Oil Refinery

These are only a few of the images that I took at an abandon oil refinery in California; there was so much to explore there. These old oil tanks were every where I looked, enormous in size both tall and wide. I felt the need to climb to the top. As I slowly worked my way up the stairs, the sun began to create strong shadows from the stairs on the side of the tank. The graffiti that covered these structures were bright and vibrant, unlike the oil tanks themselves as they are faded and have begun to rust. 

Dipping Oil

This image was photographed using the white card technique. This technique works well with clear bottles such a perfume, soap, cooking oils, liquor bottles, and much more. It is designed to photograph a clear bottle on a black background to show the separation of the product from the background giving it that extra pop. First a normal shot of the product just on the black background is taken, then another shot with a white card behind the product, finally in post-production you combine the two images together creating an image such as this.