June 30, 2026 – SkipWilliams.com

Long Pond at Dawn

I had long heard of this place in Northern NJ, Long Pond Ironworks State Park and had to visit. I got up a 4:30am last fall 2025 and trucked up there about 50 miles north of me and found the place in the dark. Next time I’ll go a tiny bit earlier. I bumbled my way down the water’s edge along a trail only about 50 yards from the parking lot and set up to wait for the light to change. After about 10-15 minutes I hear someone and another photographer walks down and we chat for a few minutes. […]

Rusty Logos

Auto Graveyard, Urban Decay / June 30, 2026

A lovely day at the Aircraft and Auto Graveyard in southern NJ with tons and tons of subjects to spend time on. This is a smattering of the great subjects at this early morning shoot. There were logos everywhere. What draws photographers to rust, decay, and imperfection? For me, it’s a source of geometric forms, light, and color. And what are photos but just manifestations of those elements? I heard a podcast today where the host was talking about Steven Shore’s book The Nature of Photographs. Discussed here among other places. His aesthetic guideline was to break photos down into

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