– 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 – Colorful Lobster Floats Two from the archives for today’s post. These colorful lobster floats are the markers for the pots. I had been shooting the boats in Boothbay Harbor on a foggy morning. These floats were hanging on the side of a building I passed on the walk back to my car. The fog had begun to...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Spruce Forest Artisan Village For over 35 years Spruce Forest Artisan Village has been a seedbed for those wishing to learn and pursue the traditional arts and crafts of our colonial roots. It is part of the Penn Alps extended campus which was established in 1957 by Alta Schrock. Whilst teaching in Indiana,...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Lighthouse at Castillo de San Felipe del Morro Four lighthouses have served to mark the entrance to Puerto San Juan, one of the most important ports in the Spanish Empire. The first Puerto San Juan Lighthouse, and the first in all of Puerto Rico, was reportedly built in 1846 and exhibited a light using five...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Converted Freight Depot, The Railyard, Santa Fe Close to the Santa Fe railroad depot and alongside the tracks now used by the Santa Fe Southern Railway and the New Mexico Rail Runner are some of the old freight depots from the days of the ATSF which have now been converted for modern commercial use. ...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Santa Fe Railroad Depot The Santa Fe railroad depot is home to two very different railway companies: the Santa Fe Southern Railway and the New Mexico Rail Runner Express. The depot began in February 1880 when the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe (ATSF) built a spur line from Santa Fe to Lamy, New Mexico, 18 miles...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Chili Pepper Roasting As harvest season begins so does Chili Pepper Roasting. The seasonal grills pop up everywhere producing a wonderful aroma. Throughout New Mexico the open black wire cages can be found at local grocery stores and farmers markets like this one at the Santa Fe Farmers Market. You will also...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Classical Gas Museum, Embudo, New Mexico On Highway 68 at Embudo between Espanola and Taos in New Mexico can be found the Classical Gas Museum. This museum, owned and curated by Johnnie Meier, is dedicated to the great American filling station. To say the least it is a wonderland for HDR photographers. ...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Rusting Chevrolet Pick-up Truck After Monday’s mammoth post I thought I would keep today’s story as short as possible. This abandoned rusting Chevrolet Pick-up Truck was spotted as we were leaving the San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. I have some wonderful images from the San Ildefonso Pueblo,...
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