Heilman Cabin

14032_0306. Heilman Cabin, Burns Park, North Little Rock, Arkansas

My goal this year is to shoot 50 photographs a week.  So far, I have been able to achieve, or even exceed, this goal.  Even though we’re only about a month into the new year, I won’t say it has always been easy meeting this objective.  In fact, I have considered lowering the number to 25 or 30 pictures a week, but I continue on.  As this process continues to move forward, I find myself learning something from this endeavor – to stop and look, truly look, around.  By doing that, I have begun to see opportunities I would not have seen before, and I am taking photographs of things I would not have photographed before.

This photograph of Heilman Cabin in Burns Park is an example of my stopping to see the possibilities.  A month ago, I would not have slowed down, much less stopped, to photograph this old cabin.  But today, I not only stopped to photograph it, but I had to go back to the location because I had missed it yesterday.  Although I am finding the 50 photographs a week goal to be tougher than I thought it would be, I am also finding the challenge extremely enjoyable and fun.

A little trivia about the cabin itself.  It is a one-room cabin built in 1849 by John Christian Heilman, who was one of the area’s earliest settlers.  According to legend, the cabin was built from hand-hewn logs that had been salvaged from the first Arkansas Territorial Governor’s  Mansion.  I never would have known this if I hadn’t stopped to take the picture.

Settings:  Canon 5D Mk II, 93mm, 1/100 sec., f/8

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