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p.1 #1 · amber | TTD | abandoned resort | |
It all started with a little sunday drive through the east end of St. Croix (an island in the virgin islands). I was driving through and stumbled upon this relic of a resort that was completely thrashed, trashed and desolate. I thought it would be the coolest thing to do a TTD with the amber (for which I was on the island to photograph her wedding on the 1st). Once in a lifetime chance to shoot at a location as cool as this? YES.
I knocked around in the neighborhood and spoke to a number of people about the resort, whom all said it was completely destroyed in hurricane Hugo in 1989. It has since sat there. Some owners purchased it 2 years ago but still have not made any plans to restore it, although some minor things have been worked on, so they say. It used to be a huge vagrant housing center until the local authorities cracked down on it. From what the neighbors said, it was a hopping place in it's hey-day, but once the 5+ category hurricane completely destroyed everything on St Croix (fascinating history about it, you should read), the hotel owners just walked away, as there would be multi million dollar repairs.
We meandered on over this afternoon and just had a blast. Bats, broken things and other oddities lined the resort. We were lucky to not have been harmed, although most of the structure is still very sound and intact. No vagrants (luckily). Just pure awesomeness. Carraig (the groom) filmed with his HD camera that might turn into part of a promo video I need to get working on.
I'm not much of a talker, but thought I'd give a little history about why I thought this place was just awesome. The more I found out about the resort, the more rich and interesting it became. Enjoy 
Hard to choose out of so many, but these are my quick favorites! I guess it's not really a TTD, but a post-wedding exploit the dress purchase session, lol.
Gear: 5D2s, 16-35L II, 24L, 50L, 85L, 70-200; AcuteB with Elinchrom Deep Octa, bare 580EX
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Here's some scenic and setup shots too 
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