Sometimes the long way around pays the biggest reward. I had been out driving backroads for a while when I decided to make somewhat of a U-turn on the next road and head back towards home. But halfway through the left turn, I straightened my wheels and took to climbing the hill on the dirt […]
Where Letters Once Came: Traces of Life on a Louisiana Back Road Read More »
It seems like I’m seeing more and more places like this lately (or I’m noticing them more through photography). Old homes from a bygone era are slowly being claimed by Father Time. What sticks with me most is that, at one point, this was someone’s home. Someone built a life here. That’s a big part
Fading Into the Forest: An Old Two-Story House Left Behind in Louisiana Read More »
On the same day and not far down the road from A Church With No Congregation, I noticed this abandoned structure. I’m not sure if it was an old house or some kind of general store or other ‘quick-stop’ type of place. As a matter of fact, I photographed this building first, and the morning
Back Road Scenes – A Corner Building With No Story Read More »
While riding back roads on Easter Sunday morning, I passed a country church with an empty parking lot. It struck me as odd that there were no services on Easter. The church had that old look I’m always drawn to. Worn, but not neglected. Just coming into its years is all. I proceeded down to
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While cruising back roads recently, I found myself in the perfect situation (for me at least). A low traffic area and an old country place that had me standing on the brakes like I was coming to pitt road at Martinsville Speedway. What was even better was that there were no fences. No gates. No
Back Road Scenes – A Tale in the Woods Read More »
Many of the scenes of the images I’m sharing below, I have seen (or even photographed) countless times in the past. Not only did I have an itch to scratch with new-to-me gear (Canon EOS 7D), something drew me to document them on Sunday, March 8th, 2026. So that’s what I did. These types of
Back Road Scenes – Old Countryside Things Read More »
I was quite happy with the back-road scenes I captured on a previous evening’s ride (I shared them in this post). Yet, on the morning of Sunday, March 2nd, 2026, I found some abandoned, old Americana-type frames, which are some of my very favorites. These images were created with either of 2 camera/lens combinations: a
Back Road Scenes – Mostly Forgotten Read More »
I’m going to make a better effort to publish more back road scenes here on the Louisiana Wandering website. Most of these types of images are only shared online on social media and in the ShutterCraft 101 newsletter. I typically get out at least once a week on Sundays and ride back roads looking for
Back Road Scenes – Chasing Evening Shadows Read More »
There is something magical to me about riding backroads and discovering old structures that time seems to have forgotten. Each time I find an old abandoned barn, shed, house, or other dwelling, I always wonder about its history. Whose was it? How much it meant to them and/or their family. And what happened to it?
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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,
Winter Storm Fern In North Louisiana Read More »