Tag Archives: Livingston Parish

Seafood Platter © 2011 . All rights reserved.

Kevin’s Cajun Seafood

“You don’t have to look very far in south Louisiana to find a good place to eat fried seafood, but the list of places that do it really well is fairly short. To this list I would add Kevin’s Cajun … Continue reading

Bear Island Cemetery No 3 © 2011 . All rights reserved.

Bear Island Cemetery

Buried deep in south Livingston Parish is the Bear Island Cemetery. It sits on a small rise north of Black Lake, an appendage of the larger Lake Maurepas. This aging and falling-in collection of headstones is one of the last … Continue reading

Oak Tree, Carter Plantation © 2011 . All rights reserved.

A Very Live Oak

  California has the Redwoods. Utah and Nevada have the Joshua Trees. In Louisiana, we have three iconic trees— the Magnolia, the Cypress and the Live Oak. We get so used to seeing them that only the most exceptional example … Continue reading

Moonlight Inn © 2011 . All rights reserved.

Bayview Tavern and The Moonlight Inn

  The project I am currently working on for the Livingston Parish Convention and Visitors Bureau is just the sort of project that I love. It is wide open. Of course, they want me to photograph plenty of specific sights … Continue reading

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Beyond the Loblolly Pines

  “As a citizen of Baton Rouge, you could be forgiven for not realizing the beauty of Livingston Parish. Unless your high school sports team traveled to play Denham Springs High then it is possible that your only experiences with … Continue reading

Sharecropper's House © 2011 . All rights reserved.

The Structures of Lower Livingston Parish

  I woke up at 4:30 AM to try to catch the sunrise at Tin Lizzy’s on the Tickfaw River. Unfortunately, my estimations of where the sun was going to rise in relation to where I could shoot from were … Continue reading

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Louis J Kimbal Store, 1946

  I am spending a good portion of the next week or so photographing around Livingston Parish. As a soon to be published article I wrote for Country Roads explains, it is full of interesting things that I was ignorant … Continue reading

A Good Day in the Swamp © 2011 . All rights reserved.

Time and Tide (181)

    I had a great day yesterday riding around Black Lake, Maurepas and Blind River with the head of tourism for Livingston Parish, Eric Edwards. I have to admit that I was pretty ignorant about all the meandering and … Continue reading