StaticSparks

Found this old machine out in the woods, not really sure what is was for but I thought it was pretty interesting.

Wandering around in Cardin, OK with a friend on the Tar Creek Superfund Site, we came upon this pretty little shack. It’s always fun to go out shooting with others and get a new perspective on familiar areas… kind of helps to push your limits and get outside your “normal” box so to speak.

On the way home this Sunday from a gymnastics meet in Cabot, AR, we stopped in Clarksville, AR at McDonalds for a little break and noticed a nice looking trail leading out of the parking lot. Turned out to be quite a nice trail; paved and 1.8 miles long and part of a city park. This neat old bridge was very near the trail-head and I just had to get a shot of it.

On older gentleman walked up to me and was trying to ask me something, but he was so hard to understand that I couldn’t really figure out what he was wanting or looking for…? He finally gave up and walked off. Something about looking for his hunting partner who was somewhere near in the woods. It was a little bizarre.

I rarely shoot a photo of myself, so here is one. This was on a really cold day out shooting in a town called Picher, OK. Picher is a town that has recently been purchased by the United States Government due to a large mining disaster that caused the water and soil to become contaminated with high concentrations of lead and zinc. The children of this area as late as 2009 were found to have high levels of both in their systems so the US Government stepped in and deemed the area the largest superfund site in the country. Many of the elderly citizens were convinced that the government was really making them move so that it could lay claim to the rich mineral content of the land underneath the town.

This was a really eerie place to shoot, dark and abandoned with a sense of danger at every corner.

Went to the Oklahoma Aquarium in Jenks, OK to do a little Jellyfishing… It’s a pretty nice aquarium to visit. The kids had lots of fun touching the rays and little sharks.

An old stairwell from the 50′s in Barnhill Arena at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR.

Very interesting rocks on Beaver Lake in Northwest Arkansas. They kind of remind me of dinosaur bones.

One evening just before sunset with stormy skies, we spent some time driving around the Badlands National Park. It’s a pretty nice park with some amazing colors and gorgeous scenery even though it is kind of in the middle of nowhere, it was really better than we expected.

This old shack is nearly lost to the world. It’s in a state of disrepair and slated for destruction. A little spooky and forelorne.

I was all set up with the tripod ready, waiting for the perfect time to press the trigger, when someone tapped me on the shoulder. I turned around and there was the ghost of Jessie James just sitting on his horse giving me a bewildered look. I explained to him what I was up to and he just said "cool" and disappeared.