Evocative Sound and Visuals presents Abandoned Prison, featuring sounds captured at the historic Ohio State Reformatory (OSR) in Mansfield, Ohio. Included are nasty squeaks, loud bangs and deep thuds from the cavernous prison’s cell block doors and massive chapel door.… Read More
Wind and Metal explores the awesome ways metal responds sonically under the influence of wind. Large objects like wind turbines, windmills, a geodesic dome, an overhead power line transmission tower, a fire tower, flag poles and a giant crucifix, were recorded under varying wind speeds from airy breezes to howling gusts. Each structure produces resonant tones unique to its design, location and weather affecting it. There’s the sound of wire fences too.… Read More
Cover your ears. It’s going to get LOUD, introducing, Oval Track Racing. This high-octane stock car racing library features cars of various makes, models and performance characteristics circling a quarter mile (.40 kilometer) oval track in Meridian, Idaho. This track distance is referred to as a ‘short track.’ The sounds were captured from multiple perspectives inside, outside, and alongside the asphalt track with a variety of microphones and recorders.… Read More
Count this off in one-second intervals: 1-2-3-4-5. That’s all the time it takes, give or take, to leap off the Perrine Bridge in Twin Falls, Idaho, before plunging into the Snake River 486 feet below. It’s a long way down … Read More
Like most daily newspaper photojournalists, I’ve covered my fair share of ribbon-cutting ceremonies and grand openings. I know of some photographers and editors who have an unwritten rule never to shoot the actual ribbon being cut. I disagree. It’s part … Read More