A Collection of special photography projects that I have worked on.
What Is Pop Culture? Pop culture, short for popular culture, refers to the mainstream trends, ideas, attitudes, images, and phenomena within a given culture, especially in Western culture. It encompasses various aspects of entertainment, such as music, movies, television, fashion, technology, and slang, that are popular and widely accepted at a given time. Pop culture […]
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Share this Page Facebook Twitter Reddit Pinterest Facebook The Haserot Angel, also known as the “Angel of Death Victorious,” is a famous sculpture located in Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. It was created by the Italian sculptor Herman Matzen in 1924 and is part of the Haserot family’s grave site. The sculpture depicts
About Big Pink in Saugerties New York Big Pink, located in Saugerties, New York, holds significant historical importance in the world of music. It was the home where Bob Dylan and The Band gathered in the late 1960s to create and record music together. The residence, situated at 56 Parnassus Lane, formerly known as 2188
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The Niagara Power Station is a relatively new attraction in Niagara Falls Ontario inside, what used to be a derelict and “abandoned” power plant. Many years back I explored the plant from top to bottom, and then, last year Victoria and I went and did the tour. I was very surprised at how much of
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Share this Page Facebook Twitter Reddit Pinterest Facebook Ever since my daughter was 7 years old I have been taking her to this old abandoned building in New York State. Recently I took her back so that we could get some new pictures of her here, as every-time we go I get pics of her
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Share this Page Facebook Twitter Reddit Pinterest Facebook Here we are visiting the Ohio State Reformatory, also known as the Mansfield Reformatory. This is the site of a historic prison located in Mansfield, Ohio, it is also the location where the movie The Shawshank Redemption was filmed. Anyone can visit this facility and book one
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Share this Page Facebook Twitter Reddit Pinterest Facebook Recently, My friends at Lume Cube sent me a new product to try out, it was a set of studio lights called the Lume Cube Studio Panel Lighting Kit. The kit comes with not one but two massive Edge-Lit bicolor panels, each with a rechargeable lithium battery
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Cleaning up the piano room in the Abandoned Hoarder House!This is something I have wanted to do for many years but I had never found the right room to do it in – until now!So, after I completed my explore, posted my video, my pics and my site gallery and made this one known to
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Urban exploring, also known as “urbex,” is the practice of exploring abandoned or off-limit buildings and other man-made structures. It’s a hobby that attracts a wide range of people, from photographers to history buffs to thrill-seekers. One subgenre of urban exploration photography is known as “freaktography,” which focuses on capturing the eerie and often unsettling
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Freaktography & True Swat Parnership I am very excited to have partnered with True Swat to use, review and support their tactical gear in my adventures, my photos and my videos! The TrueSWAT brand stands for “Strong and Water-Repellent on All Terrain”. They make gear that takes you from city streets to mountain peaks –
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In this adventure I am headed off into the wilderness for my second back country camping adventure at Frontenac Provincial Park in Ontario Canada, this time I spent two nights at site 4b. On my first back country camping trip to Frontenac Provincial Park in the Summer of 2022 I carried far too much gear
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I first explored this house in the spring of 2012 when I first started exploring abandoned houses. This year as I am celebrating 10 years of exploring abandoned places, I returned to see how much things have changed in that time! This Abandoned House in 2012 This Abandoned House in 2022 Abandoned House 10 Year
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Podcasts, Radio and Television Interviews and Media Features Macleans – April 2024 Something I never thought would happen, an email from Macleans magazine, one of the most read and longest running print publications in Canada! They wanted to run a story and a photo essay about me and my photography work! It was a true
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Today I’m giving you an exclusive behind the scenes look at my 2022 The Handmaid’s Tale themed photoshoot, and showing you the lights that were used to obtain the look in the photos. With the help of a pair of Colbor CL60 studio lights, a great model and a couple of friends, we set up
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Exploring an Old Abandoned Ghost Town In this location, we’re exploring an abandoned ghost town deep in the mountains and hills of Quebec. Situated down a long dirt road, surrounded by mountains, valleys and rolling fields, this old ghost town has sat crumbling for at least 25 years. Abandoned Ghost Town Video Tour I’ve been
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Last year when I did the book review and interviews with Adam Shoalts for his Book Whisper on the Night Wind, my interests were piqued to try something different, adventurous and mentally/physically challenging. I decided to try backcountry camping! For my first adventure into the back country I selected Frontenac Provincial Park. Ultimately, on this
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Exploring the Niagara Falls Power Station Tunnel Attraction – Before it was an Attraction Starting July 1st you can finally get down to visit the tailrace tunnels at the Niagara Falls Power Station – formerly known as the Rankine Generating Station or Canadian Niagara Power. This station shut down in 2006 after 25 hertz
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Back in 2017 I went into an open gate at the Port Weller Dry docks to see what was up inside there. I ended up inside the dry dock where the ships would have been and I went right into a tunnel where the water rushes in to fill the dock. There was water pouring
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Coming Soon – A Documentary on the Life of Bill Dillon. “Bill Dillon: A Life of Synchronicity” Bill Dillon Hamilton Ontario May 18th 2022: Burlington, Ontario: From busking on the streets of Yorkville in Toronto in the 1960’s to performing in front of 350,000 people in Rome with Robbie Robertson…. From making eye contact with
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In the fall of 2021, I learned of a seemingly abandoned cabin in the woods in Burlington Ontario and after finding out that it and its owner are a major part of local and Canadian music history, I decided to dig deeper and get the whole story. This story inspired me to shoot and produce
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In the fall of 2021, I learned of a seemingly abandoned cabin in the woods in Burlington Ontario and after finding out that it and its owner are a major part of local and Canadian music history, I decided to dig deeper and get the whole story. This story inspired me to shoot and produce
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Abandoned Untouched Time Capsule House with Human Remains and Guns Found Welcome to my 2021 Timelapse video! This video is made up of over 11,000 images taken over the course of 2021 between May and October. Filmed at locations all over Ontario, Canada as I traveled to places like Kirkland Lake, Sudbury, Awenda, Muskoka, Six
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It’s no secret that what I do can ruffle feathers, cause controversy and make some people mad. Some of my locations, well they don’t LOOK abandoned. Some of my locations contain valuable items and antiques that, while I may leave them behind, others can’t imagine someone NOT stealing. There are any number of things within
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Join Canadian Urban Explorer Dave of Freaktography & Canadian Wilderness Explorer Adam Shoalts as they discuss The Whisper on the Night Wind
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Living in Southern Ontario I am very lucky to be within a short driving distance to may unique filming locations for television shows and major movies. One of the shows that films near me every year is The Handmaids Tale, filming locations for this show are all over Hamilton, Cambridge, Toronto and more. For my
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The Legendary Rockcliffe Tavern was a staple in the town of Minden for locals and travelers for over 130 years. Sadly, the Rockcliffe closed some years ago and the building fell into disarray. Being such an old building, plus several other unfortunate factors the building is no longer structurally sound. I have been working with the new owners
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Canadas Most Photographed Abandoned House | The Abandoned Guyitt House Ontario The Guyitt House is an old abandoned farmhouse sandwiched between green fields and blue skies located off of historical Talbot Trail, which hugs the north shore of Lake Erie in Chatham-Kent This is where you can find the most photographed home in southwestern Ontario,
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Top 10 Tips for New Urban Explorers Urban exploration, or Urbex, is an emerging form of photography that focuses on abandoned areas of cities. The rapid expansion often leads to urban decay, closed industrial zones, and ruins in general. These are some of the main subjects for all urban explorers. As you might have guessed
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I Decorated an Abandoned Haunted House for Halloween and Lit it Up With Lume Cube Lights! Every year for Halloween I do something fun and silly, in the past I have done Freaktography the Ghost Hunter, I have done creepy photo shoots and other fun things with videos and photos This year I decided to
Freaktographys top ten most shocking discoveries in abandoned places. From Guns and Money to Human Remains and War Medals
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Law and Order Stuffy Bears Unit: Tiny Goes to Jail In the teddy bear justice system, teddy bear offenses are considered especially heinous. In Ontario Canada, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Snuggly Bear Unit. These are their stories. “DUN DUN” Meet Tiny,
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Beauty in Decay 2020 | The Ghost of Screaming Tunnel Local Urban Legend says that this haunted tunnel in Niagara Falls, Ontario still holds the dying screams of a girl who burned alive inside. The tunnel, known to locals as as “Screaming Tunnel” was created in the early 1900s as a drainage passage to keep
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With so much time on my hands these days I’m spending a lot of time thinking of silly/creative ideas and things I can do! It all started with drone light painting and learning how to do that, followed by astrophotography and teaching myself that. My next idea was to buy myself a Remote Control Boat
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Perseids Meteor Shower and Milky Way in Lakelet Ontario Astrophotography and Exploring and Photographing the Torrance Barrens Dark Sky Preserve The Torrance Barrens Dark Sky Preserve is a conservation area in Muskoka, Ontario, Canada. The reserve consists of Crown Lands in the municipalities of Gravenhurst and Muskoka Lakes. Torrance Barrens is the ideal location in
Forgotten War Medals Found in Abandoned House This is the Story of How I Found two Sets of Forgotten War Medals in an Abandoned House and what I decided to do with them So far, 2020 has been a tough year, May was a tough month and now the last week has just added to
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Forgotten War Medals Found in Abandoned House This is the Story of How I Found two Sets of Forgotten War Medals in an Abandoned House and what I decided to do with them So far, 2020 has been a tough year, May was a tough month and now the last week has just added to
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Well guys, it’s been a tough week and a tough weekend with the global Corona Virus Pandemic taking hold of every city, province, state and country. My wife and I, we decided to do our best to stay home and stay safe, except for a few short and quick trips out to make sure we
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< The Niagara Scow Now and Then. The History of the Niagara Falls Old Scow On August 6th, 1918, two men were working on a sand barge being towed in the Upper Niagara River. The tug boat that was doing the towing got stuck on a sandbar, and in the efforts to free it, the
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Exploring the Ark Two Nuclear Shelter with Bruce Beach | Buried School Bus Shelter Exploring the Ark Two Nuclear Shelter with Bruce Beach. Bruce Beach buried 42 school busses in 1980 & built a 10,000sq ft nuclear bunker 14 feet underground This is Bruce Beach In 1980 Bruce Beach dug a giant hole on his
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Freaktography Visits the Bong Mansion Burlington The Cannabis Culture Content Hub Many of you will remember the “Mafia Mansion“, a super unique mansion that was originally discovered by myself, RiddimRyder Photography and Carlo Paolozza. We first explored this mansion late at night towards the end of December 2017 and we quickly knew we had found
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Reflections in Decay – Abandoned Portraits 2019 For my 2019 summer abandoned portraits photoshoot with my (now 12 year old) daughter Victoria I had come up with the idea to utilize mirrors, hopefully old mirrors found in the building that we shoot in every year. Victoria and I visited the building 2 days before our
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Drone Photography with my Mavic Mini Below will be an ongoing gallery of Drone Photography taken with my DJI Mavic Mini Drone Drone Lighting Photography Recently, I tried drone light painting photography for the first time and it was pretty interesting! I had no idea what to expect or how it would turn out
TRAVEL REVIEW Majestic Elegance Punta Cana Review and Travel VLOG The spectacular Majestic Elegance Punta Cana 5 star deluxe hotel is located on the paradisiacal Bavaro Beach and with all-inclusive service, offers a unique experience to travellers looking for a sophisticated holiday in the Caribbean. Majestic Elegance Punta Cana offers a perfect combination of
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Beauty in Decay 2019 – Danse Macabre “The Dance of Death” Dance Macabre, Feat Victoria. Filmed by Freaktography this is set to the popular gymnastics floor music Dead Silence and was filmed in an abandoned theatre The Danse Macabre, also called the Dance of Death, is an artistic genre of allegory of the Late Middle
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Vacant Psychiatric Hospital Urban Exploration 2014 to 2018 Over the years I’ve explored this old psych hospital dozens and dozens of times, even put up hammocks in the forensics unit and spent the night in 2017. My first few visits were done the usual way, we walked the property and found a way in
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Be Careful What You Wish For | Happy Halloween from Freaktography 2018
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An Abandoned Time Capsule House Restoration Renovation Before and After Photos from an Abandoned Time Capsule House Restoration Back in 2015 a house in Guelph, Ontario had been on the minds of many local explorers, this house was odd in that it always looked abandoned but there was always a light on in the porch.
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The Urban Exploration Abandoned Bowling Alley Engagement Photo Shoot It was a beautiful summers day and I was out searching for Urban Exploration locations when I stumbled upon an Abandoned Bowling Alley. I would cautiously enter this old dark art deco bowling alley and quickly get to work shooting photos and video footage. I called up
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Beauty in Decay 2014 – Little Girl Lost This is the first of what will be many photo shoots with my young daughter Victoria at this old abandoned building in New York State. In these photos Victoria, at age 7 poses as a sad little girl, lost and confused finding comfort and solace in the
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Beauty in Decay 2018 – Levitation Photography Beauty in Decay 2018 Levitation Photography by Freaktography. Photos from my annual themed photo shoot with my daughter Victoria in an abandoned building in New York State. Floating Photography, or Levitation Photography is a concept in which the photo subject appears to be floating. By no means is
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