Nick Keppol - Neon Boneyard

I found some of Nick Keppol's Typography work on another online blog, and it is some pretty nice stuff, but while I was browsing around his website I found some of his Photography work, which really spoke to me, especially this 'Neon Boneyard' collection. Its a collection of photos from a scrap yard in Las Vagas, and the story behind each piece of scrapped type basically from
various casinos and hotels of old from Vagas coupled with the nice setup and composition of the shots makes for a nice collection of images, with a strong narrative. I think something that also spoke to me from this collection of images is Nick's choice of equipment, as at the moment I also favour using my 40D with a 10-22mm lens for those shots of urban landscapes where you just want to get as much in as possible. Another thing which is evident in all of the shots is vignetting, were all of the photos are darker in the corners due to the wide angle of the lens, this is something that happens very often when shooting with the 10-22, but in some cases can add to the composition of your subject by framing the image. In my opinion the darker edges add to the series of images and Nick has played to the weaknesses of the lens to make them work for him.