– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Delaplane Delaplane is a small rural community in Fauquier County, Virginia. The village came into being after the building of the Manassas Gap Railroad in 1852. Construction of the railroad began the previous year at the junction of the existing Orange and Alexandria Railroad at what became known as Manassas Junction. The railroad headed west towards Front Royal, through the Manassas Gap in the...
– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Erosion as Art I have been reading Rick Sammon’s book “Creative Visualization for Photographers”. This book is not a technique guide in the standard form. It is designed to help the photographer produce better images through ideas that may lead to better vision. Basically, the aim is to give you a better eye for an image and then post-processing it to elevate the result from a snapshot to a great...
– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Railroad Baggage Carts A couple of weeks ago we revisited the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad in Cumberland, Maryland. Whilst I was waiting for the steam locomotive to arrive I wandered around the historic depot. No matter the main attraction that takes you to something like a tourist train station, it is always worth taking some time to slowly explore the surroundings. As I was walking along...
– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Model A Ford 4-Door Convertible In the last post we took a look at creating a reasonable facsimile of the historic era represented by the preserved Western Maryland Scenic Railroad’s Baldwin Consolidation 2-8-0 Locomotive. In that particular image patience was required to achieve the desired result. Today we see the how pure luck can also play a key role in finding and creating a great image...
– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Isaiah Davenport House The Isaiah Davenport House is a historic house in Savannah, Georgia. It is located on the northwest corner of Columbia Square, one of six additional squares added to the original Oglethorpe Plan in the late 1790s. This federal-style home was built in 1820 by Isaiah Davenport for his growing household as well as a means of showing his considerable building skills. Details of...
– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – C Street Commercial Street, or C Street, as it is affectionately called, began life when the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad came to Springfield, Missouri. It bypassed the existing town and built its operating center as well as assembly and repair shops a mile north of town. A new town sprung up around the railroad...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Autumn Colors Fall is one of most photographers’ favorite times. The autumn colors are always a great subject to aim the camera at. Most of the time it is the palette of the leaves on the trees that are the main focus. However, the season brings may other wonderful sights which perfectly sum up this...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Patterson Mansion The Patterson Mansion (also known as the Patterson House) was completed in 1903. It occupies a prominent position on Dupont Circle in Washington, DC where Massachusetts Avenue joins the circle. The architect, Stanford White, had his own method of dealing with infamous non-rectangular blocks of...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – State Theatre The State Theatre in Falls Church, Virginia opened in 1936. The first film shown was Thanks A Million starring Dick Powell. It operated as a popular movie until the late 1980’s when on November 27, 1988 the doors closed for the final time after showing Die Hard starring Bruce Willis. The...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Prince William County Courthouse The courthouse for Prince William County in Northern Virginia had been located in Brentsville, a few miles south of Manassas, since 1820. Moves began in 1872 to relocate the county seat to Manassas. This first attempt, and a second in 1888, both failed. However, in August 1892 a...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Town Crier A town crier was an officer of the court who made public pronouncements as required by the court. They would also make other public announcements in the streets. They were an important means of communication as a large number of the occupants and visitors to the town could not read or write....
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Charles Sumner School The Charles Sumner School was constructed in 1872. It was designed by Adolph Cluss who was also responsible for the nearby Franklin School which we looked at in an earlier post. Adolph Cluss expanded on his revolutionary design of the Franklin School, which was completed four years...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Pullman House The Pullman House was built in 1910 for Mrs George Pullman, the wife of the the sleeping car pioneer. This magnificent French Beaux-Arts style mansion seems to have been designed to make passers-by notice the building. The huge mansard roof with its arch-topped dormer windows in the large lower...
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