– 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...
Parish of St Paul with St Barnabas Today we are going to visit another couple of the beautiful and, in one case charismatic, churches on my favorite Caribbean island, Antigua. The Churches of St Paul and St Barnabas are located just over a mile of each other within the parish that bears both their names: the Parish of St Paul with St Barnabas. – Click on the...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Colonial Williamsburg Coachman For over half a century, tens of thousands of Colonial Williamsburg visitors have opted for a carriage ride through the Historic Area. The horse-drawn drives are a signature experience in the restored colonial capital. The rides themselves, although the most visible, are just part...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 The Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 was a class of electric locomotive constructed by General Electric between 1934 and 1943. In all 139 were built. Built during an era when streamlining was becoming popular among the major railroads, the GG1 with its unique design found a special place...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Strawberry Schoolhouse The one room schoolhouse on Fossil Creek Road is known as the Strawberry Schoolhouse even though it is located west of the town of Strawberry, Arizona. It is the oldest standing schoolhouse in the state. Strawberry is located in North Central Arizona in what is now Gila County. The...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Goldfield Ghost Town Tractor After all the adrenaline rush of the motorcycles and spyders in the last post, I though it was time to slow things down. Maybe slow things down might be a bit of understatement as we are returning to Goldfield Ghost Town. We last visited this photo-subject intensive site in...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Coleman Powersports Today, I continue my brief reminisce of last year’s Kelby Worldwide Photowalk in Falls Church, Virginia which was so admirably lead by Richard Harrington. Our first stop was Quinn’s Auction House which was discussed in my last post. As a complete contrast to the statues of...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Happy New Year to all my visitors! For the first post of the New Year I was going to highlight the big moments on the web-site for the year. You know the drill: increase in visitors over the previous year, most visited post, etc. But then I thought, this might be of interest to me but why would this be...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Greene Hotel Having looked at the rather run-down and closed Shanklin’s Grand Theater in Ronceverte in the last post, it is now time to focus our attention on something that has been restored to its former glory. The Greene Hotel is a 14-room hotel was built in 1907 by Mrs. Henrietta Greene. The building...
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