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Planning Your First Urban Exploration Photographic Adventure

Most of the abandoned places and things I’ve explored and photographed have been discovered by sheer happenstance. There are, however, a handful of situations where I had to pre-plan my photographic exploits. In previous posts I have talked about things like getting permission, and safety concerns, but in this post I will focus on research methods and more specific equipment-related concerns you will need to consider prior to heading out on your journey.

Forgotten Hats

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50 Bizarre and Abandoned Things I’ve Photographed

Creepy Dolls Study (5 of 5) Costumes Of Yesteryear Houck's Stripping (2) Bathtub of Debris (2) Broken Home (2-1) The End Of The Road Forgotten Farm Empty House 1 - 18 Empty House 1 - 16 Desk & Chairs Abandoned Hydro Plant 2 Number 3633 Abandoned Shack Forgotten Abandoned Supermarket The Life They Let Slip Away Burn Out Oh Shit! Sink Broken Pyromania The Wait Is Forever Old Phone Abandoned Train Depot - Full View Under Pressure Junked Train Cars Panorama Abandoned Chicken Farm Tiny Abandoned House The Woods Are Not Scary Hogback Ski Area (2) Abandoned Farm Abandoned Sunoco Gas Station (3) Abandoned Fire Extinguisher In The Woods Red Apple Rest (13) Rockland Drive-In (3) Abandoned Gas Station Along NY-147 (2) Locomotive Graveyard (8) Dead Crane Truck (2) Dead Locomotive Closed Store Abandoned Ford Truck (2) Abandoned Bucket (2) Old Suitcase Abandoned Industrial Mine (1) ESP (29) Abandoned Farmhouse, Burned (10) Railroad To Hell Farmhouse dummy2 Underground Flood

Recently I had a good long look through some of my grunge photos spanning several years of photographic dedication. Of all the strange, creepy, and off-the-wall places I’ve wandered into for the purposes of taking photographs, one thing remains the same; for whatever reason, I almost always come across some unusual, unexpected, and sometimes even bizarre discoveries. The photos I’ve selected are just a small portion of what I have on Flickr, but they are what I consider to be some of the best examples of unique and unusual discoveries. Read More→

Photography Without Labels

When Trevor asked me to contribute Cityscape and Landscape articles to the site last year I was honored. 2010 was a great learning year for me and in 2011, I’ve been able to reflect on all of my hard work for the past 365 days.  Honoring the gems and realizing my mistakes, It’s allowed me to focus on this new year with a new mind frame.  One thing I decided to remove is the word “scape” from my categories of work. I prefer to use the terms “City” & “Land”.  For me this broadens the subject matter for which I can write about, because recently I’ve been shooting a lot of different subject matter when it comes to city and land photography.  When I think of the word “scape”, I think of skyline shots, and sunsets over the ocean, but in fact city and land photography is so much more than that. In my recent adventures I’ve found ways to produce city and land images together, like the examples below.


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