| In Black and White |
| Kodachrome They give us those nice bright colors, They give us the greens of summer, Makes us think all the world's a sunny day. I've got a Nikon camera, I love to take a photograph, So please don't take my Kodachrome away. |
| There's another line in Paul Simon's Kodachrome, "Everything looks worse in black and white." I couldn't disagree more! Everything being equal, I much prefer B&W photographs, especially in photography as an art form. The subject comes alive in the stark contrast of dark and light. A talented photographer can use the shadows to define and re-define a shot. The most inconspicuous detail in textures will stand out. Shapes take on personalities. There's a richness that can't always be found in color photography. Okay, I'm a little prejudiced, but a picture's worth a thousand words, so a webpage full of pictures should be worth quite a bit more. I'll stop typing, so you can start enjoying the photographs! Nancy |
| As evening splendors fade from skies afar, The Night pins on her dark robe with a large bright star, And the moon hangs like a high-thrown scimitar. Vague in the mystic room this side the paling west, The Tulledegas loom in an eternal rest, And one by one the lamps are lit in the dome of the Infinite. -- Alexander Lawrence Posey |
| Softly, with a silken cutting edge, the fog descends. And inside, eyes through windows see different versions of reality .....depending on their point of view ......and the level of the window that they choose to look out and see it through. -- Jim Metcalf |
| Let Fate do her worst; there are relics of joy, bright dreams of the past, which she cannot destroy; Which come in the night-time of sorrow and care, and bring back the features that joy used to wear. Long, long be my heart with such memories filled, like the vase in which roses have once been distilled; You may break, you may shatter the vase, if you will, but the scent of the roses will hang round it still. -- Thomas Moore |
| Into my heart's treasury I slipped a coin, that time cannot rust, nor a thief purloin; Oh, better than the minting of a gold-crowned king is the safe-kept memory of a lovely thing. -- Sara Teasdale |
| LINKS: Since I already provided some links to B&W photography in a previous journal, I searched the web and decided on some New Orleans and Louisiana links instead; however, the first link is to the journal page with the B&W photo links. On the Wings of Night Live Web Cam, Jefferson Parish, LA NPR's "Present at the Creation" Series: French Quarter Laissez Le Bon Temps Roulet A History of New Orleans The Historic French Market New Orleans' Cultural History Historic New Orleans Collection History of the Cajuns Cajun Country: Images Cajun Country Recipes What is a Cajun? LouisianaCajun.com The Pelican State |
| Music: Kodachrome Most of the photos on this page came from: Webshots & Library of Congress: American Memory |
| I thought you might like to see the price of gas in the 1930's---and who received what for their services. |