The air was hot and thick as I set up my camera at the foot of a turnrow somewhere north of Lake Bruin. It was hot enough to bring on a full sweat even though I was standing motionless … Continue reading
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© 2012 Frank. All rights reserved.
© 2012 Frank. All rights reserved.
Helicopter, Helicopter
I’ll try to resist the urge to crow any further about what fun I had flying in a helicopter on Monday of this week. I am working on a project for the Baton Rouge Area Foundation about coastal erosion … Continue reading
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Kate + Collin
A few weeks back I had the pleasure of photographing the wedding of the newly minted couple, Kate and Collin. The wedding took place at the house of the groom’s father. It had a beautifully maintained garden and yard … Continue reading
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A Trip to the Lake
Everyone needs to get out of town from time to time. I certainly wanted to do just that this weekend. Happily, a few friends felt the same way (and several others expressed great disappointment at not being able to … Continue reading
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8th Floor of the Storm King’s Parking Garage
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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Felder Rushing— Gardener and Iconoclast
“Sitting in the exuberantly idiosyncratic yard of his Jackson, Mississippi home, it became clear immediately that he felt that much of gardening “wisdom” could be wholly ignored. Felder began his little backyard lecture in iconoclasm thusly: “You know how … Continue reading
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Circle the Food Trucks
In all the recent dustup over food trucks in Baton Rouge, it might be easy to forget what a great sense of community they are able to generate. A local councilman (and brick and mortar restaurant owner who has … Continue reading
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Bulb Pilgrimage, Another Year
My mother, Ashley Fox-Smith, her Aunt Edna and I visited David Atkins again this year and were again generously gifted with a pirate’s trove of heirloom bulbs. While the ladies in question got a wide variety of bulbs, I … Continue reading
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Crawfish and Butternut Squash Soufflé
Crawfish and Roasted Butternut Squash Soufflé 2 Large Butternut Squash 1lb Crawfish Tails 1 Yellow Onion, Chopped 1 Golden Bell Pepper, Chopped 1 Red Bell Pepper, Chopped 2 tbsp Garlic, minced 2 tbsp Ginger, minced 1 tsp Dry, Spicy Mustard … Continue reading
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That’s a Lot of Focal Lengths
Okay, so what do these images show? Mainly they show the differences in distortion, magnification, angle of view and image quality of the lenses that I have in my stable. I performed the test to, as closely as possible, … Continue reading
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Tethered Photography with Aperture and a Canon 5D MKII
I’m new to tethered shooting and I mean totally new, as in, just tried it for the first time yesterday new. On a recent photo shoot I was using a white balance card with a focus resolving square and … Continue reading
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Linguine with a Crawfish, Mushroom and Tarragon Cream Sauce
Originally, this weeks post for Country Roads’ Good Feast blog was going to be about my love of vintage Pyrex. But, with crawfish season just around the corner, they decided to run my recipe and pictures of a dish I … Continue reading