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 […]
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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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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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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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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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Recently I went back to Keachi, Louisiana, for a second visit. This time, I brought one of my cameras with me to document some of the interesting, historical buildings and structures. Although I spent more time there this time around than in my previous pass-through visit, there is still a lot to see, learn about,
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This old gymnasium at an abandoned school in Chatham, Louisiana caught my attention here recently while out Sunday riding. I shot these pictures in RAW and used Nikon NX Studio to adjust the exposure a bit and set the color profiles to Bleached. I like how they turned out. I don’t normally edit my images
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I have photographed this old country church before, but I was never really happy with the results. While driving nearby backroads today, I decided to try again. I’m not sure if it is active or when the last services were (they weren’t having any on this particular Sunday morning while I was there). It may
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