The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum - Haunted Photo Shoot

[JeremyMcG]

Got a chances to get inside an old mental hospital.
It happens the be the 2nd largest cut sandstone building in the world - the first being the Kremlin...
I'm not terribly pleased with how these photos came out and I need a lot of practice on this - so I am going to go in with a guide in October and do long exposure, low-light photos of this place. Should prove entertaining at the least:

 

[tirediron]

Wow... what a place. I would kill to be able to get into a place like that for a day (or ten). Nicely captured. Looking forward to round two.

 

[snowbear120 52]

Nice. Looking forward to the next round.

I would kill to be able to get into a place like that for a day (or ten).

Been there, done that; not much fun at all. Oh, you mean to photograph? That might be worthwhile.

 

[hamlet]

In cases like this it is best to shoot every scene in multiple exposures of shots under and over exposed. That way you'll have a lot of dynamic range and do interesting things with the pictures.

 

[PropilotBW]

Man, that place looks spooky! I don't think I would go In there after dark...

I like the second to last photo of the hallway.

 

[tlrc]

That's so awesome. #8 is seriously creepy. I was on their website just the other day reading about their photography tours. Sounds fun!

 

[Dagwood56]

Cool place! I like the doll in the cradle, it looks so undisturbed, yet so old...as tlrc said, "seriously creepy"! I also like the first shot, the clear blue sky and bright white tower in contrast to the the dark, dreary building below. Looking forward to the next set.

 

[snowbear120 52]

All it needs is a clown standing in the shadows.

 

[JeremyMcG]

All it needs is a clown standing in the shadows.

Oh no.
I detest clowns. Had there been one in that place when I was shooting - I would have stabbed it with a piece of broken lumber then I would have probably jumped out a window...

 

[JeremyMcG]

added a few more in the op

 

[rexbobcat]

That first doll photo is pretty freakin creepy

Just curious, how did you get access?

 

[JeremyMcG]

That first doll photo is pretty freakin creepy

Just curious, how did you get access?

Thank you.

Here is the information on the hospital - they give tours....

HISTORY AND HERITAGE TRAVEL IN WEST VIRGINIA TRANS-ALLEGHENY LUNATIC ASYLUM

 

[KmH]

That's a great place for using a couple of off camera flash units.

 

[JeremyMcG]

That's a great place for using a couple of off camera flash units.

I'm sure. I don't own a speedlite, external flash or anything of the sort. My budget just doesn't have that written into it at the moment.
I'm lucky to get what I get (photo wise) when I get it and I can't remember a time when I used the built-in flash on the camera itself.
I did get a couple soft boxes for my house to play around with so I can start to learn lighting - but I have never once used a hot shoe adapter / flash in my life.

 

[hamlet]

That's a great place for using a couple of off camera flash units.

I'm sure. I don't own a speedlite, external flash or anything of the sort. My budget just doesn't have that written into it at the moment.
I'm lucky to get what I get (photo wise) when I get it and I can't remember a time when I used the built-in flash on the camera itself.
I did get a couple soft boxes for my house to play around with so I can start to learn lighting - but I have never once used a hot shoe adapter / flash in my life.

Seeing as that place was dark, you could close your aperture more, shoot at long exposure then paint your subject with a little $5 flashlight. The other methods i do it is shoot many over and underexposed, then in post i combine them without introducing noise by messing around with the single raw files exposure too much.