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Nature has a way of becoming part of the story. 🌿🏚️📸When I photograph abandoned places, I don’t just look at the buildin...
09/09/2026

Nature has a way of becoming part of the story. 🌿🏚️📸

When I photograph abandoned places, I don’t just look at the building itself. I pay attention to what’s happening around it too.

Grass reclaiming an old path. Vines climbing across a wall. Trees framing a forgotten structure. Plants growing where people once lived or worked.

Those details can show the passage of time in a way the building alone can’t.

Sometimes, the most interesting photograph isn’t just about what was left behind — it’s about what’s slowly taking its place. 👀

👇 What catches your eye first in an abandoned scene: the building, nature taking over, or both together?

Sometimes the thing getting in the way of a good photograph isn't your camera, it's thinking too much. 📸I've found that ...
09/08/2026

Sometimes the thing getting in the way of a good photograph isn't your camera, it's thinking too much. 📸

I've found that some of the strongest images start with something simple: a scene, detail, light or moment that makes me stop and look twice.

You don't always need to explain why it caught your attention. And you don't need to fit everything into one frame.

Sometimes you just need to trust what made you stop in the first place. 👀

Photography still requires thought, of course, but there's a point where you have to stop analysing and start seeing.

👇 What do you find yourself overthinking most when you're taking photos?

This weathered wooden church in Simnasho, Oregon, once stood at the heart of a community that served as the reservation’...
09/04/2026

This weathered wooden church in Simnasho, Oregon, once stood at the heart of a community that served as the reservation’s early seat of government. Before the agency headquarters moved south to Warm Springs near the turn of the 20th century, Simnasho was home to the first Bureau of Indian Affairs school (established 1874), a post office (operating intermittently from the 1880s into the 1950s), and places of worship.

The name “Simnasho” comes from a Sahaptin word meaning thorn bush or black hawthorn. Presbyterian missionaries built a “creditable” church here by at least 1902 as part of their work on the reservation. The congregation later merged with the one in Warm Springs around 1959, and the building has stood largely unused since the late 1960s—its steeple still reaching skyward while time, wind, and weather slowly reclaim the weathered boards.

This one isn’t going to last much longer. The entire back section of the building has collapsed and it looks like one good wind storm could bring it down. Just glad I made it out there in time.

Which one would you pick as yours favorite photo? 📸Let me know whether you’d pick 1, 2 or 3 in the comments and vote on ...
09/03/2026

Which one would you pick as yours favorite photo? 📸

Let me know whether you’d pick 1, 2 or 3 in the comments and vote on the poll!

A sharp photo isn't always a great photo. 📸It's easy to get caught up in technical perfection, but some of the photograp...
09/01/2026

A sharp photo isn't always a great photo. 📸

It's easy to get caught up in technical perfection, but some of the photographs that stay with us aren't perfect at all.

The light, composition, atmosphere and story can matter far more than whether every detail is perfectly sharp.

Technical skills are important, but they're there to help you create the photograph, not become the photograph.

👇 If you could only choose ONE, what matters most to you?

☀️ Light
👀 Composition
🌫️ Atmosphere
📖 Story

Couldn’t resist stopping to photograph this lonely little bus stop on Hwy 26 between Seaside and Portland, OR.
08/30/2026

Couldn’t resist stopping to photograph this lonely little bus stop on Hwy 26 between Seaside and Portland, OR.









Finding abandoned places to photograph often starts long before I get in the car.📍📸I can spend hours scouting a route on...
08/28/2026

Finding abandoned places to photograph often starts long before I get in the car.📍📸

I can spend hours scouting a route on Google Maps, checking Street View, looking at older imagery, studying satellite views and digging through photos from other photographers.

Sometimes I’m even looking for something as simple as the distinctive shadow of a grain elevator across the prairie. 🌾

It’s part research, part detective work. 🔍

And putting in that time beforehand means I can spend less time chasing locations that have disappeared and more time actually photographing when I get there.

👇 Which of these Google Maps tricks did you NOT know about?

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