This week’s gallery is some new Americana work. Some photos from the Tuesday Trekkin’ trip last week finished and ready to print.
The Weekly Photo Challenge is Rounded. It’s what I love about cities and towns, those curves that lead us around the corner. You can’t see past it. What’s waiting there? Just around the corner.
The weekly photo challenge is glow. I love to back light things with a sunset or sunrise to give it a natural glow. Sometimes I do enhance it a bit.
Our first official Tuesday trek is a nearby small town called Clinton, TN. Historic Clinton is home to a hundred thousand antique shops and fifty hundred churches. No, just kidding. But there are a lot of both there. We scoped out breakfast options before going and there weren’t too many options in the downtown area since all the places did not really open until 11am. We settled on Amelia’s Cafe since it was the only one open early and it did say they had breakfast. So, off to Clinton we went.
Amelia’s Cafe is inside the Cadence Craft and Trade Emporium. They had some cool stuff and very decent prices. Unfortunately, we are broke and have no where to put anything in our house, so we did not buy anything. There was no one at the cafe counter. We walked around for a few minutes and I spotted someone upstairs. I went up and asked if there was anyone working the cafe and if they had breakfast. Turns out the guy who runs the cafe was also helping someone find a part in another universe or possibly just another part of the store. But the guy I found was willing to help us. He told us he could make us bacon and eggs with toast. Perfect.
A few minutes later, he said, “I have bad news about the eggs.”
“Oh?” I asked, Walt was walking around looking at the goodies in the store.
“It seems they’ve all been boiled for making potato salad later,” he said, “but I can make you BLTs?”
“With cheese?” Because all I really want out of life is cheese.
“Of course,” he answered.
One of the best BLT with cheese that I have ever had. The bread was fresh and the tomatoes were perfect. He made me a latte and it was primo. We had to wait for the other guy to reappear before we could pay. But no worries, it was great!
There is a moral to this story. When you travel, whether it is across the world or just down the road, be patient, be open, and ready to compromise.
After Amelia’s we walked around town for a bit so I could take pictures of this great, little picturesque town. We decided to drive around a little and see if there was anything else we might want to investigate. We found the Green McAdoo Cultural Center. This is a museum dedicated to the Clinton 12. The first 12 black students to attend Clinton High School in 1956, after it was desegregated by court order. Look for a blog about this awesome place soon!
As I’ve said before, I like to experiment with my photos. I might revisit a photo weeks, months, or years later. Recently, I’ve been on a black and white kick. Sometimes, I like the black and white version better, sometimes, not really. I’d love to hear which version you like!
Purchase any of these as prints.
The weekly photo challenge is Scale. The over sized Gothic churches and cathedrals of Europe are a great example of this. With their massive columns, two and three story stained glass windows, and soaring painted ceilings, they make me feel tiny in comparison.
All photos are available as prints in my gallery.
In addition to my other galleries, I have a gallery on Society6.com. This is a small sample of some the wall clocks available in my shop at Society 6. Click here to visit my gallery there.
Images from towns and cities in the US. Some are historic buildings or locations. A few are local landmarks. All are pure Americana.
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The Weekly Challenge this week is Pedestrian. Which could mean lacking inspiration or dull. It could also mean people walking.
In big cities, it’s pretty easy to find pedestrians. It seems everyone walks to work and to play.
In fact, I would say that without the people these places would be pedestrian.
A gallery of night or dusk images that have been featured on Fine Art America through specific groups.
Click here to see these and other night time images in my gallery.
