Abandoned Houses of Ontario, Canada.

A collection of my favourite abandoned houses around rural ontario. From Essex to Hastings counties.

At least 3 of these are no longer there, either demolished or burned down. 

Area 53 - 2011 - Photo #36

I didn't shoot much last week. I went out to a spot in Amherstburg to shoot an approaching storm but it changed directions and I missed it. So I tried again to shoot some IR (Infrared) photos. I still haven't really figured it out, but I liked this shot of a mostly covered barn/shed.

Area 53 - 2011 - Photo #10

I managed to get a nice sunset last week. When I set out the sky was dull but I was patient and it paid off. I couldn't find a whole lot for the foreground but this old gate provided some interest. The first shot is a panorama and the bonus photo below is a closer single shot. Thanks for looking.

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Area 53 - 2011 - Photo #9

I spent many hours this week driving around looking for interesting photos. This place was the only thing remotely interesting that I found. I wasn't happy with the sunset as there were no clouds. I hate cloudless sunsets. But its better than complete cloud cover like it's been most of the time lately.


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The Farm

A few weeks ago I went out to St. Joachim, about 20 minutes out of the city. My friend's band was practicing at the drummers dad's old farm house. While I was shooting photos of them I noticed the sun setting outside. I had purposely planned to shoot some sunset photos while I was out there that night.

I grabbed my tripod and slipped out the back door for a few minutes. I headed towards the back of the property and by the time I found a place to start shooting from I could no longer hear the music pumping out of the house.

I tried shooting these the honest way, with a graduated ND filter but the angles were too much and the sunset was too bright for it to really have an effect. So I started shooting everything twice, first exposing for the sunset, then again exposing for the foreground. It took me awhile to get it right in photoshop putting them together but I finally got this one to turn out decent.

I'm still not 100% happy with it, which is why I'm posting it here and not saving it for a greater use. I have others from this shoot that I'm holding on to for the time being.


After looking through all these photos and working on them in photoshop I really got the desire to shoot more photos in the county. But first I need a car to explore in.