On Oklahoma Highway 66 in Sapulpa, Okla., on Dec. 2. (Photo courtesy of redforkhippiechick. If you have holiday photos along the Mother Road, e-mail them to route66news(at) yahoo.com)
Category: Photographs
Christmas season on 66
On St. Louis Street, aka Route 66, in Joplin, Mo., on Dec. 1. (Photo courtesy of Rod Harsh at Route 66 TV Online. If you have holiday photos along the Mother Road, e-mail them to route66news(at) yahoo.com)
Send us your Christmas photos
The Christmas season is upon us, and Redforkhippiechick's photo of an angel decoration in the dinky Route 66 town of Texola, Okla., has given me an idea. Do you have cool photos of Christmas sights along Route 66? Are any businesses along the Mother Road decked out for the holiday? Are you seeing your own … Continue reading Send us your Christmas photos
A report from the road
Redforkhippiechick ventured to Vega, Texas, to help the owners of the Vega Motel prepare for their eventual reopening and stayed in the newly refurbished Apache Motel in Tucumcari, N.M. There are other things she observed and shot photographs of. Check them out.
Route 66 photographer profiled
Melissa Lea, a jewelry designer and Route 66 photographer, earns an extended feature article about her life and times (so far) from her hometown newspaper, the Bedford (Ind.) Times-Mail. If you want to see her work, Melissa's Web site is here.
Route 66 photo exhibit in Arizona
In August, we reported about a story about Michael Campanelli's photo exhibit of sights along Route 66 that was displayed in Reno, Nev. Now Campanelli's photos are being displayed in the lobby of the Gherald R. Hoopes Jr. Activities Center at Eastern Arizona College in Thatcher, reports the Eastern Arizona Courier. Photos also are at … Continue reading Route 66 photo exhibit in Arizona
How to shoot night neon
Redforkhippiechick provides all the how-to on shooting Route 66 neon lights at night, and provides details on some of her own shots.
Route 66 blog roundup for Nov. 3
I haven't a blog roundup in a while, so here goes: Zinger at LiveJournal's Found Photos community blog has posted this and this from Roll 3 of photos a middle-aged couple's Route 66 trip. Vulpesrex writes a long road journal about a trip from Needles, Calif., to Peach Springs, Ariz. Kate goes to Albuquerque and … Continue reading Route 66 blog roundup for Nov. 3
Found photos from Route 66
A group of people on a LiveJournal community site called Found Photos looks for unwanted photos at antique stores and goodwill shops and posts them on the site. The results range from the mundane to a moment in time from a long-ago era. It's a fascinating site. One contributor, Zinger, tells about about the latest … Continue reading Found photos from Route 66
Pixar’s tribute to Route 66
Pixar Animation Studios, the lovely folks who gave us the "Cars" movie, has an employee by the screen name of Patrix who has a Flickr online photo account. One of the photos is of the Route 66 tribute at Pixar. The photo of it is here (warning: it's a big file and may take some … Continue reading Pixar’s tribute to Route 66