Working Close to Home
![Ostrander Point Ostrander Point](http://www.ronerwin.com/big/200928G8299bw.jpg)
Ostrander Point
The world seems a little smaller these days. We are adjusting to our new reality. Sometimes limits can enhance creativity. Keith Richards once said about open G tuning on his 5-string Telecaster – “5 strings, 3 notes, 2 hands and 1 asshole”. One of the first songs he used this tuning on is the brilliant “Street Fighting Man” from Beggars Banquet. Limits sometimes create a box that forces you to work differently.
I love reducing images to black and white or at least monotone. About 7 years ago, I started using an aging process to “rough up” my images.
![Old Shed Old Shed](http://www.ronerwin.com/big/201023G8810bw_aged.jpg)
Old Shed
![Vegetable Stand in the County Vegetable Stand in the County](http://www.ronerwin.com/big/201023G8829bw_aged.jpg)
Vegetable Stand in the County
This process starts with a colour image. I convert it to black and white and add layers of texture and blur parts of the image. The result is a photo that looks damaged and worn.
![Old Trucks Old Trucks](http://www.ronerwin.com/big/120723D5509bw_aged.jpg)
Old Trucks
![Nude in Nature Nude in Nature](http://www.ronerwin.com/big/Z102028bw_aged.jpg)
Nude in Nature
Sometimes I will leave a bit of colour.
![Red Doors, Yellow Flowers Red Doors, Yellow Flowers](http://www.ronerwin.com/big/200502G5256aged.jpg)
Red Doors, Yellow Flowers
The resulting images become more of an illustration than photograph.
![Tree in the Fog Tree in the Fog](http://www.ronerwin.com/big/171204G2717Illus_f2.jpg)
Tree in the Fog
![Engine 1095, Kingston, ON Engine 1095, Kingston, ON](http://www.ronerwin.com/big/181023G0719illus_age_f.jpg)
Engine 1095, Kingston, ON
![Steam Engine Steam Engine](http://www.ronerwin.com/big/130222D5717bw_aged.jpg)
Steam Engine
With all that is going on in the world, I find I’m escaping into my own world of creativity. The world around us is as big as we make it, even if we are confined.
Labels: abandoned, aged, black and white, buildings, creativity, fog, illustrations, MapleCross Coastline Reserve, nudes in art, nudes in nature, Ostrander Point, Prince Edward County, trains, trees, trucks
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