The Fallbrook Fruit Packing Plant

I've been shooting the old Fruit Packing Plant in Fallbrook for years - I've blogged about it before.

The renovations are almost complete, and I wanted to get a shot of the building at this stage - that was my main goal today. But I also wanted to play with the plastic sheeting, and chain link fence on the west side of the building. The way the sheeting was looped and tucked, and the way it blew and shimmered in the breeze was compelling to me, and I knew I could get some fun images of it.

And my final goal today was to get a shot to submit to a Day in the Life project some friends were putting together - today is Leap Day, so what better day for a bunch of photographers all over the world to all submit one photo, and then create a slide show that takes the viewer all over the world, all on one day, hour by hour, and minute by minute. Fun!











So those are the documentary shots. Now onto the fun stuff!














And finally, this is the shot I submitted to the Day in the Life Project. It's the lock on the front gate - and I love the way the light hits the fence, and the shadows on the sidewalk. It's a very simple image - just a picture of a gate - but I love it!