Home Before Dawn
by Kris Rasmusson
Title
Home Before Dawn
Artist
Kris Rasmusson
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
If you look on a map of Michigan you will find the very famous Mackinac Island at the northern tip of the lower peninsula. But what's that much bigger island just southeast of the iconic 'Somewhere in Time' paradise? It's Bois Blanc island. This lifetime citizen of the 'hand' state had to find out what it was and so, with Linhof view camera in tow, I ventured north and took a ferry to the bigger island. I honeycombed the island with my Jeep Cherokee spending most of my time off-road on two tracks (that's Michigan lingo for a one lane dirt road). I finally came upon the Bois Blanc lighthouse and learned that it was no longer a lighthouse but was being converted into a really cool cottage by a wealthy Michigan doctor. The doc hadn't finished the work yet and the original stone walk still remained. I squeezed off the shot using the Linhof's swing/tilt/shift feature to the max to have every inch of the crumbling walkway in focus. It was midday but I previsualized the image as being a night shot and put polarizer and yellow filter on the lens accordingly. Once home and working the scanned negative on Photoshop I did some selective tone reversal to enhance its already etheric look. The title "Home Before Dawn" popped into my head and I know not why...
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September 4th, 2011
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