Abandoned Photographs Found in the Streets of Detroit
In 2009 and 2010, Italian photographers Arianna Arcara and Luca Santese walked the streets of Detroit on a photographic mission. They set out to find lost, thrown out, and forgotten photographs of the city’s past. Their collection eventually grew to include ‘thousands...![Harleys on the Susquehanna [featured]](https://allenmowery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/harleys-on-the-susquehanna-1.jpg)
Harleys on the Susquehanna [featured]
Last month my wife and I had some time sans kids to get away for our anniversary — a couple days, no plans, just taking it as it came. On a whim, we decided to stop off and ride the old Millersburg Ferry across the river. As the only car on a craft full of...
3 Budget Saving Ways To Turn Old Photos Into New Treasures
Guest post by Kate Sorensen of CouponCravings.com Most of us still have hefty collections of old photographs lying around the home. In this digital age, now that images and information are stored almost exclusively in nonphysical formats, it’s hard to figure out what...
My Photography Utilized in Local Feature
This past Sunday, our local newspaper, The Daily Item, ran a story on the cover page of their special At Home section featuring the newly-constructed, energy-efficient home of area residents Craig and Christine Richard, using a selection of my photography for the...Allen’s Vintage Retro – A FREE Lightroom Preset
I was recently searching for a particular look for a series of photos I had shot, but I wasn’t able to find anything that was already out there from another photographer or retoucher that closely matched what I was visualizing in my head. So, what do you do when...![Fish Caught, Memories Made [featured series]](https://allenmowery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-Trout-Fishing-8.jpg)
Fish Caught, Memories Made [featured series]
Most of the day’s catch. Never caught my limit before, but, as they continually lower the limit, it just gets easier. Ever since I was a kid (or youngin, for those of you south of the Mason Dixon line), the first day of trout has been our one consistent...
Ep. 87 — Seventeen Syllables of Suffering: The Haiku Scam
Tired of people calling 17 syllables “genius”? So am I.
In this brutally honest, occasionally unhinged episode of Perfectly Poetic, Allen Mowery finally unleashes his pent-up frustration about the most overrated poetic form of all time: the haiku. From childhood worksheet trauma to seasonal name-dropping, syllable policing, AI-generated nonsense, and the myth of Bashō’s frog — no stone (or smooth river pebble) is left unskipped.