MMake Mine Industrial

Pouring Steel at Sunset. Hamilton, Ontario. January, 2005
Canon 20D with 70-300mm f/5.6 DO lens at ISO 400
Many of the emails and letters that I receive have a common refrain. "I don't get to travel to far off and exotic places, so I don't have anything interesting to photography. What can I do?"
My answer to that problem is to seek out the exotic close to home. One of the most fascinating things for me, and the one that I enjoy photographing the most, are industrial sites. Unless you live in a rural area you'll find factories and mills everywhere. These make great subjects, especially the older ones.
With a long lens no special access is needed. The photograph above, titledPouring Steel at Sunsetwas taken from a public pier across the harbour from theDefascosteel plant in Hamilton, Ontario. I was driving by on the highway at sunset, and saw some great light developing, so I exited off the expressway and drove down to the docks.
I took a number of shots as the light changed ...