I recently returned to Dallas-Ft. Worth area on assignment and meeting several potential clients. Travel to Texas coincided with my birthday, so I carved a few spare hours to shoot for fun. With my handy 35mm Fuji in tow, the … Read More
2016 in review
2016 was quite an interesting year. Business kept trucking along, I traveled extensively on assignment, and I had my first gallery showing in three years. Below is a sampling of 2016, have a great holiday and happy new year! Yesterday's … Read More
Three Midwest cities
Assignments took me into the midwest this summer, but I’m not here to talk about that – instead I’ll further share things that interested me in between working. Cities I’ll focus on are Indianapolis, Cincinnati, and Louisville. Ready? INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA … Read More
Abandoned Pennsylvania – Mining Town Housing
Hey I get to post about in-between assignments again! These abandoned interior pictures from a small Pennsylvania mining town housing community. However they won’t remain empty for too long, as the landowner is slowly repairing these houses to make them … Read More
Return to Old
Followers may or may not have noticed that personal photography has greatly diminished over the last two years, especially abandoned subject matter. Much of it can be attributed to my professional life, however the reality is it’s been over 18 … Read More
NCMA + OBX
Ever notice much of my art photography over recent years have been during poor weather conditions? Yeah, I gotta work those really nice days. It seems every April/May brings persistent cloudy and rainy weather that pretty much stalls all my … Read More
Winter Wanderings
With spring arriving, these are the last winter wanderings I had through North & South Carolina as well as Virginia. For many personal reasons I didn’t get out as much as desired, but enough to scratch the photography itch. I’m … Read More
Two Days Off, Part 1 – Abandoned North Carolina & Virginia
Last year was so busy that during the last five months of 2014, I totalled less than 8 hours of personal shoot time, all while traveling between assignments or the rare break while working. So for the first time since … Read More
“Do you get to have any fun?”
There’s been frenetic years but this is by far the busiest I’ve ever had in the five years since establishing my company. The question I most asked is “Do you get to have fun?” It makes me a tad uncomfortable … Read More
Oh yeah, I was in South Carolina for 48 hours…
When I observed it’s been two months since my blog I suddenly realized, Oh hey, I forgot about my short SC trip. Late August I photographed in Charleston on behalf of one of my commercial real-estate clients. September has been … Read More
Abandoned Pennsylvania – Scranton Lace Company
About a year ago during a phone conversation with my Mom, she asked fraught with concern, “Have you thought about getting a hobby? You shoot photographs all the time.” Not only does this encapsulate my relationship with mother but also … Read More
Spare Photos in Spare Time
I had been traveling relatively often on assignment but had still managed to capture spare photos here and there. These images were taken across four states in a matter of two weeks. NORTH CAROLINA It was a Saturday and I … Read More
Abandoned Pennsylvania – The Carrie Furnaces
Sometimes you need a break for a little fun, right? I recently flew to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to join a group of photographers with permission to access the Carrie Furnaces in Rankin, currently being stabilized and renovated as part of the … Read More
Abandoned North Carolina – Wandering Halifax County
I recently had an assignment in Halifax County and in between shooting had a few hours to waste. You know what they say, idle hands… I ran across most of these places while driving and returned a week later to … Read More
Five Days of Rural Play
I had promised myself I’d do a bit of personal shooting and had some opportunity near the time the entire southeastern corridor of the United States became paralyzed by a couple inches of snow. Our schools were closed, roads were … Read More
Spare Moments
Typically my off-season, the last couple of months have been among the busiest I’ve ever experienced as a professional photographer. I can’t properly express how thrilled and thankful I am for this, however it’s provided little opportunity for any – … Read More
Abandoned Pennsylvania – Revisiting the Ashley Huber Coal Breaker
Took a brief trip up to Pennsylvania in order to photograph the famous Ashley Huber Coal Breaker before it gets torn down. The day before a fellow explorer from Pennsylvania, whom I’d meet later that evening in Bethlehem, pointed me … Read More
Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum – Weston, West Virginia
Remember a month ago where I was talking about my group trip to West Virginia? Okay, so this is where we were going – the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (also known as Weston State Hospital) in Weston. Similar to the Eastern … Read More
Three days and Nary a Banjo
That’s right – more rural photography. Two fellow photogs and I recently traveled to meet up in West Virginia with two other photogs at the abandoned Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. Since we all a) like photography b) appreciate abandoned places and … Read More
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