Scouting photoshoot locations [PICS]
 

Once again we were out and about looking for new locations to use for photoshoots.

Today we checked out two separate abandoned psychiatric hospitals including a 100-yr-old abandoned mental facility, consisting of a few dozen separate buildings all linked underground by steam tunnels. Took a few background shots to get an idea of how the place looks.

Rather creepy - in the past it was home to violent mental patients...and the place has a long history of hauntings (if you believe that stuff). We explored all the ancient steam tunnels, visited the morgue in the basement of one building...and checked out the powerstation building.

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Amazing photos, I really love this kind of sets :thumbsup

wow id like to visit that place

how do you find these locations?

You find the most amazing places, they look fantastic.

those are some crazy pics

Google "urban exploration" - there's a lot of sites out there catering to exploring old abandonments all over the place.

But I also spend time driving around looking for places myself, and I have a network of buddies we share good locations with. Quite often I'm among the first people (in southern Ontario) to check out a location shortly after it becomes abandoned or derelict.

very "hostel"ish :)

Damn, those pics were so good they sent chills down my spine!!! You got some serious talent, SilentKnight!

Creepy place made beautiful by great photography. :thumbsup

the pics give me the creeps. looks like one of those featured in Scariest Places on Earth

Much appreciate the generous compliments. I'm humbled.

Some folks get all excited when a new stripclub opens down the street from their house. I get all giddy when I hear about a hospital or old factory closing somewhere locally. :1orglaugh

That place looks erie..The little girl looks scared shitless

Looks that way, but its just the timing of the shot. She actually loves explorin' abandonments. I gave her my old P&S digital cam and she had a blast takin' her own pics all afternoon.

She's a very gifted artist, and looks at old places from an artistic perspective.

very cool looking areas if you get caught shooting in them is it trepassing?

Some places yes, some not. That psych hospital is wide open, no security patrols and the owner doesn't live in the same city.

A few of the places we go are risky, though. But trespassing is only a $100 ticket max. - just a misdemeanor. I'd just write it off as a business expense. :winkwink:

wow.. creepy place you get yourself into... would be fun to have shootings there

Nice place man. :thumbsup

Your sets creep me out, but your pictures look so damn good. Nice. :upsidedow

We have an asylum thats been abonded for 40 years its over 200 years old but they wont allow anyone in it, i would love to get in there and get pics but there is always a security guard and they are knocking it down soon:( they already colapsoed the tunnels that were under it.

thanks for the nightmares im gonna have tonight :thumbsup

Did you buy that place or are you just "shooting" there?

From what I hear, Detroit's a real mecca for urban exploration and photography - a LOT of abandonments in the area.

Just across the river from you in Windsor is a hospital that closed a short while back - Grace Deux. It was an awesome location for a shoot until they boarded it up solid.

As for security guards, quite often I'll social engineer my way in to a place if I'm really ambitious to get pics. Sometimes a cordial chat with a guard will get me inside for a short while if I play my cards right.

Just shooting there.

We lease a 30k sq. ft. old factory/warehouse during the summer months to use as studio space, though. 100-years old and really decrepit inside...it looks great in pics.

I'm getting goosebumps from those pics.

interesting place

nice! :thumbsup i need to get out more and travel around... where are those? :upsidedow

This is called anti-rubber-necking.

2hp

Artistic photos....
i like them :)

Damn those are some pretty cool pics

cool pics dude

creepy-looking place you got there. :disgust

the photo with the monitor from 80s is priceless hehe.. interesting locations anyway

there's a website out there dedicated to photography of old abandoned mental institutions - creepy and powerful - 'if these walls could talk' or scream!

really nice stuff - quantum-x also shoots abandoned plants and factories.

call me a chicken shit - but there's no way you'd get me inside that place. Unless I was armed to the hilt!

Damn, that's one really freaky place !

nice photos dude, that'd be some freaky walk around man.

lol love the last pic. is it me or does that girl have huge feet?

nice locations and pix

nice pics man :thumbsup

Those were shot in two locations, Whitby Psychiatric Hospital (half-hour drive east of Toronto), and Picton Heights Psychiatric (Prince Edward County near Trenton, Ontario).

Oh ok, well why dont you head over here some time and we will go get some pics, how far are you from the windsor Tunnel? maybe we can setup a exploration around the area

nice shots, keep them tetanus shots up to date. :thumbsup

We're a 4-hour drive away here in the Falls.

I shot the hospital in Windsor last summer, but ran in to some...well, complications when the owner unexpectedly showed up. Long story, heh.

I wouldn't mind checkin' out the old psych hospital you mentioned, though. Especially if they're rippin' the place down shortly.

Those pics remind me of something you would see in the game "Doom"...in fact, they would be perfect for one of the first person alien type video games!

Very eerie pics for sure...

that is one scary fucking place!

Were coming out to Niagara Falls April 29th for the day, maybe you got some free time to show us around?

Now that is creepy

Ever get bugged by the local cops? How do you handel them.

I was doing ok, till the Black Mold.. whew that creeps me out!

Any other time would be good, but unfortunately that's the weekend we're up north opening the trailer at the campgrounds.

Not really. I always have my camera gear and tripods with me, and cops are generally cool with photography. Usually I make the initiative to walk over and talk with cops if they're in the area - best defense is a good offense I always say. Show them you've got nothing to hide and that you're just there takin' a few pics.

Generally if you don't look like a punk kid with a spray can and crowbar, police aren't a hassle. They're mostly concerned with vandals and kids looking to trash the place.

Helps to have a good gift of gab. I can usually talk my way out of any predicament. I've even had two cops ask for business cards, lol.