Tag: rural
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The Rural Decay Photo Ops in the South
I have a few projects I’m kicking off on my blog and one of them is The Rural Decay Project. I’ve been interested in this topic for a while now, and have made some loose attempts at photographically capturing these images but until recently without much cohesiveness that one needs to tell a story. One…
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Don’t Include Power Lines in Your Photography
Since January I’ve spent a good bit of time reading and re-reading all of Eric Kim’s books on street photography. There is so much practical real world advise in each one of his books that they are probably the few collection of books I’ve read multiple times. While we share different philosophies on life, we…
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Rural Decay Exploration of Old Schoolhouse
Perhaps a little known fact about me is I really love the unique beauty of urban decay. In the south, as is the case virtually all over the world, you see abandon buildings, houses, and various different structures that are being reclaimed by nature. You’ve heard of “urban decay photography,” sometimes referred to as urban…
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Don’t Worry the Revival is Canceled on Church Signs of the Week
It’s Friday, and since we didn’t go anywhere exciting today other than to drive over to Columbus, my Friday Feet pic is rather boring, but there were some “great” church signs along the way as usual. I have a pretty additive habit-hobby of church sign reading, sometimes it’s just like train wreck TV, you just…
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Alabama Rural Ministries Make a Difference Day :: Photos
Make a Difference Day was this past Saturday which was a mission work day on several houses in the rural Alabama area. A group of volunteers from our church sponsored work on one of the houses and everyone was blessed to be around and help a family in Hurtsboro. According to Alabama Rural Ministries: In…
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Helping Alabama Rural Ministries Building a New Deck
Today I went to shoot some of the youth working with the Alabama Rural Ministries (ARM), where they were working to build a deck and wheelchair ramp for a house a little ways outside Auburn. I realized when I got there that I had the easy job, to shoot the action. The rest of the…
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