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A strong cell of thunder and lightning storms rolled in around 11PM last night. We get a lot of lighting down here during the summer, but very little of it is good to photograph because it is generally accompanied … Continue reading
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There has been chatter around astrophotography message boards for some time now that a photographer can partially eliminate “sky glow” from the night images with a relatively cheap Hoya filter called a red intensifier. It is touted as the … Continue reading
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A little over a decade ago I was digging a hole in my back yard. The plan was to put in some footings for a bridge across the small canal behind my house. During the process a friend who … Continue reading
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It has been a few days since I posted anything here. Rather than make excuses about being busy or complaining about the heat, let me just apologize. I have some interesting projects coming up and lots of pictures that … Continue reading
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This would be the point when I would normally lead off with an anecdote (preferably featuring my mother) then try to work back around into an allusion to the “stop and smell the flowers” cliche without coming right out … Continue reading
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I spent yesterday photographing houses in north Beauregard Town for a project that the civic association is doing. I have mentioned it here before but the idea is to have a walking tour of interesting sights in different areas of … Continue reading
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I, like everyone else in south Louisiana, have been suffering under some pretty intense allergies. But after two days of laying around on daytime and nighttime and all around time anti-histamines, I decided it was time for a long … Continue reading
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One of the ancillary benefits of living in a predominately African-American neighborhood is the preponderance of immaculately maintained vintage cars. I am willing to admit that the reserved Protestant in me is occasionally unnerved by the volume of music … Continue reading
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The Reverend Edmore Jordan, root-man, former US Air Force service member and my neighbor for the past 12 years likes to fish. He seems to prefer to do it in the Spring, or that is when he likes to … Continue reading
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When I first reconstructed the 1890′s Greek-Revival shotgun that I still live in 13 years ago I had no idea what I was doing. I didn’t know anything about architecture, less about carpentry and nothing about landscape design. With … Continue reading
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Baton Rouge is no East Village, New York in the hot summer, but whenever I see a hydrant running I am reminded of those shots in movies where kids play in the cool spray. In this case the city … Continue reading
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This is an edited version of a shot that I took to illustrate the usefulness of graduated filters. When I get a chance I am going to put the original shots together and post them up here on the … Continue reading