What else would you do when you are near a body of water?
(c) 2009 Scott Everett
Sunday, April 26, 2009
More from Joe Wheeler
Sorry for the interlude. I took a bunch of photos at the state park while we were in Alabama. Same day, second photo post.
What else would you do when you are near a body of water?
(c) 2009 Scott Everett
What else would you do when you are near a body of water?(c) 2009 Scott Everett
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Trip log to resume shortly
Apologies, but these last couple days I haven't really been feeling well. I'm starting to come down with a little bug and have been exhausted at night. As a matter of fact, I crashed on the couch the other night and didnt' wake up until 15 minutes before my alarm was set to go off.
Anyway, here's a shot of Andrew taken by my dad during our trek to TN. You'll notice that this was the set-up for two shots I published in the previous post (#10 and #11). Dad set this up, I took it from the side, and Andrew made dad take the same position so he could take the shot.
(Shhh. Don't tell anyone I posted this from work!)
(c) 2009 Scott Everett
Anyway, here's a shot of Andrew taken by my dad during our trek to TN. You'll notice that this was the set-up for two shots I published in the previous post (#10 and #11). Dad set this up, I took it from the side, and Andrew made dad take the same position so he could take the shot.
(Shhh. Don't tell anyone I posted this from work!)
(c) 2009 Scott Everett
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Joe Wheeler
After wandering Lawrenceburg for a little while, we got in the car and drove around the area, exploring. We ended up at Joe Wheeler State Park in Rogersville, AL where we spend the early afternoon romping and playing.
This shot was taken by Andrew with my camera after my dad took the same one of him:
(c) 2009 Scott Everett
This shot was taken by Andrew with my camera after my dad took the same one of him:
(c) 2009 Scott Everett
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Lawrenceburg, TN
Some of you may know already, but, at the beginning of the month, Andrew and I took a trip east to meet my Dad in Tennessee. I picked Lawrenceburg solely because it was exactly halfway between Warrenton, VA and Waco, TX. I knew nothing about the town when I made the plans.
The trip out was pretty uneventful. We left on Friday, April 3 and I think Andrew was mostly excited because we got doughnuts on the way out of town; talk about a doughnut-ivore! FYI, the welcome center in Texarkana, AR has a playground and they give the kids small highway maps. That map served as a springboard for all of our travels that weekend. He tracked our progress across the entire state of AR, even though there were only three markers the entire length of I40 through the state on his map.
We hit the welcome center in Memphis, TN and got him another map that he monitored most of the way to Lawrenceburg. I don't know when he started not sleeping in the car, but he only took a 15 minute nap throughout the course of the 12 hour drive.
Anyway, on Saturday, we explored Lawrencebug a little. It is a strange little town. It really seems to be a layover between Nashville, TN and Birmingham, AL. They have a really well maintained downtown square except for one thing; when we were there, the entire greenscape was littered with "Cash for Gold" signs - disappointing. All of these photos were taken in or around the old square.
Here's an amusing aside. I find it truly amazing what a camera can do. While we were out making photographs, there were at least 3 groups of people watching us to see what we were doing. None of this seemed in the least bit like suspicious questioning, but rather an honest curiosity. At one point, we were shooting a vignette in a forgotten doorway and one woman came up behind us, looked for a moment, and, as she walked away said, "I was just wondering what you were taking pictures of." Another woman with her daughter and grandkids came up to us just to talk about the town and the area. This may speak as much about the people in the area, but I have encountered this pretty much wherever I have been. If you look like you know what you are doing with a camera and have it pointed somewhere different, people will treat you as if you are professional. You should see it when you add a business card to the mix ...
(c) 2009 Scott Everett
The trip out was pretty uneventful. We left on Friday, April 3 and I think Andrew was mostly excited because we got doughnuts on the way out of town; talk about a doughnut-ivore! FYI, the welcome center in Texarkana, AR has a playground and they give the kids small highway maps. That map served as a springboard for all of our travels that weekend. He tracked our progress across the entire state of AR, even though there were only three markers the entire length of I40 through the state on his map.
We hit the welcome center in Memphis, TN and got him another map that he monitored most of the way to Lawrenceburg. I don't know when he started not sleeping in the car, but he only took a 15 minute nap throughout the course of the 12 hour drive.
Anyway, on Saturday, we explored Lawrencebug a little. It is a strange little town. It really seems to be a layover between Nashville, TN and Birmingham, AL. They have a really well maintained downtown square except for one thing; when we were there, the entire greenscape was littered with "Cash for Gold" signs - disappointing. All of these photos were taken in or around the old square.
Here's an amusing aside. I find it truly amazing what a camera can do. While we were out making photographs, there were at least 3 groups of people watching us to see what we were doing. None of this seemed in the least bit like suspicious questioning, but rather an honest curiosity. At one point, we were shooting a vignette in a forgotten doorway and one woman came up behind us, looked for a moment, and, as she walked away said, "I was just wondering what you were taking pictures of." Another woman with her daughter and grandkids came up to us just to talk about the town and the area. This may speak as much about the people in the area, but I have encountered this pretty much wherever I have been. If you look like you know what you are doing with a camera and have it pointed somewhere different, people will treat you as if you are professional. You should see it when you add a business card to the mix ...
(c) 2009 Scott Everett
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
Back to the museum
The other day Andrew asked to go to the Mayborn Children's Museum. When we got there, he postponed the train exhibit (!) in lieu of the natural history exhibit. He's never done that before. As a matter of fact, I've had to drag him in there just so that I could see it.
At the exit of the natural history exhibit is this cool depiction of a caterpillar's metamorphosis. Along the wall are sketches of the development of the butterfly and suspended from the ceiling is a large adult butterfly. It's pretty cool.
(c) 2009 Scott Everett
At the exit of the natural history exhibit is this cool depiction of a caterpillar's metamorphosis. Along the wall are sketches of the development of the butterfly and suspended from the ceiling is a large adult butterfly. It's pretty cool.
(c) 2009 Scott Everett
Thursday, April 16, 2009
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