We went searching for Emmett Till on a Mississippi Delta pilgrimage, and along the way we unearthed legendary bluesman Robert Johnson, walked a Tallahatchie bridge, slept in sharecropper shacks, and ultimately uncovered traces of the teen martyr whose death gave birth...
The VAVA dash cam is the perfect way to document roadtripping adventures with 1080p HD photo & video captures, instant snapshots, a real-time mobile app, and on-the-go social media sharing. I wrote this sponsored post for VAVA. All opinions are mine. I was...
A Southern photographer’s haunting images from a bridal shoot and seasonal flood portray her intimate connection with the ghost town of Rodney, Mississippi. “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses . . . .” Hebrews 12: 1 Guest Post...
Portugal in Panorama is a captioned photo collection of 22 locations captured with the Apple iPhone camera. It was my honor to join a select group of 22 travel writers, photographers, PR executives, and social media influencers as guests for Viking’s...
An annotated photographic collection of European locations captured with the Apple iPhone panorama feature. We were guests of Viking River Cruises, but the eye candy of European panoramas was all ours. European Panoramas I am not a photographer, although I wish I...
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