Classic View Of The Famous Jenne Farm In Reading, Vt.

When you drive up the small road from the main road (Rte 106) and reach the top of the hill, the photo you see at the right is the classic photo of the Jenne Farm, with the two tree on the left of the road.

Jenne Farm is located exactly 8 and 1/10 miles from the juction of Routes 106 and 4 in the center of Woodstock, Vermont. At 8 and 1/10 miles you will see a small road on the right. It has a road sign that reads, "Jenne Road" Before the 9/11 terrorist attack there were no signs on many roads in Vermont.

In the autumn of the year you have to be at the Jenne farm before sunrise as the sun comes up over a hill around 7:00 am. to lights up the Jenne Farm with that nice goldenl light. In order to find a good spot for your tripod you have to be there by 6:30am as there will be as many as 50 photographers waiting for the sun to come over the hill. Photographers come from all over the United States and many foreign countries just to photograph the famous photo scenes in Vermont.

You can shoot the Jenne Farm from road as seen in the photo, or go out into the field on the left for another classic shot and then go down the road about 150 feet and take a shot with the big tree on the right hand side of the road and the barns and house.

Don't forget to go down to the Jenne Farm house and buy some Maple syrup from the Jenne brothers. Then you can travel to the other side of the farm for a completely different composition of the farm. There is also a small sugar shack near the farm house on a small side road.

Peak foliage time at the Jenne Farm is around Oct 12th, but it can be a few days earlier or later. Just hope that they do not have a windy rain storm at that time, as the wind will take all the colorfiul leaves off the trees. It may even snow so that you have snow on the colorful trees.

Shooting Fall Foliage in Vermont.

The time has come to start thinking about taking pictures of the colorful fall foliage and one of the best places to do this is in Vermont, where they have an abundance of red and yellow maple trees that make this State outstanding for fall foliage.

It also has many small villages and churches in the valleys so that when you can get up higer than the village you can get some remarkable photographs. Eevry year hundreds upon hundreds of amatuer and professional photographers come to Vermont to get their photos for camera club compettitions or exhibitions and the profesionals shoot for magazine and books, etc.

You have to make your acommodation reservation now or you will find that everything is booked by October 1st.

Some tips bout taking photos in Vermont. Take along plenty of photo storage cards as you will shoot five times more photos than you would have with film. A good 24 to 200 or 300 zoom lens is great as it makes your equipment load lighter, as this one lens will cover everything. A tripod is a must, also a polarizing filter to bring out the color in the tree.

Always start the day with a full tank of gas and some food and water in the car as you will be in the back roads where there are no restaurants or gas stations. It is also best to travel with another car, using this buddy system assures you of help if you break down. Always ask for permission if you have to go on some ones property to get the picture. Beware of barking dogs as they are the properrty owners protection and may bite.

If you have any questions or need any photo help, email me a: arnieyoina@hotmail.com, and I will try to help you as I have been photographing the Vermont scene for 40 years.

Arnold John Kaplan, APSA-AFIAP

Turkey in the yard

I live ina residental aarea aand this morning I looed out into te back yard and there was a big wild turkey pecking on the grass. It did not seem disturbed by my presents so I grabbed my camera and started to take pictures of the bird. It stayed for about twn minutes and walked into the dense brush and I never saw it again. Itwas a beautifl bird and I got some really good shots of it. Thanks Turkey.