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Abandoned Theater (Backstage)

Nikon D7000, Nikkor 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5, 10mm, f/11, ISO 200 The backstage area of this abandoned theater was speaking to me.  The way the sunlight was shining in created a no brainer kind of shot!  Just point up and shoot! Minus the lens flare, which is something I try to avoid 99% of the time, I’m…

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August 29, 2012 - 10:16 am

Dave DiCello - Dude, what an awesome POV! I love the light and the sharp details!

August 29, 2012 - 10:18 am

Stacy Butera - Beautiful Scott, old theatres are such windows into our past. How we entertained ourselves. Moments shared. Sure do hope this one gets restored.

August 29, 2012 - 10:19 am

Stacy Butera - Beautiful Scott, old theatres are such windows into our past. How we entertained ourselves. Moments shared.

August 29, 2012 - 10:21 am

Jim Denham - This is way cool Scott! It reminds me of something from like Blade Runner! Great angle and mixture of textures!

August 29, 2012 - 1:25 pm

Mark Garbowski - Look up, look behind you, change your camera height. Such simple tools but they almost always work and yet we (or at least I) keep seeming to forget them now and again. Well done.

August 29, 2012 - 7:19 pm

Toad Hollow Photography - You must be getting tired of my superlatives, Scott, especially because you see so many of them… but WOW, dude, this is fan-flippin-tastic! I just love your unique perspective on this one, what a great picture!

August 30, 2012 - 9:46 am

Chris Maskell - I just love the angle here Scott. Too many people don’t bother to look up or down, just the same old static viewpoint from eye level. This angle makes for a dynamic shot and coupled with the converging verticals and light rays really rocks.

December 19, 2012 - 4:07 am

Simon Pollock - Ahh, this is awesome – thanks for sharing!

March 17, 2013 - 9:13 am

Matthew Barker - I would so love to own a theatre but I have not the means to buy one let alone restore it! Great shot!

Skylight

Nikon D7000, Nikkor 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5, 10mm, f/8, ISO 200 The roof in this building on the property of an abandoned hospital in New Jersey in beyond disrepair.  With all the rain I’m seeing outside today, I can only wonder what this place looks like after a monsoon!  The day we visited, we had dry conditions…

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August 27, 2012 - 11:36 am

Dave DiCello - Love the off center composition here Scott. I agree with you on the shadows too. Another rockin’ image dude!

August 27, 2012 - 3:05 pm

Robert Williard - Scott this is nice. Great composition and I agree with you on the shadows. Leaving the right amount shadow in an image makes a huge difference.

August 29, 2012 - 9:52 am

Mike Criswell - Great shot Scott

August 30, 2012 - 4:47 pm

Scott Frederick - Thanks a lot Bob!

December 30, 2012 - 3:40 am

Matthew Barker - There’s something about these abandoned shots that I keep coming back to. I love them! I don’t know what it is, but they ground me, bring me peace. And that’s weird because some of these abandoned places housed horrendous deeds.

Without You I’m Dust

Nikon D7000, Nikkor 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5, 10mm, f/8, ISO 100 Without someone to love and care for you, what does your future hold?  What is your value, without someone to share yourself with? All things are dependable on resources. Without these vital resources we are all just dust blowing in the wind. The wind will carry…

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August 23, 2012 - 10:42 am

Dave DiCello - Another exceptional work Scott and I love the write up, SO true. There is so much to like about this shot, from the feeling of peeking in the door, to the light on the wall, to the punch of color on the floor….incredible!

August 23, 2012 - 10:27 pm

Nancy T - very nicely done!

August 25, 2012 - 5:05 pm

Lisa Gordon - Wonderful words, and so very perfect for this magnificent image.
Beautifully done.

March 17, 2013 - 9:20 am

Matthew Barker - Beautiful shot and words. Reminds me of the song Dust in the Wind.

Gathering

Nikon D7000, Nikkor 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5, 10mm, f/8, ISO 100 Gathering your thoughts can be a tough obstacle to accomplish.  This room reminds me of a place that people would use to do just that!  Lately I’ve been doing a lot of thinking.  All for the better of course!  Things are coming to a crossroad for…

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August 22, 2012 - 9:33 am

Jim Denham - Awesomely processed image Scott. Look forward to hearing your gathered thoughts!

August 22, 2012 - 9:35 am

Stacy Butera - The details here are so apparent. This definitely looks like an old “thinking” room. Anyway, I enjoy your blog and can’t wait to see where your thoughts are leading you.

August 22, 2012 - 2:57 pm

Edith Levy - Another great shot Scott. Love the details.

August 22, 2012 - 3:20 pm

Dave DiCello - Love the textures on the wall here Scott!

August 22, 2012 - 5:55 pm

Toad Hollow Photography - I see that you and I share the exact same feelings about saying things before they come true. I do this exact same thing, Scott! Given how awesome your work is, I cannot WAIT to see what unfolds for your future in this! Best wishes, my good friend!

August 22, 2012 - 8:05 pm

Andrew Beasley - Good luck with the ‘thoughts’ – I should copy your philosophy (despite being older than you) :-)

August 22, 2012 - 9:54 pm

Toad Hollow Photography - This is both an utterly profound post with some great personal insights as well as a top drawer photograph!

August 22, 2012 - 11:48 pm

Rich McPeek - Awesome shot Scott! Love the lighting and the detail! Great work!

August 25, 2012 - 12:44 am

- Gregory Allen Deese - [...] Gathering – Scott Frederick delivers another one of his epic pieces in this post, and compliments it with some profound personal thoughts.  This picture of a room in an apparently abandoned facility has a set of disparate chairs in it, all surrounded by some of the most incredible textures and details that are exposed through the natural decay. [...]

August 27, 2012 - 2:51 pm

Scott Frederick - Thank you Toad, I appreciate the inclusion into Light Stalking!

Intersection 2

Nikon D5000, Nikkor 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5, 10mm, f/11, ISO 400 What a difference 16 months can make.  I originally posted this image back in April 2011, click here!  Last night while cleaning up and organizing my library files, I stumbled back on these brackets.  I decided to re-process it quickly to see how natural I could make…

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August 6, 2012 - 5:42 pm

Ramon Nuez - They are both very nice photos but I have to say the second photo has much more appeal.

August 9, 2012 - 4:32 pm

Chris Maskell - Great shot Scott. I too have been going through a similar process with my HDR work, by process I mean re evaluating old brackets and reprocessing them to give a more natural feel.
I love the way this one has come out

August 13, 2012 - 2:56 am

Captain Photo - This must be catching because I also found myself doing the same this week. Nice job on the re-do and it’s a lot better for sure. LR 4 really has helped my HDR work.

I’d like to compare notes with you regarding using. The floating point 32 bit file. Whenever I try that I have to make huge adjustments in some of the sliders, actually maxing them out. Do you also experience this?

August 17, 2012 - 8:01 pm

Scott Frederick - Thank you Ramon! I agree, some of my older works are a bit over the top! :)

August 20, 2012 - 2:29 pm

Ramon Nuez - You and me both. It’s rather interesting to see how we grow — creatively. When I first started with HDR I thought that everything needed to look painterly :-)

August 22, 2012 - 1:11 pm

Scott Frederick - We all evolve as artist which a great thing Ramon! Here’s to continued growth!

November 26, 2012 - 8:17 am

Matthew Barker - I think this is the better photo. More darker spaces. I love it!

Chairs

Nikon D7000, Nikkor 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5, 12mm, f/13, ISO 100 While exploring this room for the second time, I realized I had images from the first visit unprocessed on my hard drive back home. With that in mind, I decided to plop my tripod down and experiment with some additional frames. I was attracted to this…

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August 1, 2012 - 11:16 am

Scott Wyden Kivowitz - The light here is fantastic!

August 1, 2012 - 5:15 pm

Wayne Woodruff - It really work. Nice range of colors. I can appreciate the difficulty of this shot with the light streaming in the window.

August 2, 2012 - 3:00 am

Edith Itzcovici-Levy - Beautiful work as usual Scott. You’ve brought out all the beautiful decaying details :)

August 2, 2012 - 10:14 pm

Jan Winther - Incredible. I can almost smell the mold and rot. Great shot and processing.

August 17, 2012 - 7:57 pm

Scott Frederick - Thank you Edith! :)

August 17, 2012 - 7:58 pm

Scott Frederick - Thanks so much Wayne!

Message and a bottle…

Nikon D7000, Nikkor 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5, 10mm, f/4, ISO 100 A quick post today from a recent urbex shoot at an abandoned hospital.  I will continue to share more images from this location as a series….  This is in preparation for an upcoming project I’m starting very soon, so stay tuned!

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July 24, 2012 - 10:01 am

Edith Levy - Wonderful perspective Scott and excellent textures.

August 1, 2012 - 9:56 am

Jan Winther - Love the grit and textures. Great shot!

August 2, 2012 - 12:12 pm

James - cool but dark shot you have here!

Captivity

Nikon D7000, Nikkor 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5, 13mm, f/8, ISO 100 Today’s shot is from yesterday’s exploration, which was a success in every way. When shooting in these environments, it takes a solid plan and a solid group of explorers to achieve a peaceful mission! Some people visit these abandoned locations for the thrill of being there….

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July 23, 2012 - 10:48 am

little pink cakes - Wow, what a stunning picture. And the editing is amazing!

July 23, 2012 - 2:47 pm

Wayne - Good to hear you had a successful mission!

I think I know where this was taken; I have it on my list of places to visit.

I remember that tiger poster from my youth, it adds a nice pop of vibrant colors.

I’m an avid Lightroom fan, but I’m not familiar with merging multiple brackets, sounds interesting, I gotta check it out.

July 24, 2012 - 12:48 pm

Brian Rome - excellent shot!

July 29, 2012 - 5:34 pm

Scott Frederick - Thank you Brian!

July 29, 2012 - 9:12 pm

Bob Byington - Amazing image. Great composition! Admire your work a lot.

July 30, 2012 - 12:53 am

- Gregory Allen Deese - [...] Captivity – a fabulous shot straight from the studio of Scott Frederick awaits the viewer.  An abandoned room well into its phase of decay is presented here with just incredible textures and details to enjoy.  It sort of reminds me of my bedroom when I was younger, only tidier… [...]

July 30, 2012 - 12:53 am

- Gregory Allen Deese - [...] Captivity – a fabulous shot straight from the studio of Scott Frederick awaits the viewer.  An abandoned room well into its phase of decay is presented here with just incredible textures and details to enjoy.  It sort of reminds me of my bedroom when I was younger, only tidier… [...]

July 31, 2012 - 9:20 pm

John Barclay - A great image Scott.

July 31, 2012 - 11:10 pm

Ivan Domazet - Wow, my college dorm room has not changed one bit.

August 1, 2012 - 9:06 am

Stacy Butera - Scott,

This is stunning. Love the processing. The tiger poster is just awesome left over’s from the past!

August 5, 2012 - 7:18 pm

Guada Ledesma - EXCELLENT Shot!

August 5, 2012 - 7:20 pm

Scott Frederick - Thank you for your comment and for stopping by the blog!

August 17, 2012 - 7:59 pm

Scott Frederick - Thank you John, I’m still getting used to Facebook comments coming in on the blog! :)

August 17, 2012 - 7:59 pm

Scott Frederick - Ivan Domazet LOL! :)

Deeply Shallow

Nikon D7000, Nikkor 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5, 10mm, f/11, ISO 100 This weekend, I’m meeting up with some explorers coming down from New York to do some shooting.  One of the places we are planning to visit is this abandoned hospital.  It will be the second visit for me and I’m really looking forward to accessing the…

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July 18, 2012 - 5:56 pm

Lisa - wow! great image! and greeat processing! I never thought of merging HDR images themselves.
love your blog.
Question, do you run photo tours? like this hospital that you mention? I would love to go (with you or without you, LOL). How do you get access?
Thanks and happy HDRing, Lisa

July 18, 2012 - 7:30 pm

Toad Hollow Photography - Great insight into your workings there, Scott. What fabulous textures and details in this place, and I just LOVE the light and shadows that dance their way down the hallway here, forming a very unique natural leading line through the shot!

July 19, 2012 - 12:08 pm

Frank Sylvis - Wow! That hallway sure looks familiar. If I think this shot is from where I think it is, then do NOT miss the power plant!

July 19, 2012 - 4:50 pm

Jose Segura Gómez - Really good image and superlative edition work. :)

July 20, 2012 - 1:54 pm

Angel Figueroa - I’ve been an admirer of your work and style for awhile now and it will be an experience for me to see you not only in (one of) your element(s) but at work. Looking forward to this weekend brother.

July 20, 2012 - 2:23 pm

Jose Vazquez Jr - Wish I could be there too. There MUST be another one soon. Looking forward to what you guys come up with.

July 20, 2012 - 2:47 pm

Angel Figueroa - @[716479041:2048:Jose Vazquez Jr] you were mentioned in our phone conversation today brother. You are missed and look forward to when you get back on the UE grind. You better believe wherever we go will be revisited, just say the word.

July 21, 2012 - 5:46 pm

Ross - Me too! I’d love to hear the answer to these burning questions. Seriously. :)

July 23, 2012 - 7:10 pm

Scott Frederick - Bruv, it was out of this world!

July 23, 2012 - 7:58 pm

Scott Frederick - Thank you Jose!

November 26, 2012 - 8:20 am

Matthew Barker - Stunning!

Signal

Nikon D7000, Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8, 45mm, f/11, ISO 100, 150 seconds, B+W ND 110+106 I hope everyone had a great 4th of July! This image taken of the Philadelphia Electric Company Tower along the Delaware River was shot using a stacked ND 10 stop and 6 stop filter.  This is a technique I use a…

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July 5, 2012 - 6:57 pm

Kris Koeller - The most interesting part of this photo to me is the EXIF datapoint of 150 seconds. Amazing. Curious what kind of tripod you use.

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