Today I ventured around the "old south" also known as Green Cove Springs with my friend and simultaneous modeling victim. It's a trip I've been wanting to take for over a year. Green Cove may not be the most glamorous place in the world, but it boasts amazing finds, like old movie theaters, shacks, and silos, as well as farmland and dirt roads. The good, true parts of the South that remind me how deeply I am connected to my Tennessee ancestors. I asked her to grab her cowboy boots and hat and we took off down the road, stopping as we found inspiring backdrops. It was a lot of fun. I still don't really know what I'm doing with portrait photography, so I just follow my gut. And, it's a little easier when you already have a relationship with the setting and characters.
We came across a beautiful old dirt road shaded on both sides by huge oaks. We found horse farms and cows in a pasture. We stopped off at a log cabin, and an old store. We visited a graveyard with inhabitants who missed the turn of the century- last century. We hung out on the steps of an old church. Then headed downtown, where we used an old storefront full of garbage and antique toys as scenery, as well as the old movie theater next door that still has the separate entrances that defined segregation. All these things are part of our past, and part of us.
I love old things because they are so full of life. So many lives. From so long ago. They inspire a feeling in me of connection to something greater. Something unknown, yet familiar. Something mysterious. Something amazing.
This is a shot we got next to an old dilapidated store. I love this one. I love that the history of Green Cove still stands, and that not all of it has gone the way of the strip mall. I will be putting together a collection from today's shoot on my flickr site in the next few days, if you would like to view more. The address is: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dewindesigns/
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This was one of my favorites!
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