There is something eerie about these swings. Maybe because they are at an abandoned house. Or because there are no happy children around. Or maybe because its winter & they look so lonely. I don’t really know, but something about them draws me in.
The picture was taken right before Chrstimas 2007. It was actually a fairly warm day out, not to mention not a cloud in the sky. The perfect winter day for picture taking. On the way to a friends house, I passed this abandoned ‘farm’. The house had broken windows, the shed was tilting to the south, there barn had a whole in the roof, and of course, the swings were abandoned. It makes me wonder what happened. Did the owner die & family didn’t care about the house? Did it just become in habitable? Why did they leave the swings?
I originally shot the picture in color. It still looked a little eery, but for the full affect I made it black & white. I, personally, feel shooting in color and then changing the photo to black & white after makes for a better B&W photo. If shot in color, the color data allows you to have more control over the end result.