“When young photographers ask me what they should do, I always tell them to stay close to home.”
-Annie Leibovitz
This autumn, I have had the opportunity to take a couple of day trips to enjoy fall colors, but I have spent most of my time
“The key is to integrate our art into our life, not the other way around.”
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I have been thinking a great deal about the benefits of photographing close to home. I have spent much more time doing so lately. I am also currently putting together a presentation about the benefits of photographing close to home.
Recently, I had the opportunity to
“Cotton candy is a bouquet of color to the eyes, a sweet aroma to the nose, and a delightful pleasure to the palate”.”
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One of the things I missed most last fall was
“Life’s under no obligation to give us what we expect.”
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I was thrilled to have the chance to take a second day trip to the Blue Ridge Parkway Sunday. Randy and I wanted to see if the fall colors
“We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.”
— Anonymous
Randy and I took a spur of the moment road trip Sunday. The purpose of the trip was to enjoy and photograph early fall colors on the Blue Ridge Parkway in the mountains of North Carolina.
We decided to make our first destination
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”
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The only thing that can be counted on is change. I have been faced with many changes in the past couple of years. My son, Jeremy, married the love of his life, Abi, and moved to another town to begin his adult life. I
“Invest in the human family. Invest in people. Build a little community of those you love and who love you.”
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Six years ago I joined a community of photographers I discovered who were doing a photography scavenger hunt on Google Plus. I loved the idea of participating in a hunt and was absolutely amazed by the creativity I saw in the images that participants were creating for the hunt.
Although the hunt began years before I discovered the group,
“You can be moved profoundly by other vistas, by other oceans, by soaring mountain ranges, but you can never be seduced. You can even forsake the lowcountry, renounce it for other climates, but you can never completely escape the sensuous, semitropical pull of Charleston and her marshes.”
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Charleston, South Carolina is clearly my favorite place on Earth. Whenever given the opportunity, I will
“Travel is the only context in which some people ever look around. If we spent half the energy looking at our own neighborhoods, we’d probably learn twice as much.”
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I live in the same town I have lived in for most of my life since I was ten years old. Spending that much time in one place allows you to grow roots and enjoy the traditions of a place.
My town is one of the best places to spend
