Most of the basements were dark. But around a few corners you could find some light pouring in.
Category: Photos
The basements…shiver. They were so captivating to explore.
This room was the epitome of Kirkbride design, with expansive windows letting in a lot of light, especially for the time period.
There was graffiti all over the building interiors. Even though they keep the buildings locked, people always find a way. On the plus side, it added a lot of character.
This is a picture of…a wall. I’m posting it though because I really like the texture as well as the lines from the infrastructure and tile.
You don’t see these half-doors anymore. My grandparents had one in their house, and this shot reminded me of visiting them while growing up.
This was a fun shot to capture. Our photography group was just hanging out in this main hallway of the children’s ward (notice the bright colors on the wall). I wanted to get a photo of this room, but didn’t want to disturb anyone else. I decided to make them part of the image by making it a long exposure. I liked the ghost-like qualities of the resulting image.
Spending the day at the soccer fields.
Hard to believe this is just 10 minutes from home. There are some real perks to living in Michigan. #shotoniphone
Anyone want a drink? Lead paint no extra charge…
We drove Route 66 end to end about 10 years ago and I can’t wait to do it again. This reminded me of something you might see along the way on that road trip.
I’m not sure why this room stood out to me. I think it was just seeing the Oscar the Grouch-style trashcan inside.
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The puzzle pieces in the halls of the children’s ward struck me. Mental illness doesn’t just affect adults. This was one of the only photos from the day that was taken without a tripod. It would have taken a minute to wrangle the tripod into a layout to get this low, so I decided to be lazy and capture it hand-held.
This was called the fern room. What was quite amazing was that this room wasn’t even on the first floor. It was on a higher floor, and yet somehow some seeds from a fern managed to find its way inside.
I had a little fun in this long exposure, walking in and out of the frame to give a little more presence in the shot. I’m really curious which post will get more likes, this one or the previous shot of the same room without me.
I wanted to spend more time in this room, but I only had a few minutes because we were about to move on to the next building. Those with a keen eye will notice I added some light here in the room through the archway on the right, because without it the room was blacked out like the doorway on the left. I just leaned my phone on the ground just inside on the left side of the archway and turned on the flashlight.
Another long hallway with side light. This building had some renovation done, such as the walls being stripped of their original lead paint. Obviously still a lot of work to do for a full renovation.
Another one just asking for black and white. You could spend a couple of hours in this small room exploring the light and shadow.
There was so much color in some of these decayed rooms. This photo was processed as an HDR to bring out some more color in the ceiling and from the bright light on the trees outside.