– 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 – Pine Grove Covered Bridge The Pine Grove Covered Bridge spans the East Branch of the Octoraro Creek creating a link between Lancaster and Chester Counties in Pennsylvania. This Burr Arch Truss design bridge is the only double span covered bridge in either county still in use. It is also the longest covered...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – National D-Day Memorial Seventy years ago the largest single day amphibious assault in history took place. By the end of the day 156,000 men had landed in Normandy. This was to be one of the most significant moments of the Second World War, and marked the point when the combined military force of the Western...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Checker Marathon Cab The Checker Marathon automobile was produced by the Checker Motors Corporation of Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was introduced in September 1960 for the 1961 model year. With the exception of the United States government mandated 5 mph bumpers in 1974 and ongoing mechanical changes, the Marathon...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Point of Rocks Point of Rocks in Frederick County Maryland has always been an important crossroads. Located on the north banks of the Potomac River, the Native Americans used the area for a major north-south and east-west river crossing as well as lodging and hunting. They were followed by the European traders...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Cosmos Club The Cosmos Club is located in the Richard T. Townsend House on Embassy Row in Washington DC. The building was designed by Carrère and Hastings in the Beaux Arts French style which heavily influenced the architecture in the United States in the period from 1880 to 1920. This free-standing building,...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Boardman House The Boardman House on the corner of 18th and P Streets, NW in Washington DC now houses the consular offices of the Embassy of Iraq. This building was originally designed in 1893 for Mabel Boardman, the American philanthropist best known for her involvement with the American Red Cross. The...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Barrackville Covered Bridge The Barrackville Covered Bridge is a single-span modified Burr arch truss wooden covered bridge on a dry-laid sandstone abutment. It was Built in 1853 by Eli & Lemuel Chenoweth. The total length of the truss is 146′-3″ with a clear span length of 131′-8″....
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Farmers Daughter Boutique Farmers Daughter Boutique is this amazingly decorated building I found whilst walking around Wytheville in South West Virginia after visiting the County Court House. It sells custom picture framing, women’s clothing, handbags & accessories, jewelry, home decor and a whole lot...
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