From the depths of Chicago O’Hare during a Long layover these escalators were really interesting, and with no people anywhere to be found and all the room in the world for my tripod I fired away. The lights, reflections and colors made for some interesting shots. ~ ~ ~ Have a great Memorial weekend, safe [...]

Welcome Back to Eastern State Penitentiary I thought I was about due for some Eastern State Penitentiary processing.  Probably one of the most photographed rooms at this location is the one below . There are many  urban myths about this room and the barber chair. It was supposed to be a torture room back in [...]

© 2012 Michael Criswell Photography ~ First off, I apologize for being a bad contact as of late, had a really busy couple of weeks, hopefully I can get my head above water here soon and things will settle down a bit, I have not had a chance to shoot anything with my new glass, [...]

© 2012 Michael Criswell Photography ~ One of the most disappointing parts of my San Francisco trip was Alcatraz. I guess I had in my mind that if I booked the first boat I can have the morning to myself, or at least with only a few people. Boy was I wrong. The first boat [...]

While in San Francisco my buddy Pete Talke recommended visiting St. Ignatius Church, located on the Campus of the University of San Francisco. I was not quite sure where Ignatius was located. While I was grabbing my infrared shot in the Presidio I decided to plug St. Ignatius into my GPS to see how far [...]

© 2012 Michael Criswell Photography I have had my eye on this abandoned house along Rt.77 for a while now, we finally stopped a few weekends ago and I snapped some gritty urbex of the inside and then decided to grab some long exposures with the 10 Stop B&W just for kicks. Its not perfect [...]

~ There are good things and bad things about taking a trip out west. The good is pretty obvious, getting to see and shoot allot of great places in San Francisco. One of the bad parts is getting stuck with a long layover after the red eye from San Francisco. I chose the late flight [...]

Oozing with charm and her succulent Sweetness, and dressed to the nines in her secret ambushment. She hopes to draw in this rare hummingbird species, that’s known to be attracted to Jewels… and of course Sweetness. Waiting and hoping the rare bird she can be spot, her finger on the shutter, ready to take the [...]

` Hi everyone, Happy Good Friday!  always remember what matters..or Mathers most in life! This is a shot of a Cleveland icon, the William G. Mather of the Clevelnd-Cliffs Company, now a museum and attraction located by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on the North Coast of Cleveland Ohio. This was a great [...]

Four Embarcadero Center While walking around my last day of shooting  in San Fran I decided to try to get some architectural shots  from the downtown area, just west of Embarcadero drive.  I saw this gem with all the colors, the lines,  this one made its way to a favorite shot of mine from my San Francisco [...]