A few weeks ago I took a drive south and joined the Houston Photo Walks MeetUp group for a daytime tour of the Yorktown Memorial Hospital. We had a great time shooting the interesting and possibly haunted building (if you believe our hosts).
What a storied and sometimes bleak history this building has had. I have posted some of my shots on instagram if you would like to see more. I shot everything handheld with Olympus PEN F and my 17mm 1.8f prime. As suggested by our more experienced photographers on the tour, I did not changes lenses in the dusty abandoned building for fear of exposing the camera internals.
I tried to focus on the little (and often creepy) details. Two of my favorites are shown here. The “unfolded” shadow of the wheelchair abandoned in the hallway and the table of long unused bulletin board letters scattered on a table. Both felt like they conveyed the mysterious and untold story of this abandon building.
As always with the Houston Photo Walks meetup group. https://www.meetup.com/HoustonPhotowalks/ I am so glad I found this great group of folks to help me get out and shoot and learn from more experienced photographers and just friendly people.