Highlands Bits

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Highlands Bits
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Towards the end of last year, it was looking like there was a good chance I'd be moving away from Louisville for a few years. Ultimately that didn't come to pass, but while it was looking likely I decided to do a photo project on all my favorite haunts.

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With all that's happened this year and a move no longer hanging over me, haven't been as focused on it as I'd originally planned. Needed a break from staring at protest photos, which made a perfect excuse to go shooting in the Highlands.

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It's all well and good to set out to document a scene, but doing it justice is a taller order. I tend more towards the literal, which usually makes for lots of photos of buildings and such but not a real good sense of place.

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_You know, like this._ The Highlands is one of the main bar scenes in Louisville but this liquor store near Mid City Mall gives you a bit of a sense of the area's fondness for substances more generally. The area is also known for being a bit quirky, which might explain why somebody decided to build this brick octagon. Probably not though, there's an identical structure a few miles down Bardstown Road (the main drag through the Highlands) that's now a hair salon, still trying to dig up the backstory on them.

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Can't tell it from the photo, but this place is a [bakery](https://kizito.com/pages/about-us "https://kizito.com/pages/about-us") that's a bit of a local legend. _Or at least their cookies, brownies, and blondies are._ Never actually set foot inside but half the coffee shops and convenience stores in town sell'em, and once you try them you ain't likely to settle for much else.

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Coffee has done wore off and sleep is calling but I can't walk past the glowing cups of caffeinated goodness without at least snapping a shot or two. _Now who has some tips and tricks for 'sense of place' photography?_
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