Campbell’s Covered Bridge
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Campbell’s Covered Bridge is located in a small community in the South Carolina foothills known as Gowensville (also known by locals as ‘Dark Corner’). A friend (Karen Osborne) and I had explored it on one of our ‘photo hunts’ earlier that summer and I wanted to see it with autumn color, so I set out one Sunday afternoon with my grandson Kendall. By the time we reached our destination, the sun was setting and the lighting conditions were rather poor where this bridge is well hidden in a wooded area. Most all my exposures were way too dark so I had to do some rather extensive editing, as well as incorporating some painting techniques, and I took the creative liberty of removing distracting signage, barriers and parked cars. In recently looking at the original shot, I’m still amazed at how well I was able to salvage what was such a dreadfully black photo.
The bridge itself was built in 1909 and is the last extant covered bridge in South Carolina. It was named after its owner, Alexander Lafayette Campbell, who also owned and operated a grist mill on the site, the remnants of which are still in the woods beside the bridge for tourists to explore.
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