BODIE MOONRISE 2003
Fast moving clouds greet the moonrise at Bodie, CA, The classic American ghost town. Night, full moon, 6 minutes, f5.6, 100VS film, red-gelled million candle-power flashlight. See more images from Bodie.

THE SOFA GRAVEYARD 2006
Warehouse building filled with dozens of sofas stacked on end. New Idria, California, a remote ghost town in central CA. Red and yellow-gelled flashlight painting and moonlight. Approximately a 4 minute exposure, Canon 20D. See more images from New Idria.

LENTICULAR 2006
The ruins of a Socialist community near Llano in Antelope Valley, just off Highway 138. Abandoned in 1917, there's not much but a couple of walls and chimneys left. Night, full moon, 2 minute exposure, Canon 20D. Available light only. Looking south towards the enormous glow of Los Angeles bouncing off the fast moving Lenticular Clouds. More Antelope Valley images here.

THE GOLD CHAIR 2001
The Palms Motel, Salton Sea Beach, CA. Yeah, it smelled as bad as you think it did. Night, full moon, 8 minutes, 160T film, pink and yellow-gelled strobe flash. More from the Salton Sea.

DRAWERS 2007
Abandoned building, Lockhart, CA. Night, full moon, completely dark room, Red-gelled strobe, LED flashlight. Canon 20D. More Lockhart images here.

ROOFLESS 2003
Workers cabins in long dead Swansea, a remote northern Arizona mining tow. Night, full moon, 160T film, red-gelled strobe flash.

TEETERING FIREHOUSE 2004
The men and equipment in this building couldn't save Bodie, CA from it's numerous devastating fires. Night, full moon, 4 minutes, f5.6, 100VS film, red-gelled million candle-power flashlight. See more images from Bodie.

MINE 2003
The stars spiral overhead at the massive abandoned mine complex in Grantsville, Nevada. Night, full moon, 6 minutes, f5.6, 100VS film. Available light only.

DIRTY SANTA 2006
Found in the laundry room in an abandoned home in New Idria, a remote ghost town in central CA. Night, completely dark room. Turquoise strobe-flash and white flashlight. Canon 20D. See more images from New Idria.

GATEHOUSE 2001
The entrance to the site of the infamous WWII era Japanese Internment Camp at Manzanar, hiding in a remote corner of California's Owens Valley. Night, full moon, 160T film, red-gelled strobe flash.

SULPHER DIOXIDE 2006
Inside one of the buildings at Atolia Mine near Red Mountain CA. An abandoned early 20th century Tungsten mine. Night, full moon, 2 minutes, red-gelled flashlight and green-gelled strobe. Tungsten balanced. Canon 20D. More Atolia Mine images here.

COFFINS 2003
Morticians parlor in Bodie, CA, arguably America's best ghost town. Night, completely dark room, camera on tripod, leaning against the window. 30 seconds, f5.6, 160T film, green and red-gelled strobe-flash through the windows. See more images from Bodie.

FIREPLACE 2007
The ruins of a Socialist community near Llano in Antelope Valley, just off Highway 138. Abandoned in 1917, there's not much but a couple of walls and chimneys left. Night, full moon, 2 minute exposure, red-gelled flashlight, Canon 20D. More Antelope Valley images here.

MOPED AT BUILDING 2 2006
Piled in a warehouse building in New Idria, a remote ghost town in central CA. Green-gelled strobe flash and yellow-gelled flashlight in deep moonshadow. Shot about 2AM with my Canon 20D. See more images from New Idria.

STEEL AND WOOD 2003
Long abandoned Model T truck on the outskirts of Bodie, CA. Night, full moon, 4 minutes, f5.6, 100VS film, yellow and red-gelled strobe flash. See more images from Bodie.

SINGER 2006
Random debris in an abandoned building in the central California ghost town of New Idria. Totally dark space, red and blue-gelled flashlight painting, full-moon-light in window. 4 minute exposure. Canon 20D. See more images from New Idria.

BIG GEARS 1998
Set up on a steep slope in Berlin, Nevada, my camera and tripod took a nosedive at the end of this exposure. Night, full moon, 4 minute exposure, 100VS film, red and green-gelled strobe flash.

PAIN 2007
Lockhart, CA. Night, full moon, red and blue-gelled flashlight. Canon 20D. More Lockhart images here.

TEXACO MARINE 2001
North Shore Marina, Salton Sea. All, the letters are gone now. That white crust on the ground? Dead fish. Millions of dead fish. Night, 160T film, 100% full moon / star light, 8 minutes, f5.6. More from the Salton Sea.