Here is the famous Pink Piano in Gary Indiana. We went to Gary last March so it wasn’t that long ago, but I can’t remember the name of this abandoned building. Regardless, this is a common spot for Urbex Photographers. We included some footage from this location in our Amazon Prime “Shutter Rush – City of Abandonment” film (available now if you’re interested).
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In honor of Veteran’s Day tomorrow (November 11, 2020) in the United States, I’m sharing this photo I captured at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. There are actually a number of Unknowns from a number of different wars placed in the Tomb. This is located in Arlington National Cemetery and is guarded 24/7/365 by members of the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Regiment (“The Old Guard”). It’s emotional to watch the changing of the guard at this site and I think every American should see it at least once in their life. I took this photo of this Guard “walking the mat” back in 2019.
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I took this photo from inside the Carrie Blast Furnace a few years ago. It probably isn’t the prettiest photo in the world, but I loved this entire space which was one large mechanical wonder.
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I miss traveling. I’m keeping myself sane through photos from past trips. Here is one from my last SF trip. I had a great time exploring the Golden Gate Bridge Park.
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I want back on the sideline of an NFL field….. Darn you COVID!!! Here is a photo I took of Terrell during the 2018 season.
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Here is a photo I took a few years ago during our abandoned prison explore. In case you’re wondering, we got permission and access to this site. This specific wing of the prison was one of the newer areas. The older areas looked like the classic old prison you’d expect.
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Here is another photo I took at Point Betsie Lighthouse in northern Michigan. You can see the start of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in the background. If you’ve never been to this area of Michigan, do yourself a favor and go.
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I’m not sure why I didn’t share this photo in the past. Regardless, here it is!! I captured this in Pripyat, Ukraine a few miles from Chernobyl nuclear reactor number 4. The entire region is abandoned and will be for decades to come. There was a carnival setup for a village celebration, which of course never happened, with the nuclear reactor meltdown. The carnival rides are some of the most popular tourist attractions within the Exclusion Zone.
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Here is another photo from our recent trip to Michigan. I spent a long time on this pier trying to capture a sunset and the blue hour afterward. This was one of the last photos I took that night before calling it good. I don’t know the person with the red jacket, but I appreciate them providing the role of model.
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I took this time lapse in Bonaire before the pandemic….better times for sure. Just watching it helps my current attitude.
I took this photo of Baker last season during the Steelers vs. Browns game in Cleveland.
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I took this picture as we drove through the Tunnel of Trees in Northern Michigan. I pulled over a number of times to hop out and capture some photos. I also took a bunch from the car, since it was raining during part of this drive. Anyway, I loved this house sitting back off the road.
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I don’t know what this building was for exactly. This was on a farm in the outer regions of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. I climbed the partial staircase on the right side of the building (probably not my smartest moment) only to find birds have taken over that room with all the broken windows…..
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I took this photo looking down on Seven Mile Beach in front of the Seafire Resort on Grand Cayman.
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I really wanted to return to Chernobyl in 2020, but like all good things this year, COVID messed that up. Let’s hope that trip can happen in 2021. Here is a photo I took from 2018 at the Soviet Nuclear Missile Detection site.
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Long before our recent trip to Michigan, I had found a photo of this covered bridge by northern Michigan photographer @snaphappymichigan (Heather Higham). Per my normal process, I saved the photo and cataloged it as a potential future destination…. I do this all the time when I find a unique photography spots around the world. I usually find these while scrolling through social media sites or sometimes by conducting a specific Google search. The result is a database of thousands of sample photos from hundreds of locations world-wide. That means that when I’m heading to a specific location, I can go to my database and have locations ready queued up to go explore. Often, I want to capture a photo similar to the sample photo I found from another photographer, but most often it just gives me an idea of the location allowing me to explore it looking for my own angle and perspective at a site I might otherwise never know about.
About a week before we left for this trip, my friend Karalee Kowatz shared the same photo by Heather Higham that I had saved over a year ago. Karalee has a habit of finding and sharing the best photographs from around the world on FB. So below you can see Heather’s photo and my version which I took this week.
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Heather’s photo
I know….another Michigan photo. This one is from South Haven Michigan. MJ was amazing and sat out in the cold for over an hour waiting for me to capture sunset and post-sunset photos of this light at the end of the pier. I got this one with the drone from a perspective not normally seen.
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During our Michigan trip (supposed to be in Bermuda….thanks COVID!!), anyway….MJ and I took a little road trip over to this super cool lighthouse west of Traverse City. The lighthouse is on the Lake Michigan shore also close to Crystal Lake. I took a ton of photos from many perspectives (south side, west side, from the ground, from the air, etc…). I’ll share more later, but I loved this close up version from the drone.
With this perspective you can only see the top of the lighthouse, but the rest of the tower and building will be shared in future photos.
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This is one of my favorite wineries!! If you’re ever in the Traverse City Michigan area, head up Old Mission Peninsula, do yourself a favor and stop in for a sip. By the way, the views overlooking West and East arm of Grand Traverse Bay are amazing from their location as well.
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