Alvin Tenpo > Blue Outhouse
Golden, Oregon

Outhouse in the ghost town of Golden, Oregon.

Front lit with a Coleman lantern, interior lit with a blue LED
flashlight.
Alvin Tenpo > Financial Rubble

Cook Building, Rhyolite, NV

We placed a Coleman lantern inside the building and lit the foreground
with a spotlight, feathering the edges of the beam.
Alvin Tenpo > Financial Pillars

Remains of the Overbury Bank, Rhyolite, NV.

The moon finally came out from behind the clouds to provide some ambient light,
combined with side light from a Coleman lantern.  Accent lighting on the 
block wall with a red filtered flashlight.
Alvin Tenpo > HD & LD Porter Mercantile
Rhyolite, NV

The moon and clouds give this a look of a HDR composite, but it was captured
in a single shot.
Alvin Tenpo > Financial Meltdown

Cook Bank Building in Rhyolite, NV.

Ambient moon light, combined with sidelighting from a Coleman latern.
Interior lit with red gel'd strobe.  

Some free transform processing in Photoshop to straighten the building 
lines.

Credit goes to my friend David for help with lighting.
Alvin Tenpo > Blue Antiques

Laine's Grocery Store, Alviso, CA

Blue gel'd flash light + street lights
Alvin Tenpo > Laine's Train

Laine's Grocery Store, Alviso, CA

It had been raining for the entire week and we break in the weather, so it looked like a
good opportunity to visit the sleepy town of Alviso.

I've been wanting to shoot Laine's Grocery Store for a while now.  It was originally established
as Tilden's General Store from 1865 to 1912, then Laine's Grocery Store from 1940 to 1960.

During the 1930s it was a saloon and dance hall.

Laine's is situated right next to an active rail line.  Amtrak's Capital Corridor and the
Altamont Commuter Express share the line.

I had a Twilight Zone moment while I was shooting Laine's.  Off in the distance I could hear what
sounded like a scratchy Victrola sounding music.   As I was composing a shot, the 
music kept getting louder and louder.

A man riding his bicycle carrying a full load of possessions passed by 
playing his Victrola sounding music.  The act of shooting the abandoned
Laine's Grocery Store and the music transported me for a moment back to the
1920s.

The man actually stopped, picked up his bike and went to the back of the building.

I left it at that.
Alvin Tenpo > Historic Core with tail light trails

Mare Island - Nocturnes Workshop
Alvin Tenpo > LA Skyline

View of the Los Angeles skyline from the 6th Street
Bridge looking towards the west.
Blue Outhouse
Golden, Oregon

Outhouse in the ghost town of Golden, Oregon.

Front lit with a Coleman lantern, interior lit with a blue LED
flashlight.
Alvin Tenpo > Blue Outhouse
Golden, Oregon

Outhouse in the ghost town of Golden, Oregon.

Front lit with a Coleman lantern, interior lit with a blue LED
flashlight.
Blue Outhouse
Golden, Oregon

Outhouse in the ghost town of Golden, Oregon.

Front lit with a Coleman lantern, interior lit with a blue LED
flashlight.
See photo in gallery

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