Skating and shooting indoor car parks

I have recently developed a liking for skating in and the photographing of numerous indoor car parks across Brisbane. The subject matter is grey, concrete, dull, boring. These spaces exist serving a purpose of placing vehicles in a temporary stasis. I’m drawn to these buildings because accessing them is incredibly easy, the floors are smooth, they often have interesting slopes, and at night they provide a sense of solitude.

My aim is to try to portray my interest in urban spaces through photography. At face value, car parks are dull, but if you spend enough time anywhere, you start to notice beauty, mystery and intrigue where it shouldn’t exist.

Taking my skateboard around the city, and finding new spaces without my phone, carrying nothing but a camera. Freedom shouldn’t exist in such a restrictive space, but despite the CCTV and the possible security guard looming, there’s a sense of privacy. Taking these pictures I learned about leading lines, shutter speeds, aperture priority and numerous manual camera settings as I am so new to the world of operating a DSLR.

There will be more coming from this series, this is my first official photography project.

Find the car parks project second half here