I recently spent time in San Francisco doing an architectural and urban study, with side trips trips in Oakland and Sausalito. Since I’m too exhausted for a proper blog, I’ll liberally borrow the adage “A Picture is a Thousand” words … 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
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
North Carolina Architectural Photography – NCSU James B. Hunt Library
Since the North Carolina State University James B. Hunt Jr. Library opened a year ago, I’ve spent a few breaks of spare time capturing photos for fun. If unfamiliar with the Hunt Library, it’s like the Epcot Center of libraries. … Read More
2013 in review – and it’s not over yet.
What a wonderful 2013 – though I didn’t travel to as many locations nor have as much time, I got to see so much more before me. You know you’ve taken too many photos when featuring your 60 favorite images … Read More
NVF Factory in Yorklyn, Delaware
I was recently on the road for two weeks through the north- and mid-Atlantic and have returned to North Carolina to stay for awhile. The first blog about this trip was the NVF (National Vulcanized Fiber) Plant in Yorklyn, Delaware. … Read More
Abandoned North Carolina – In and Out
Made a last second impulse trip to another North Carolina mill town. Didn’t as much time on my hands as I hoped for, so I ducked into two abandoned locations and documented some stuff in between…including this vehicle. Turns out … Read More
North Carolina UrbEx – an Abandoned Boiler Plant, Part 2 – All in One
Attention! Atención! Attenzione! Pozornost! 注意! انتباه! Dareenka! In case you don’t understand plain English, get a translator: please do NOT contact me for the location of this facility, THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS. Thank you. This is the second part of … Read More
2012 in review!
Thank you so much to everyone for making 2012 a fruitful, successful year. I’m truly blessed to have the best clients and supporters that I could ever hope for, to get to see, partake, and share everything I’ve been able … Read More
Dallas Area Architectural Photography – Red Meat
Finally, the last blog from my road trip through Tennessee, Arkansas, and Texas. If my vegetarian and vegan followers will forgive the metaphor, but this is blog is 100% red meat – nothing but architecture, baby – no filler. Actually, … Read More
Don't Skip Arkansas, Part 1 – It's really nice out there.
When I planned this latest trip, I knew I’d hit Memphis and Dallas, but noticed there was this state in-between: Arkansas. What in the world is in THAT state? So I asked my Facebook. After several people suggested driving through … Read More
October 2012 – Memphis, Tennessee
So I recently took a two-week road trip that I will completely present out of order. The first stop is Memphis, TN in which I stopped briefly on the way in and stayed for a weekend on the way back … Read More
1.5K Jaunt: Part 2 – G'night Philly and Baltimore
This is part two of my recent sprint to New Jersey and back. You may see my previous blog at: Part 1 – Exit through Camden So after spending the day in luxurious Camden, I hopped over to the Philly … Read More
1.5K Jaunt: Part 1 – Exit through Camden
I recently visited my home state of New Jersey, pausing for a few stops along the way and back in a 1500 mile round trip. I was turned onto a renovated gas station in Elmer, NJ by another photographer and … Read More
Photography on a Cloudy Day
How many times have you ever thought to yourself, “It’s cloudy and looks like it’s about to rain, I’m not going to shoot today.” Remember that as complex as photography gets, it boils down to one very simple overarching idea. … Read More
Rural Winter Photography
Growing up in Jersey, 3-4 inches of snow meant we’d have a delayed opening. Thankfully, in Carolina that means if it snows Friday night, people still have work off on Monday. Main highways are sketchy and side roads are atrociously … Read More