Richard Hyatt, Photography

21/06/2024

Thanks for all the birthday wishes, everyone. It's a good day.

07/12/2023

I'm a little surprised how many people watched this video on my YouTube channel. There was a lot of water over the Tallulah Falls dam that day.

A preview of several very different stories coming to this channel in the future. . .

17/08/2023

A favorite place, Tallulah Gorge State Park of Georgia.

15/08/2023

Got a few shots off at Waterrock K**b on the Blue Ridge Parkway last evening. I shot a lot of photos hoping to get that "great" shot. While editing in Photoshop I decided to try a B&W. I like it. 😄Click to get a better view.

14/08/2023

Charlie loves a great ride.

14/08/2023

Blue Ridge Dreaming.

26/06/2023

It was circa 1954 when I was introduced to photography. Probably earlier than that. I do remember taking photos with my mother's Kodak. Likely a Kodak Duaflex 620 Roll Camera. It was a great place to begin my photographic journey, I actually started out where Ansel Adams could have been shooting that day. Yes, Yosemite National Park. Of course, at that time I had no idea he was making photographic history. I don't know if any of the photos I took then still exist. Some prints from Mom's camera certainly do exist. Some may actually may have been taken by me. A few years later I had saved my nickles, dimes and quarters up by placing the coins in a toy cash register. The drawer wouldn't open until it reached $10. I saved to buy my own camera, a Tower Model 7. It took 120 film and the standard print was 6x9cm. And, there were 8 to a roll of 120 film. At first I snapped away with and sent the film to a lab for prints. The prints were returned in about 10 days by US mail. Color was something of the distant future for most people at the time. So, my photos were black and white. The film speed was 50-100 ASA according to my current research but, it seems to me I may have had film with an ASA of 25. The prints I got back were somewhat dependent on my knowledge that came with experience. Needless to say most of the early photos were not the best. That said, some turned out very nice. One I love has a photo of the old arched US-176 bridge, "High Bridge," over the Green River in Henderson County, NC. My Dad's 1949 DeSoto Limo parked on the at the close end along the road. The photo was torn somehow over the years but, it lives on in my mind.

25/02/2023

Red Barn with Quilt

25/02/2023

This Dodge Brothers Pickup is on Route 66 at Gay Parita Sinclair, Paris Springs Junction. It's very much like the one my dad had when I was eleven years old. I remember riding in the back on very cold days going to school where my mother taught 12 grades of school to 12 pupils. Three of them were her own.

25/02/2023

Besides being just off Route 66 this Jasper County, Missouri, Courthouse is famous for what? You know you have seen it somewhere!

25/02/2023

Route 66 is still being kept safe by this officer in Jasper County, Missouri.

25/02/2023

Who doesn't remember the old time drive in theater? This one still operates on Old Route 66 in Carthage, Missouri.

24/02/2023

The Alamo was one of my first memories of Texas. I signed the guest registry there in 1950 or 1958. I don't remember. But, I don't think we went thru San Antonio in 1958. And, my dad was in a hurry to get to California because his mother was very sick at the time. She did survive. This photo was taken in January 2017 when I attending ImagingUSA in San Antonio where the Alamo is located.

24/02/2023

Texas Bluebonnets. The Ennis Garden Club sponsors 40 miles of mapped driving Bluebonnet Trails every April. And, there are many other Bluebonnet locations. We made the trip just to see them in 2017. It was worth it.

24/02/2023

Got to wonder if this is a road I traveled on when it was the main road. Probably not but, it does remind me of the pre-Interstate highways we traveled cross country on.

24/02/2023

Don't worry, there are restroom facilities at Texas Rest Stops. I'm guessing the farmer didn't put it up for your convenience though. The farmer probably doesn't want travelers tearing down the fence by climbing it.

24/02/2023

This is the typical Texas Rest Stop. Even back in the 1950s they were much the same except the structure may have been made of wood.

24/02/2023

I added this detail of Karol’s Kountry Korner because I wanted to show the Flying Red Horse on the Mobil sign. These were typical signs I remember from way back. Also, the pumps are typical of gas pumps from the 1950s. The uniformed station attendants would swarm your car, not only filling the gas but, checking the air, oil, water and windshield wipers, tires treads and whatever your car might need. They were there to serve.