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Civil Lore
I’ve had the privilege of working on several cover photos for Kentucky Living Magazine since my first one in 1992.
For those of you who don’t receive the magazine in the mail, Kentucky Living is published for the state’s 26 electric cooperatives. It reaches over 500,000 households. My all-time favorite cover shot came on the front of this month’s edition. It commemorated the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, that left Kentucky divided, brother against brother, in the war against the states.
But I can only claim half of this cover. Kentucky Living graphic designer Jim Battles did a fabulous job of combining several photos, that portrayed Civil War re-enactor Chad Greene of Perryville, as both a Federal officer and a Confederate private.
Here are a few behind-the-scenes photos that we did at the Perryville Battlefield in rural Boyle County.
Some of the co-ops chose to run a cover photo from June’s Washington Youth Tour. So not everyone got to see this cover. Jim combined several photos from our shoot with Chad Greene to create this cover shot. I photographed the barn wood, that’s in the background, on my family farm on McGlone Creek in Carter County.
Jim and I took time out to get in on the action! I don’t always get to have an art director with me on photo shoots, but I requested Jim on this one, because the cover was his concept. Sometimes it’s hard to carry out someone else’s artistic concept. But, as always, Jim and I made a good team and we both came up with different angles and ideas.
Chad was a hoot! And a pleasure to work with.
Here a few light-hearted moments from the shoot.
2012 RV Trip: The Oregon Coast
Gale and Judy took us on a month-long RV trip across the southern part of the United States in the summer of 2010. We went from Stanton to Dallas, to San Diego, up to L.A., over to Vegas, on across Southern Utah and Northern Arizona, through Denver and Kansas City, and ended the trip in St. Louis.
This year’s trip started in St. Louis, and Kansas City. From there we went north through Iowa and Minnesota, to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Across the Badlands, through Montana and into Yellowstone National Park. Then back up through Idaho and Washington State to Seattle. Then down the coast of Oregon, through the Redwoods of Northern California, to San Fransisco. Over to Yosemite, Reno and Lake Tahoe, to Salt Lake City, to Cheyenne, Wyoming, across Nebraska, back to Kansas City, and we ended the trip once again at a Cardinals game in St. Louis.
*From a photographers point of view, I would love to spend several days shooting each spot that we visited. But in reality, I’m was just a tourist on this trip. So I did the best I could with the light that was in front of me.
Of the two trips, the desert southwest in Arizona and Utah is my favorite part of the United States. Especially the area in and around Page, Arizona. The coast of Oregon is definitely my second favorite. It’s not your typical ocean. The water is cold, the wind is strong, the rocks are big, and the sand dunes are as large as buildings.
2012 RV Trip: Seattle Volume II
Gale and Judy took us on a month-long RV trip across the southern part of the United States in the summer of 2010. We went from Stanton to Dallas, to San Diego, up to L.A., over to Vegas, on across Southern Utah and Northern Arizona, through Denver and Kansas City, and ended the trip in St. Louis.
This year, the plan is to start in St. Louis, and Kansas City, then go north through Iowa and Minnesota, to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Across the Badlands, through Montana and into Yellowstone National Park. Then back up through Idaho and Washington State to Seattle. Then down the coast of Oregon, through the Redwoods of Northern California, to San Fransisco. Over to Reno and Lake Tahoe, to Salt Lake City, to Cheyenne, Wyoming, across Nebraska, back to Kansas City, and we’ll end the trip once again in St. Louis.
*From a photographers point of view, I would love to spend several days shooting each spot that we visit. But in reality, I’m just a tourist on this trip. So I do the best I can with the light that is in front of me.
The family in front of Mount Rainier
Mount Rainier, 14,411 ft. above sea level
Sandal -n- Snow
Ale-8s Across America: Mount Rainier
Traveling the American West in our trusty covered wagon.
The lodge at Mount Rainier National Park
The kids loved the snow in July
Just like Top Gun!
Back in Seattle
The original Starbucks in Seattle
Seattle is home port to the fishermen of The Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch. Capt. Phil Harris’ name was one of many on the memorial at Fisherman’s Terminal.
Olympic Fencer Lee Kiefer
Lexington’s Lee Kiefer gave a good performance this morning during the Olympic’s womens fencing. Kiefer made it to the quarterfinal round in London, losing to the eventual silver medalist Arianna Errigo of Italy. At 18, she was the youngest fencing competitor. Kiefer, who recently graduated Paul Lawrence Dunbar, will be going on to fence at Notre Dame in the fall.
Here are some images that I did with Kiefer back in April at the Bluegrass Fencing Club, for this month’s Kentucky Living Magazine.
2012 RV Trip: Seattle, Volume I
Gale and Judy took us on a month-long RV trip across the southern part of the United States in the summer of 2010. We went from Stanton to Dallas, to San Diego, up to L.A., over to Vegas, on across Southern Utah and Northern Arizona, through Denver and Kansas City, and ended the trip in St. Louis.
This year, the plan is to start in St. Louis, and Kansas City, then go north through Iowa and Minnesota, to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Across the Badlands, through Montana and into Yellowstone National Park. Then back up through Idaho and Washington State to Seattle. Then down the coast of Oregon, through the Redwoods of Northern California, to San Fransisco. Over to Reno and Lake Tahoe, to Salt Lake City, to Cheyenne, Wyoming, across Nebraska, back to Kansas City, and we’ll end the trip once again in St. Louis.
*From a photographers point of view, I would love to spend several days shooting each spot that we visit. But in reality, I’m just a tourist on this trip. So I do the best I can with the light that is in front of me.
Pike Place Market lived up to it’s billing. I like cities and places that have genuine and unique culture, rather than straight up commercialism. Sometimes the two coexist together, sometimes they don’t. Cheyenne, Wyoming, as you will see in later posts, was a place where unique culture and commercialism worked together. Seattle didn’t have much commercialism, but it had a lot of culture!
Throwing fish at the world famous Pike Place Fish Market
Negotiating fish orders
There was also a lot of vegetables at The Market.
When Natalie and I first got married there was one obvious thing that we had in common. And that was our tastes in food. We truly love seafood, and are always game to try seafood that we’ve never had before. Sometimes with the kids we have to declare Marshall Law and force them to eat seafood when we are in a city that specializes in it. Here, Nat is looking at a menu at Lowell’s Seafood in Pike Place Market. Our motto is: “When in Rome…do as the Roman’s do!”
Where’s Waldo?
Ale-8s Across America: The Seattle Space Needle
Downtown Seattle and Puget Sound as seen from the Space Needle.
Self-Portrait on the Space Needle
Puget Sound
Three Space Needle soda drinks inside the Space Needle
Nolan hanging in the RV
You can take Gale away from the Boonesboro Campground, but his grill comes with him!
Judy turns the RV into a buffet of macaroni & cheese and potatoes.
Gale watches NASCAR in our campground in Kent, Washington.
When the slides are out, the RV becomes a 12×39 home on wheels.
The Webbkins game on the PS3 in the RV’s upstairs penthouse. Just joking…only rich people have two-story RVs.
Natalie maps out our next day trip to Mount Rainier.