Al Capone's Cell

sactown024 · Nov 25, 2012

Went to the Eastern State Penitentiary this weekend in Philli, I took a lot of photos but just started going through them. This one is pretty boring and probably been seen a million times but I thought id share it anyways and will post others later. The place is really creepy and really dark, I had a 2.8 lens and was still shooting at ISO800 most of the time unless I was doing long exposures and using a flashlight. I took my newborn child with me and it was 30 degrees so it was freezing and was just shooting everything I saw fast, next time I go I will go by myself and take more time. As I was shooting a door held by a cinder block slammed shut behind me, it creeped me out, even my wife who didn't even know I was in that area came up to me later and told me about the door slamming with a huge block in front of it, I told her I was there! The spirits were pisssed!

sactown024 · Nov 26, 2012

made this one grainy, looks soft but its mostly the grain

just x joey · Nov 26, 2012

so cool! i cant believe he got that nice of a cell.

Frequency · Nov 27, 2012

Excellent images...both

sactown024 · Nov 28, 2012

just x joey said:
so cool! i cant believe he got that nice of a cell.

the area it was in was a lot nice also, it was in the middle of a 5 way intersections of halls next to the mirrors and he had a lot nicer cell gate haha

runnah · Nov 28, 2012

But no flat screen.

mishele · Nov 28, 2012

Oh very cool!! How did your trip the the Pen. go?!!

sactown024 · Nov 28, 2012

It was definetly worth the trip in, they charged me an extra $10 to carry my tripod in! If I did it again I would want to spend a lot more time there and do a lot fo light painting etc... everything I shot was mostly ISO 800 since I was in a rush most of the time as I had my 3/mo old with me. Besides that, the place is amazing just need to watch out for all that elad paint