Easily Amused

There, I said it. I am easily amused. People that know me, know this to be true.

Part of what I do is industrial photography. Some photographers find this boring and would rather shoot weddings or babies. While there’s nothing wrong with shooting either, photographing the places and things that make the stuff we see and use everyday can be interesting.

Last week I was shooting in a manufacturing facility that makes all kinds of stuff from different metals. It’s interesting to me to see how mundane things like muffler brackets or RV fenders start off as rolls of steel and end up in their final form. It can be an amazing transformation.

While some of the technology in manufacturing hasn’t changed much since the 1950s (brute strength machines like presses are still needed), the amount of high tech machines is increasing. Below is laser cutting that is making short order of 1/4 inch steel plate. It cuts it like a hot knife thru butter.

After the steel is cut, bent, stamped, and shaped you have the final product. Some of the patterns of the stacked product I found quite interesting.

Thanks again for reading and you can find more of my commercial work here .

-Ken