was the shiny metal of the street signs verses the blus sky. The refletive lights off of the metal gave me enough light make a 2-3 stops differnece in my exposure wich helped in creating the nice blue sky. This is probably one of my favorite shots from the day, no particular reason why but it is. Thanks for checking this out – Kansas City Photographer Aaron Lindberg.

40 Minutes in Downtown Olathe, Kansas – Part 5

Part 5 of “40 Minutes in Downtown Olathe, Kansas.” Now that the sun has been out longer and the weather has risen above 30 degrees, the grass it starting to get some green coloring in it here in Kansas. Even though the green is not at its full punch, it has enough in it to create a nice compliment to the red brick on the sidewalk in downtown Olathe. It still looks muted but it is better than the brown coloring that consumes the grass during the winter months. Spring is close, time to start shooting portraits outside again soon!!! Thanks for checking this out – Kansas City Photographer Aaron Lindberg.

40 Minutes in Downtown Olathe, Kansas – Part 4

Part 4 of “40 Minutes in Downtown Olathe, Kansas.” This is a simple photo, nothing special about the subject, just that the light made me stop and photograph it. What really drew me into this was the way that the light fell on the two different materials on the entry way and the play on the shadows. I do not have much to say about this other than it was something that I liked and wanted to include this photo into this set of photographs that I shot in Olathe, Kansas. Thanks for checking this out – Kansas City Photographer Aaron Lindberg.

40 Minutes in Downtown Olathe, Kansas – Part 3

Part 3 of “40 Minutes in Downtown Olathe, Kansas.” Two signs, side by side with 2 completely different results from the weather. It is hard to say how long these signs have been here, but by the looks of the rusted bolts at the bottom of the sign, I would say that they were put in place at the same time. It is interesting to see how both signs have worn down while being attached on the same poll under the same tree near the same building. I guess if I were a sign maker I would look into the metal sign on the left and wonder why it has done better than its neighbor on the right. The one of the right is more interesting with it cracks and grittiness! Thanks for checking this out – Kansas City Photographer Aaron Lindberg.

40 Minutes in Downtown Olathe, Kansas – Part 2

Part 2 of “40 Minutes in Downtown Olathe, Kansas.” I saw this beat up old wooden sign and knew that it would make a cool shot that I would like to post on my photoblog. This was a no parking sign in downtown Olathe, Kansas near some shops that I parked in back of. The cracking of the paint and wood really drew me into this shot. Plus the contrast of the lettering with the faded out white background made a nice juxtaposition of light verses dark. Thanks for checking this out – Kansas City Photographer Aaron Lindberg.

40 Minutes in Downtown Olathe, Kansas

For the next ten days I will be posting photographs that I took on March 13th, 2007. I traveled 5 minutes by car to downtown, Olathe, Kansas to work on a few photographs. The idea that was given to shoot was “Texture.” I do not think that I have been on a texture hunt since I was in college so I thought this would be interesting concept to shoot, little did I know that I would have found some very interesting thinks along my 40 minute excursion. (I know that it was 40 minutes because I checked the metadata, of the photos – first one was taken at 1:37pm and the last one that I will be posting was snapped at 2:17pm) Do not forget to stop by each day for the next 10 days as I will be posting a new photograph each day until Friday March 23rd, 2007. Thanks for checking this out – Kansas City Photographer Aaron Lindberg.