2025 Field Trips
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September 20, 2025 Saturday
Plaquemine, Louisiana: A Guided City Tour
Kinberger Building
57955 Plaquemine Street
Plaquemine, Louisiana
8:30 AM
This is a great opportunity to get an insider’s tour of our across-the-river neighbor, Plaquemine. We have a wonderful tour guide in Dan Mooney who was introduced to me by Janie and Charlie Braud during their involvement with the rededication of the historic Plaquemine Locks. Dan is the president of the Friends of the Lock organization and is a strong advocate for his community and will be giving us a tour of some of the historic sites of Plaquemine.
We will meet Dan at the newly renovated Kinberger Building at 57955 Plaquemine Street at 8:30 AM for coffee and breakfast www.thekinbergerbuilding.com/. Over coffee, Dan will give us an overview of his plans for the tour. Be sure to bring your camera to coffee because the Kinberger Building will have some interesting photographic opportunities. The sites that we will be visiting will all be within walking distance of each other and will include the Plaquemine Lock State Historic Site, The Iberville Museum and St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. www.plaquemine.org/.
This Field Trip will provide us with opportunities for street and architectural photography. As such, I would recommend a light, easy to carry kit with a walk-around zoom lens (24-70 mm or 24-120 mm) with a fast aperture of f/2.8-/f/4.0 for interior photos. Tripods may be too heavy to carry and may not be allowed in the museum. Also, good walking shoes and a hat are not a bad idea.
My suggestion is to meet at Coffee Call on College Drive at 7:30 AM and depart for Plaquemine at 8:00 AM Sharp. We should consider carpooling since parking will be primary on the street. There will be more parking at the locks, however.
The tour will last from 9:00 AM until about Noon and I am hopeful that a group of participants will be able to have lunch at one of the quaint restaurants in Plaquemine (yet to be determined) after the tour.
A couple of final thoughts: Dan will be giving us this tour at no cost to us but I thought it might be a good gesture to consider a donation to the Friends of the Lock organization. Also, please enter 5 to 10 of your favorite photos in the Field Trip gallery to be shown and discussed at the final Show and Tell of the year on October 26th.
Saturday October 11, 2025
Hammond Northshore Regional Air Show-Field Trip
600 North Judge Leon Ford Road
Hammond, LA 70401
Times: Show -10:00am to 4:00pm
Gate & Vendors – 9:00am to 6:00pm
Tickets: $30 for adults ($35 at the gate)—buy online in advance, no group discounts offered
Parking: $20 cash per car (good reason to carpool)
Shuttle from parking lot: free
This is great opportunity to take photographs of airshow demonstration flights and stunts using high speed techniques with telephoto lenses.
The Hammond Northshore is a wonderful airshow close to us that will feature a number of topflight acts (pun intended).
With the show starting at 10:00am, I would suggest that we arrive more than an hour early to insure good positioning/seating for photography. Therefore, we should meet at the Walmart on O’Neal Lane (2171 O’Neal Ln, Baton Rouge, 70816) at 7:30 am and depart at 8:00 am sharp (gates open at 9:00am and we will need to park and shuttle to the gate).
Dress should be comfortable with good walking shoes, clothes and hat for sun protection even in October. May need a jacket depending on the weather.
Photographically I would suggest a long telephoto zoom lens to reach out to the acts as well as a wide angle zoom for photographs of the crowd and the general airshow environment. Sometimes there are opportunities to photograph airplanes on the ground and get close enough for details. It is always good to bring a circular polarizer to take care of glare. A tripod may be difficult to handle with a crowd and people potentially tripping over the legs but a monopod may be helpful and easier to manage.
Please enter 5 to 10 photos on the Field Trip Gallery and plan to attend the Show and Tell on Sunday October 26, 2025 at the Jones Creek Library for 2:30 to 4:30 pm.
Field Trip Show & Tell
Sunday, October 26, 2025
2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Jones Creek Library
6222 Jones Creek Rd
Baton Rouge, LA 70817
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