Hobo Inn

Hobo Inn, Elbe, Washington – Steve Rutherford Landscape Photography Art Gallery

Hobo Inn, Elbe, Washington – Steve Rutherford Landscape Photography Art Gallery

This is an unframed, limited edition collection landscape photography print of only 25 units. It is printed on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Pearl papers, structured to refract the highest values in colour and detail. It’s high-quality ink absorbing layer enables exceptional image quality with enormously detailed sharpness, and a very broad colour range, providing archival permanency of your artwork for over 100 years.

Canon 5DMk2, 28mm, F14, 1/80th sec, ISO 400, no filter, processed in Lightroom.

This was a shot that I just had to have. I pulled into Elbe to grab a hot chocolate from a quaint little drive through roadside hut that was the size of a tiny caravan. I struck up a conversation with the girl attendant and she taught me a lot about Elbe, including the local hotel…which was in a train….a real train on tracks….down the road.  What the? I had to go see this “hotel”. The Hobo Inn, is a marvel of marketing and makes for an incredible tourist attraction as well as a damn nice photograph.

Hobo Inn, Elbe, Washington – Steve Rutherford Landscape Photography Art Gallery

On gloomy dreary days, where the rain won’t let up, go in search of a bright colour. If you are travelling, ask around at what the locals find worthy of a photograph. With the right conditions and the right angles you truly can create some marvellous images, that will spark a conversation or an interest. Every photographer loves being asked about their image, how they captured it, why, and when. Don’t let rainy days stop you from capturing photographs. You can use the shine on surfaces to reflections to the rain itself as a subject. If you compose your image right, a flat boring grey sky can make your intended subject really stand out.