Week Fifteen Composite: Happy Earth Day
“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” —John Muir
Today is Earth Day. I spent part of Earth Day enjoying one of the things that makes me the happiest,
Photographing in Downtown Charleston
“There is no city on Earth quite like Charleston. From the time I first came there in 1961, it’s held me in its enchanter’s power, the wordless articulation of its singularity, its withheld and magical beauty. Wandering through its streets can be dreamlike and otherworldly, its alleyways and shortcuts both fragrant and mysterious, yet as haunted as time turned in on itself.”
― Pat Conroy
Each time I go to photograph in Charleston, SC, I always make sure to save time to photograph
Week Fourteen Composite: Go Through the Door
“Sometimes you just need to go through a door.”
― Ransom Riggs
I spent many hours photographing in Charleston, SC this spring. I not only photographed the blooming azaleas in Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, but I also photographed
Magnolia is Calling: Part One
“The mountains are calling and I must go.”
-John Muir
I have always loved this quote from John Muir. There is a place that seems to call to me, especially in the springtime. That place is not the mountains. The place that calls to me time and time again is
Reflections of Magnolia
“Photography helps people to see.”
― Berenice Abbott
Whenever I visit a place where I spend a lot of time photographing, I try to slow down in order
Week Thirteen Composite: Avenue of Oaks and Azaleas
“Live thy Life,
Young and old,
Like yon oak,
Bright in spring,
Living gold…”
― Alfred Tennyson
There is not much that makes me happier than spending time among the Live Oaks at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens. I have spent time during the past four weekends going back and forth to Charleston to photograph the gardens during the azalea bloom. The blooms this year have been the best I have seen during my past
Week Twelve Composite: Zebra in the Azaleas
“There’s no limit to how much you’ll know, depending how far beyond zebra you go.”
― Dr. Seuss
I have had azaleas on my mind for the past few weeks. I have already made three trips to Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, located in Charleston, SC, this spring. I plan to return to the garden
Different Perspective of a Familiar Place
“Dream your own dreams, achieve your own goals. Your journey is your own and unique.”
― Roy T. Bennett
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens beckoned for me to visit Saturday for a third consecutive weekend. Magnolia is a place I am drawn to in the spring just a magnet is drawn to things made of iron, nickel, and cobalt.
Each time I visit the gardens, I seek a composition
Peacocks
“The geometry of a peacock’s tail is more aerial: “The eyes in a peacock’s spread tail are situated at the intersecting point of a double cluster of spirals, that are apparently Archimedean spirals.”
― Gaston Bachelard
It just doesn’t feel like springtime to me until I get a chance to visit Magnolia Plantation and Gardens. It is one of my favorite places on Earth.
For the past two weekends, I have