“The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it’s all that matters.”
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Each year, at this time, I look through the images I created throughout the year and choose my favorites. Typically this project has been a relatively easy thing to do. This year, I spent significantly more time making my selections and
“Take a detour.
Discover small towns
and friendly faces
that don’t grow along the highway.”
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Sometime since Covid took hold of our lives, I started a new personal photography project. This project was to visit small towns and interesting places in the Carolinas, my home. Keith Carter’s project resulting in his book,
“The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination and brings eternal joy to the soul.”
-Robert Wyland
My best friend of 45 years, Dena, invited me to spend time with her at her beach house located in Carolina Beach, North Carolina. I looked forward to the trip for so many reasons. First of all,
“Art feeds my soul. Great books battleproof my hope. Rich conversations magnify my creativity. Wonderful music uplifts my heart. Beautiful sights fortify my spirit.”
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Last Saturday morning, I met great friends and fellow photographers, Les and Janet Saucier, in Cowpens, South Carolina.
In 1781, Cowpens was the sight of an important victory for America in the fight for independence from the British.
It was not Cowpen’s history that led my friends, Les, Janet, and me to Cowpens, but rather
“I’ve found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more
chances, Be more active, Show up more often.”
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Always go! Seriously, ALWAYS go! This is one of the most important lessons I have learned since I began my journey with photography more than decade ago.
I tend to go photograph favorite places time and time again. Charleston is one of my must visit destinations in spring time. In spring and fall, I visit
“It’s not where you take things from – it’s where you take them to.”
– Jean-Luc Godard
Sometime, shortly after midnight, I woke up with a mind full of thoughts. These thoughts made going back to sleep impossible. Rather than staring at the ceiling,
“There’s a fragility here veiled in stillness, quiet, and the detachment from the noise of daily life.”
-Daniel Milnor
I have always sought peace when leaving my daily life and heading into nature. The benefits nature provides my soul have never been as needed as they have been for the past year. What I have found is that no matter
“To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float.”
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During the spring and summer, I spent a lot of time seeking out and photographing water. Water is peaceful, water is quiet. It was exactly
