Just got and email from the Editor/Publisher of Destinations Travel Magazine, that the April 2011 has been released, and my Photo Essay “The Covered Bridges of Chester County” has been included as the first of a planned three-part series of Photo essays!
Each photo essay is geared to be single 8 hour day trip.
Featured in this month issue (Day 1) are the following Covered Bridges:
Hope you enjoy them, and I would love to hear your feedback!
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I stopped at the nearby Target to pickup some quick supplies, and then jumped in the car, and started up the GPS.
A day or two earlier, I had spent some time on Google Maps and my Reference sites, entering in GPS coordinates.
After everything was up and running, I looked up the nearest bridge, and Larkin’s was the first on the list.
As I headed North on Route 100 from the Route 113 intersection (Uwchlan Ave), without issue, but as I followed the GPS, I quickly found that the map on the GPS, was not up to date, and I first ended up doing a circle.
On the second try, I looked at the roads, and used the GPS as a guide, and finally made it to the bridge.
I pulled over as close to the bridge as possible, and grabbed my gear.
I free-handed this shot…
Larkin’s does not have car or truck access, and can only be crossed via foot or bicycle, which made it all the more easy to photograph.
So I broke out the tripod, and was easily able to capture this…
From here, I stepped back some, and got this long view…
I moved to the other side of the bridge, to where the cat o’ nine tails are growing, looked back and captured this…
Moving back to my car, I decided to go again go underneath the bridge…
in this image, notice the detail of the bird’s nest.
I finished up, and got to my car, packed up, and headed on.
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After spending the morning at a clients, I was able to go out photographing in the afternoon, and I let the GPS lead the way!
I was able to visit:
with a quick stop at St. Matthew’s Church after seeing “it” from the road.
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