Online Article - Vanishing Town

[Mark Elliot Photography]

I haven't been blogging much here as I have been overwhelmed with shooting the Off-road Dirt bike scene, but still shooting in the southwest when I get a chance. I recently got back to my hometown and shoot some photos from around town. I've never really shot my hometown as I find it boring. Maybe it's cause I've see it so many times and it's just not interesting to my mind. As with most of the photos I take, no one see or even know they exist. Fortunately, I found and article from a classmate on Facebook about my hometown. They were looking trying to get it published in the local paper, but with the small town politics it just wasn't happening. I got permission from the Author to publish the article online.

With my new found company currently being established 'Revolt Powersports Media,LLC' I thought this would be the perfect time for me to take those photos of my hometown and put them into a story. A sort of dry run with how I plan to create online magazine articles for the off-road community. To my surprise, I found the experience extremely fun and fulfilling when completed. I hope to do many more of these types of short story articles in the future.


Once I had the story idea storyboarded on paper, I used Adobe In-design program to create the layout as if it were a magazine and published on the internet using www.yudu.com technology. Within a day I was able to published the article for the world to see and read.

Please check out the story at

I am hoping to launch a couple of online magazines using this technology soon.

Always looking for good stories and interesting places.

Equipment Used:
Nikon D300
Nikon 70-200mm VR 2.8f
Nikon 17-55mm 2.8f
SB-600 Flash
Mode: Program Mode (I let the camera do the work this time)

Photo Enhancement Programs
Software: Lightroom 2.4, (Autotone)

Layout Programs
Adobe Photoshop CS4 - cover creation, photo cropping
Adobe In-Design CS4 - page layout

Online Programs
www.yudu.com