Halted 494 plot housing project in Bethel Island, California. The project was scheduled to have been completed in 2008.
Night. Full moon. 3.5 minutes. Lit by moonlight.
Follow up: Photography at Alameda NAS
I received a response regarding photography at Alameda NAS.
"Photography and filming are allowed on streets and sidewalks as they are public property. If you are in the parking lot of a building then that would be considered private property and that is not allowed. We get a lot of photography etc. on the property so the security guard was probably just taking extra precaution. I will be sure to remind our security that they should only stop people when they are located on private property."
For those of you considering shooting here, parking your car in a parking lot designated for a public park and staying on the sidewalks and streets will hopefully not lead to contact with a security guard.
Photo: "Room With A View"
Room on the top floor of the male ward at Hudson River State Hospital years after the 2007 fire damaged most of the ward.
Photo: "Bay Bridge Construction" + Photographer Rights
Eastern span of the Bay Bridge, showing construction of the new span.
(Night. No moon. 65 seconds. f/16. Lit by ambient light.)
Last night, a few hours after I got off work in Alameda, I ended up here on Treasure Island photographing the new span of the Bay Bridge. However, my intention last night was to shoot at the Alameda NAS, to get the last few shots needed for my Coast flashlight review, but my evening was cut short when a security guard told me I was not allowed to take photos of the buildings. It started a debate about how I was on public property and not breaking any rules by photographing the buildings. He kept spewing rules he had obviously been told by someone who hadn't been educated about the law and though he was being very kind about it, I was getting very annoyed. Since I was alone and it was after 10pm, I wasn't in the mood to wait around for the Cops to show up if I continued to shoot, so I agreed to leave. He did give me the business card of the management company for most of the buildings on the base. I will be contacting them regarding the ridiculous "rules" they have made-up in regards to the photography of their buildings.
Photo: "Half Dome Trails"
Half Dome, Yosemite National Park.
(Night. Full moon. 8 minutes. Lit by moonlight.)
Photo: "Sun Chaser"
Big M Automotive. Williams, CA.
(Night. Full moon. 3 minutes. Lit by moonlight, incandescent and LED flashlights.)
Photo: "Marches"
Sheet music left backstage in Noble Hall, a Connecticut psychiatric hospital theatre.
Photo: "Dominos"
Norwalk Hall was a male staff and Psychiatric Aid residence at a Connecticut State Hospital. Each room on the lower floors of the Hall were approximately 8ft x 10ft and contained a bed, rocking chair, desk, lockable closet, dresser, mirror and sink. The third floor rooms were much harder to come by and were reserved for the veteran staff.
Photo: "Bridalveil Falls"
Bridalveil Falls, in Yosemite National Park, flows all year round and stands at an amazing 617ft tall.
(Night. Full moon. 5 minutes. Lit by moonlight.)
Photo: "Chroma"
Dawn on a screened porch of Building 14, a medium security ward, at a Pennsylvania State Hospital. This cottage plan hospital, founded in 1876, received its first patient, a woman, in 1880.
Photo: "Starlight, Starbright"
Big Sur, California.
(Night. Half moon. 60 seconds at ISO 1600.)
Photo: "Stoop"
Norwich State Hospital was established as a psychiatric hospital in 1904 in Preston Connecticut. It was the second public mental asylum for the state and opened with only 95 patients. Within a few years, the need for more buildings grew. The campus continued to grow and eventually contained 30+ buildings.
Photo: "Lights Out"
Part of a halted housing project in Bethel Island, California, scheduled to have been completed by 2008. The project plan contained 494 plots, 416 docks, 19 new streets and a marina, but the only elements constructed thus far are the docks.
Night. Full moon. 3.5 minutes. Lit by moonlight.
Photo: "Disregard"
This psychiatric hospital in rural New York opened in 1931 with 60 male patients, but had sufficient beds for over 5,000. As with many early psychiatric hospitals, this one also had its own working farm, a power plant, industrial shops and bowling alley inside the Assembly Hall.
Photo: "Three Brothers"
Three Brothers, Yosemite National Park.
Night. 85% moon. 15 minutes. Lit by moonlight.