F & R Scaffolds


Back in 2010 I was walking down 22nd Street when I came across F&R Scaffolds next to Proveedora Jiron. I was drawn in by the faint ghost lettering of a previous business, Lobster Factory, barely noticeable under the paint. In this image I continue to try to work 1/87 human figures into the shot without […]

A-1 Farmers Choice


A-1 Farmers Choice and International Freight was located on the far west end of the switchback. At the time I started rail fanning the line in ’06 it was still receiving cars on a fairly consistent basis. That tapered off and eventually dried up several years later. A decade ago I shot a similar version […]

11th Ave. Facing West


Some photo shoots fall together in an hour and give you the perfect ten as far as images go. Then there are those like the one above that you have to really fight with to get something even remotely useable. The problem with this shot was getting the lighting in position which, in the end, […]

Walking The Tracks


This scene was shot on the layout from 14th Avenue facing eastward down the tracks with my iPhone 6sPlus. Man that thing has a damn good camera on it when it comes to model photography. I also tried getting this shot using the iPhone13. As I moved the focal points, it kept jumping among the […]

Jesus Saves South Appliances!


Sadly, not even Jesus, or Allah, or any other deity for that matter could save South Appliances, once located at 1395 22nd Street, NW in Miami. It went belly up sometime in ’07. Located adjacent to the Downtown Spur at the corner of 14th Avenue and 22nd Street two things made it unique. First was […]