Senior Year

 Kayleigh is a member of South Western High School class of 2015. Her mom, Christy was a class mate of mine in 1984, thirty years ago. Seeing Kayleigh was like looking back in time at her mom, both are pretty as can be. These photos was captured at the historic Sach's Covered Bridge in Gettysburg Pa. If you'd like to hire me to shoot senior photos, or any portraits, please contact me.

Humback Bridge

This beautiful piece of architectural is located on Stone Bridge Road between Hanover and New Oxford in Adams County Pennsylvania. I know very little history on it other than its old and beautiful. I plan to continue researching some history on it and will update this post when I find new information. This image is posted pretty much "as is" it was captured with the camera. The camera settings were ISO 200, F3,5 and 1/160th. The only processing in Photoshop was a bit of color adjustment and slight sharpening.

FIREBALL Dangerous?

Tastes like antifreeze you say? I thought so myself when I had one of  the only two shots missing from this two year old bottle. Currently  in the news as having ingredients associated with making antifreeze, the same thing we use to keep our vehicle engines cool. Well, Fireball is here to set the record straight with this press release.  Now, apparently,  here in the good ole USA, our standards of what is safe to consume differs from that of our European friends since they have pulled it from their shelves according to this news article. FireBall shipped some of the USA approved supply to Europe and it was flagged as not meeting their standards. Either way, if you like this stuff, stop by our home, we will gladly pour you a shot from this bottle, as it continues to age to perfection as much as that is possible while waiting to be consumed.

Open

I love to shoot signs. I don't know why, but there are juts so many signs, telling us what to do, where to go, how to do it and more importantly what not to do. As a photo journalist, I like to just shoot photos of things that don't really matter, yet shooting them can hone your skills on how to "get to know your camera". This sign was shot on the New Oxford square in front of a new business in town called Rose Bud.

Me, Myself and I

Nearly once every few weeks, someone somewhere says, "you look just like your father". I loved my dad, but I have to be honest, he seldom looked healthy, especially the last ten years of his life. He was overweight, he had hypertension, slight diabetes and he was in pain every day from something. Years and years of hard work played a major toll on my dad. When I look at myself, such as in this "selfie", I do see my dad. I see a over weight 48 year old, who is in pain nearly every day due to years of abuse of this one and only body I was given. Seven surgeries in nineteen years is hard on a guy. So far, I have no signs of hypertension or diabetes. My cholesterol is slightly elevated but other than that, all I see is a caring person who cares about others more than himself, and that folks was my dad. So, with that said, I will take those "you look like your dads" and the occasional " you act like him too" LOL 

Miss ya dad

Boo-T-Ful Witchy Braya

This little darling four year old girl came walking past me dressed in her Halloween costume Thursday afternoon while I was enjoying an iced coffee at the New Oxford Coffee Company. Her beautiful smile was too much to not ask her and her aunt if I could take her picture for my blog page. Having permission, utilizing New Oxford's oldest home's  front porch fall decorations for a backdrop. My new little friend Braya just made my day with her modeling skills. Her aunt is also a photographer, In Bloom Photography, so go show her some love, visit her FaceBook page. 

The Fly And The Pumpkin

Gaylyn and Diane's Pumpkin

It's that time of the year again known as Autumn, and what comes with Autumn, pumpkins of course. Our neighbors have a few perfectly placed in their flower beds for some decoration. While "across the street" yesterday, I snapped this photo. A fly was also admiring the pumpkins beauty as he strolled across it's orangeness. At our house, we aren't as festive, we just use pumpkins for things like pies.