Stuff Portrait Friday - aperture

It's finally Friday and this has been a really long, tedious week.....only a few days until the full moon, think that's got something to do with it?

Anyway, Kristine (who gets married in 29 days) gave us a potentially pornographic definition of the word aperture and then forbid any questionable shots....like we couldn't be trusted...so in the spirit of following directions (unlike last week when I showed my inability to read) and used "shiny" instead of "sparkley" I'm cutting and pasting the topics so I don't screw up again...

on to the pictures...

1. A wide open space - this is the lot I took a picture of being cleared about a month ago...looks like grading is in progress now....I have no idea what's going to be built here but it is a big wide open space full of red clay...don't be jeaulous of our soil...



2. Brightness - An old A.M.E. church that has long been empty downtown is the site for an art installation from a bunch of students from Universities in Columbia....there are big, bright, colorful panels where the stained glass windows should be...really beautiful (lots more pictures of the windows on my flickr if you're interested)



3. In the dark - SC's State Mental Hospital was founded in 1822...this is building where patients used to be kept...while it was only the 2nd facility in the country at the time specifically designed for people with mental illness, it actually offered little in the way of treatment...the surrounding grounds were later used as prison camp for Union soldiers....many of the buildings on the campus are abandoned now and the site has been designated as a future intown residential community....I wouldn't want to live seems like a dark place to me...and the light in the portal kinda creeps me out...



Now.....who played??