The weekend of January 24th and 25th, 2026, North Louisiana, along with large portions of surrounding areas and states, was hit with a massive ice storm. The amount of ice that fell is typically unprecedented for this area. I’m guesstimating around 6 inches (or more) of accumulation over Saturday and Sunday. As you can imagine, […]
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While visiting my in-laws during the 2025 Christmas holidays, I had the opportunity to photograph a pair of classic Dodge trucks. One was a green 1949 model, and the other was a red 1950 model. Both were in fantastic shape, still running, and drivable. I’ve never been a ‘car guy’, so to speak. But I
Waiting is a shared experience. If you think about it, we have all had to wait for something at some point. Waiting is part of life, then it seems. Over the last couple of years, I’ve created documentary-style images of scenes that reminded me of growing up in Ruston, Louisiana. A significant portion of this
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The general theme for this documentary project is to photograph areas and subjects of interest along US state-named streets that correlate to the state. This could be directly or indirectly. Be sure and read the opening article in this series, The States of Ruston – Carolina Ave, to learn more. I know what comes to
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While looking through some old(er) photos in my hard drive storage, I came across these shots of a classic car I took on November 23rd, 2024. I’d never seen a Country Squire model before, and while pumping gas next to the owner (who turns out I wound up knowing – in a sense), I asked
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I used to deer hunt some when I was younger, but haven’t really made the effort in years. Bass fishing is my favorite hobby and pastime (along with photography), so that’s where I spend my “free time”. However, I have some relatives and close friends who have been in a longstanding hunting club that I
I’ve driven through Grand Cane, Louisiana, more times than I can count. Ever since my first time through, I knew there was a small ‘main street’ area with several older brick buildings and storefronts, but I never really took the time to look at them in depth. Plus, in those days, I wasn’t too much
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I’ve had an idea for a photography project centered around streets in Ruston, Louisiana, that are named after a state in the US, for a while now. The overall premise is to document and photograph areas and subjects of interest along that street that may directly (or indirectly) relate to that particular state. Today, I
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I recall buying high-protein dog food for my male Rottweiler from O’Neal’s feed store as a young adult in the mid-90s. As best as I can remember, those goods were sold one building over to the west (same lot, on the left) from the structure I am sharing pictures of in this article. At one
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After I photographed 4 interesting old buildings at the intersection in Keachi, I made my way over to the historical Confederate Cemetery. There is something (eerily) intriguing about standing amongst 100 graves of Confederate Army Civil War soldiers, many of whom fought – and died – in the Battle of Mansfield. You can learn more
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