Many of us rarely get to experience a night with truly dark sky, far away from city and suburban light pollution. And because of that, getting a glimpse of our own galaxy, the …
See the Milky Way in Louisiana’s Kisatchie National Forest
Seeing the milky way in Louisiana can be a challenge. You have to time your stargazing to a night when the moon is not lighting up the night sky and hiding many of the stars. …
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State Parks Stargazing
In my overnight stays at Louisiana State Parks, I look for opportunities to do a little stargazing and night photography. Although most of the parks are heavily forested, their …
Louisiana Landscape
The only way to truly see what a Louisiana landscape looked like before photography is through paintings and drawings. These artistic depictions, created long before cameras, could …
Norway Northern Lights
It was a bucket list item for me, a trip to the Lofoten Islands of Norway for a chance to experience the Northern Lights. Not only was I rewarded with amazing displays of the …
Cypress Photography
A kayak or canoe is an essential tool for doing photography of Louisiana's beautiful moss-covered cypress trees. That's because getting to many of these magnificent trees and …
Supermoon
It can be awe inspiring to glance up just before dark and see the full moon rising in the eastern sky and spotting a super moon when our neighbor is closest to the earth is …
Duck Call
a bayou beast A Louisiana man clings to the traditions of his French ancestors for making duck calls and the other necessities of duck hunting. Dale Bordelon gets …
Louisiana Fall Color
Louisiana is not at the top of the list for places to go to see Fall color in the trees. But if you live in the Bayou State, and don't want to drive to far-away mountains, you can …
Annular Eclipse
watching & photographing the eclipse The annular solar eclipse of 2023 was my first experience watching and photographing this amazing event. And the so-called 'ring of …