ghost towns and abandoned houses

Yesterday I did a shoot with Jillian. We headed out on HW 30 about an hour out to find the ghost town of Mayger. The internet told me the town had a C classification which means there’s a bunch of abandoned buildings and the only person still around is a care taker. When we got there all we found left of the ghost town was the old fishing dock. Apparently the internet lies.  After being somewhat discouraged we headed back to Portland in search of something else to shoot. We settled on going out to Hillsboro and seeing what we could find out there.

I’d have to say we found some pretty cool locations out there. We ended up at a abandoned rundown house out in Forest Grove that we found by way of one of Jillian’s friends. The house looked like it was on verge of collapsing with parts of the second story already collapsing on the first. Overall, I think I took some of the best shots so far in my portfolio. Jillian was a great model to work with, very professional and good kept me good company for a days worth of shooting and driving.

I rented the 35mm F/1.4 L lens from Pro Photo for the shoot and definitely fell in love with that lens. That will be the next lens I purchase.

Here’s just a taste from the shoot:

(the house)

And here’s a shot of us after our wrap (I got a little dirty on the shoot)

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