A Rockport road trip is just what I needed. With two knees surgeries and horrible weather patterns, last year just didn’t work for a photography road trip. I love photo road trips; they’re good for the soul. It’s getting away from home, your routine, and your cell phone. More importantly, just spending time doing photography…
An invitation for the curious is how I like to think of old, abandoned buildings. This is especially true for those with character. They stir our imagination and make us curious about them. Why was it abandoned? What’s the story of the people that lived, or worked, or worshipped here? Where did all the people…
Cheapside was once a thriving little town. It isn’t anymore. According to Wikipedia, “Cheapside had three grocery and general stores, a drugstore, a broom factory, a blacksmith shop, a hotel, a butcher shop, a barbershop, a confectionery, several doctors, a Masonic lodge and a Woodmen lodge, a daily stagecoach, and at least two saloons.” Now,…
An abandoned Taoist temple is not the kind of thing you come across every day. I like photographing old, abandoned churches but this caught me by surprise. As I wrote in an earlier post: I really like old churches. I think this is because the character of an aging church has a certain beauty that…
The first photo stop on my recent road trip was an old farmhouse. Although in very poor condition, the early morning sun highlighted its character. I bet that “back in the day” it was a very nice house; the kind of house that was a welcome sight when you returned home. It’s the kind of…
Death and dying surround the Immanuel Lutheran Church. Across the road, you have the old cemetery with burials starting in 1882 and continuing until as recently as 2018. The old church and school are still standing but are slowly decaying. Next to the church and school is a row of large dead trees. Even in…
