Not too cheesy, I do not have much experience in shooting people other than my nephew or for poses and such, so to me, this may have not been the best or the intention, but it came out nice still. He's impossible to get still for more than a few seconds, but how can you when you're in a pretty place like Buck Creek?! I know some might not think a river dam is pretty, but it's home. You learn to love it and find the beauty in it regardless.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
TamBradyLook
I like this image. They looked off at something, I'm not sure what, but Im sure it was something beautiful or interesting because that day was almost like those cheesy scenes in movies where butterflies land on you and flowers sing or something. It was just a nice day, and you couldn't help but smile. I also like the fact that even if my sister or other people consider this a portrait, it was an unplanned one that just seems more natural to me than those awkward fake smiling poses that most people go for. My sister of course hounded me into taken some of her and Braden doing the said awkward fake smiling poses...sigh. Shortlived, but still fun.
Bridge
My sister, nephew, my sister's friend David and dog Roxie, and I decided to visit Buck Creek in Helena, Alabama one beautiful day. This place is kind of nostalgic because I also used to hang out down under this bridge and out by the river dam seen in the background when I was in high school.
Labama door in Kentuck
Across from Marys Cakes and Pastries Shop in the Kentuck shopping area. Probably one of my favorite Black and White 35 mm film photographs so far.
Kentuck
Black and White 35mm film photograph taken by the shops near Kentuck in Northport? I believe.
Dying wall tree
These photographs of Capitol Park in Tuscaloosa were done in Black and White Medium Format Film.
Capitol Park- Tuscaloosa
Finally went to a new place locally! I heard about Capitol Park, where they moved the remains of the former Capitol Building? of Tuscaloosa to a place downtown. There are low walls left with trees and plants sprouting out of them.
max'smarker
I discovered that my Great Uncle, whom I met a weekend or two before this trip, had placed his own marker to label his plot right next to his wife, who died the previous year. It's very weird to plan your resting place to me. I understand wanting to be near your loved ones, but the thought of no longer existing in this world is terrifying to me. I know I'll probably go through the same things he was, or my father had or my mother did, but I cant help my wish to live forever still.
makeshiftgrave
I'm guessing someone could not afford a proper headstone or maybe wanted to honor this person differently by placing these broken slabs and rocks around the plot. This is located in the same place as the Fowler family plots in Dothan, Alabama.
Loversleap_0072
This is underneath the Bluffs at Lovers' Leap in Hoover, Alabama. My friends and I used to hang out on top of the cliffs sometimes throughout high school. It is a very pretty place and there is now a restaurant pit stop opened at the lookout point over the "mountains" located off to the side of the cliffs. (There are no mountains, just lots of trees and very big hills...that do not impose as mountains) It was a very pretty day that day I shot Lovers' Leap, this was a densely forested spot though so it's a little dark.
hatman
Crazy HatMan at Homestead Hollow in Springville, Alabama. He's actually really nice, just an interesting eccentric. I think he was located where they are making homemade soap.
countrystore
This is the country store at Tannehill Park. It has a Coca-Cola label on the side and there are RVs and campsites all behind and around this store.
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I followed my nephew around as he explored the deserted lots by our townhouse. Looking at the picture, though, seems to place us in the middle of nowhere (which technically there's not much nearby except for Walmart and a few fast food joints). He looks pretty determined to go somewhere..
rockbraden
My nephew on a rock at Tannehill.We were about to go get some homemade ice cream at their country store.
woodenspokes
Wheel spoke at the Tannehill Ironworks National State Park. This was located by the blacksmiths.
trundlepotter
I'm pretty sure I have not posted this photo yet. This guy (his name slips my mind at this second..) is one of the only people left (and probably the youngest) that uses a trundle wheel for his pottery. He makes those face jugs that learned about in Globalization class last spring. He builts wheels into so that he could transport it around because he is alone. He was one of many artists at the Helen Keller Festival during the summer.
Images of travel journal -they posted in backwards...ooops...
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| from an outline I was going to use for my blog. Invasion? was about how traveling may concern people of others invading their homeland with outside products, ideas, beliefs, and ways of living, potentially harming them. I am not traveling to a foreign country so I am not creating a culture shock, but it's nice to consider that other people even in your homeland can choose to live differently deliberately so respect that. |
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| They were having some sort of fund raising for writing or something in the ferguson center, so a guy wrote me a poem on anything I wanted in a couple of minutes for 50 cents. I told him to write about traveling the U.S. Jeb "Sweetness" Coffee or Caffee. It was nice. |
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| some brochures for your informational pleasure. |
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| map of Tannehill Ironworks State Park |
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| idea for a layout of photos. |
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| directions to my Fowler family plot in Dothan, Alabama. |
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| more lovely brochures. |
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| how to save money for the student traveler! They suggest lots of snacks and finding cheap gas. |
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| The Helen Keller Art Festival and their attending artists. I also saw an African Core Drumming group. |
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| Do not use Travelocity is now my very personal opinion. They lie and then try to make you pay for the room you signed up for even though your hotel does not have any that exists. My sister and I had a long late night discussion with the hotel owners about Travelocity not agreeing to their motto "we will make it right". |
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| Helen Keller Festival map |
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| things to do in Tuscumbia, Alabama during Helen Keller Festival. |
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| What I saw during Destin trip. |
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| Things I wanted to do or people I wanted to visit and shoot photos of. Ryan is my little cousin from a family of 9 kids (about to be 10!). He's the second oldest but I feel closer to him because he seemed to be having a rough time for a bit and he has always had a special place in my heart. The last time I saw him he was being pushed off from his baseball team and was very upset. We email each other sometimes now and he is now playing varsity for a high school while he's still in middle school! There's just something special about him. |
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| researching some photography history. |
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| Trying to wonder about why I want to travel elsewhere so badly led me to wondering why I run away from people or difficult and new experiences sometimes. So I wrote a sort of poem (read someone that everyone should write bad poetry because it can help you resolve issues : ) ). |
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