Sleepy MIssissippi

I was in Mississippi 2 weeks ago. Part of my South East immersion experience. We drove from Pensacola, FL to New Orleans, Memphis and Mississippi. With my camera in tow I took a lot of pictures. Some of them you have already seen in my past posts.

I am loving this whole experience. I got to see a chunk of this vast world and tried to capture what I could. Having been in Photography Limbo for a few years I am having to relearn what was taught to me in college. That was 10 years ago! I could still smell the sourness of the darkroom. I could feel the touch of film in my hands while I roll it in the canister fully blind. Ahhh...and seeing for the first time how a blank paper leaked of shades of black and gray in a tray of pungent liquid. An artist's adventure (Yeah, I'm calling myself that).

I have been reading materials about this subject lately. In the 10 years that I have been gone I know a lot has changed. The changes passed me by and now I am trying to catch up. My first HDR is in this post. I want this blog to be a documentation of my journey. A collection of images progressing to the point when I call call myself a photographer. For those who know a lot more than I do I encourage you to drop me comments about my images. Critiques are welcome, in fact, I encourage a no holds barred analysis of my images. I am an empty bucket for suggestions. Whether for materials to read, tricks to do or corrections to make, anything that could arm me to create photographic perfection.

Now lets see what we got from sleepy Mississippi. Sleepy in a good way. As a farming state good captures here are not that hard to come by. From the break of dawn...

to the golden peek of the sun.

Until the colors of autumn present themselves.



We all must love the folks of small town. Peace Brotha!


Here's one of them fishing for bait.

I went to a towns called Glen Allen, Arcola and Greenville. All near Lake Washington and the mighty Mississippi river. Home to these ducks.

The sunset could not be ignored either.


And now folks. Here's my first HDR. Not sure if I did everything correct but I sure tried. This image processing is all new to me and anything you can contribute to my growth will be appreciated. We are all brothers the moment we pick that camera. So why don't you teach a young brother here something.

Now I will get back on my reading. Up ahead, I see Mickey and the gang to grace my space.