Abandoned Schoolhouse

Posted on April 4, 2011 by spilledinkguy

I’ve got… ‘the block’… just lost for words today. And I write this stuff out in advance. I swear. But my dog ate my homework.

Anyway, here’s a fake Van Dyke Print (abandoned one-room schoolhouse in Walsh County, North Dakota) to look over while I try put together a script for tomorrow’s show. Please stay tuned…

About this image: faux van dyke print – digital photograph – highly manipulated

35 thoughts on “Abandoned Schoolhouse”

Bearman on April 4, 2011 at 12:26 pm said:

Need to open a haunted house there.

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- spilledinkguy on April 4, 2011 at 12:34 pm said:
  
  Hahaha… Maybe I should Photoshop in a semi-transparent version of your gravatar, Bearman?! 🙂
  
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Robert X. Jones on April 4, 2011 at 1:27 pm said:

Nice. I’d like to see the inside.

So, is there a Van Dyke filter or is this an approxmation of Van Dyke brown?

Also, that’s the first time I ever wrote Van Dyke twice in the same sentence. (Just FYI ;-))

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- spilledinkguy on April 4, 2011 at 3:51 pm said:
  
  It’s an approximation… including edges, faint paper texture, extending ‘chemistry’ beyond the image in places… I’m sure there area Photoshop actions out there that do pretty much the same thing, though!
  
  Very impressive… will he go for the three-peat?! 🙂
  
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thedailydish on April 4, 2011 at 3:03 pm said:

If you haven’t already seen it, please go get a copy of Brian Vanden Brink’s book Ruin. You will LOVE it.

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- spilledinkguy on April 4, 2011 at 3:53 pm said:
  
  I’ve just Googled it, Dishy, and it looks incredible…
  I would happily spend days taking photos in places like that…
  *sigh*
  🙂
  
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  - thedailydish on April 5, 2011 at 11:35 am said:
    
    I know – some people are SO LUCKY! I had the pleasure of seeing him speak at the Maine historic society shortly after the book was published and even got him to sign my copy. Not only is he an amazingly gifted photographer, but an extraordinarily humble and grounded man. It’s one “picture” book I enjoyed reading as much as looking at the photographs. See if your local library has a copy to lend!
    
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    - spilledinkguy on April 5, 2011 at 11:41 am said:
      
      They did have a copy and I just requested it! Thank you very much for the recommendation, Dishy – I’m really looking forward to checking it out! 🙂
      
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Tony on April 4, 2011 at 3:54 pm said:

It makes me think of Little House on the Prairie

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- spilledinkguy on April 4, 2011 at 3:54 pm said:
  
  Good call, Tony…
  me, too, now that you mention it! 🙂
  
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  - frigginloon on April 4, 2011 at 5:24 pm said:
    
    Nellie Olson kicks Laura Ingalls in the shins!!!
    
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    - spilledinkguy on April 4, 2011 at 8:00 pm said:
      
      That Nellie –
      she’s always getting away with stuff like that! 🙂
      
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Annabelle on April 4, 2011 at 4:02 pm said:

This is awesome but why am I just seeing it for the first time!? It’s like I don’t even know you!!! 😛

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- spilledinkguy on April 4, 2011 at 4:05 pm said:
  
  The original wasn’t that great (it was uber-cloudy that day). It took lots of doctoring to get something out of it… and I just did so the other day.
  
  You don’t know me…
  You can’t judge me…
  😛
  
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  - Annabelle on April 4, 2011 at 4:12 pm said:
    
    Oh I do and I will! I know. There are ways, Dude. You don’t wanna know about it, believe me.
    
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frigginloon on April 4, 2011 at 5:25 pm said:

School of hard knocks?

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- spilledinkguy on April 4, 2011 at 8:03 pm said:
  
  From standing on the corners boppin’…
  To drivin’ some of the hottest cars New York has ever seen…
  For droppin some of the hottest verses rap has ever heard…
  🙂
  
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Binky on April 4, 2011 at 9:08 pm said:

Nice fixer-upper.

When are you going to start printing fake things that pay, like money?

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- spilledinkguy on April 5, 2011 at 10:42 am said:
  
  Hahaha…
  My lawyer says it’s best if I just say no comment. Due to ‘the incident’. 🙂
  
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Megan (Best of Fates) on April 4, 2011 at 10:54 pm said:

I am very familiar with the block. And I wish I went to school in that building!

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- spilledinkguy on April 5, 2011 at 10:45 am said:
  
  The block is way too friendly!
  
  My Dad went to school there for a while… I’ve heard it had windows-n-such at the time.
  
  Thanks so much for stopping by, Megan! I really appreciate it! 🙂
  
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nursemyra on April 5, 2011 at 3:39 am said:

That would make a perfect summer house for me

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- spilledinkguy on April 5, 2011 at 10:47 am said:
  
  I’ve always wanted to tell people “Now I must off to my summer home…”
  🙂
  
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Syncopated Eyeball on April 5, 2011 at 7:26 am said:

Thank you! That’s two things you’ve taught me today: Robert Motherwell and Van Dyke brown.
That dark brown was what I was after with my Prayer Plant pictue, I like that darker shade in preference to sepia. Softer than black but still bold. There’s an excellent air of mystery in this here image of yours.

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- spilledinkguy on April 5, 2011 at 10:49 am said:
  
  Thank YOU, S.E. – you are always very kind!
  
  I’m not sure I quite got the ‘authentic shade’ down here… but I guess it works… maybe.
  
  I thought you handled your Prayer Plant very nicely – a little variation is what makes the world go around, you know (or… something along those lines)! 🙂
  
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sonny on April 5, 2011 at 7:56 am said:

this is jus jus jus awesome fridge….i wish there was an option of seeing this image in a bigger frame…beautiful…the colours are jus perfect !

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- spilledinkguy on April 5, 2011 at 10:51 am said:
  
  Thank you very much, Sonny!
  That’s very kind of you to say! I spent a long time messing with this one (it was quite flat as shot since it was very cloudy when I took the photo)…
  🙂
  
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Mary on April 5, 2011 at 10:45 am said:

I really like old rustic falling down buildings for some reason…think of all their history 😀 Don’t worry about the dog eating your homework…you’ll get it!

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- spilledinkguy on April 5, 2011 at 10:53 am said:
  
  I completely agree with you, Mary – places like this almost seem to have a tangible ‘life’ to them… so much history, as you say!
  
  Crazy dog. Why can’t he just stick to his Kibble-n-Bits?! 🙂
  
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Jillsy Girl on April 5, 2011 at 4:33 pm said:

you and me both (about the words).

“the birds, the birds”!

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- spilledinkguy on April 5, 2011 at 6:23 pm said:
  
  One of those days, I guess… (I seem to have quite a few of them, though)! 🙂
  
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Derrick on April 7, 2011 at 7:38 pm said:

Love the pic, strikes a cord both professionally and photographically for me!

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- spilledinkguy on April 7, 2011 at 7:44 pm said:
  
  I can’t imagine hearing a much nicer compliment than that a viewer relates to an image… thank you, sir! 🙂
  
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FS Photography on April 15, 2011 at 1:24 pm said:

Now that’s my type of place… Old and abandoned… A bit like some people I know.. lol..

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- spilledinkguy on April 15, 2011 at 1:25 pm said:
  
  Ha – I’m at least one for two on that list!
  Thanks so much for stopping by, sir – I appreciate it very much! 🙂
  
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