Waxing Gibbous Moon

Saturday afternoon.

More Senior Pictures

Another pretty girl.  My cousins daughter.  We had a great afternoon out making these pictures of her and Molly.

Senior Pictures

My baby is a senior this year!

Saturday Morning Fog

On my way home from work this morning.

Boomtown Days Nitro, WV

I'm kinda disappointed in my fireworks photos from this evening.  I usually try to get back a ways and get something interesting in the foreground, but I decided I wanted to get as close as I could and this is what I got.  Oh well, maybe next year I'll find a better spot.  It was still a great fireworks show.

1965 Cobra

Saint Albans Fire Dept. Water Rescue

In the top photo, Saint Albans Firefighter Mike Lively waits for another diver to enter the water for some dive training Wednesday morning.  In the bottom photo, Firefighter Eric Tucker takes the Demaree Inflatable Boat (DIB) out for a training run on the Kanawha river

Truck 311

The guys on the rescue truck were on a call Sunday evening and I was in the garage by myself  and noticed the light on the ladder and just had to take a picture.

Babcock State Park

We had planned to got to South Carolina this weekend, but a bunch of little things happened and we decided not to, so instead, we went and visited our cousins that were camping at Babcock.

I've got a bunch of photos of the mill, but it seems that every time I'm there I have to make another one.  It had just rained and the air was hazy and humid and the evening light wasn't the best, so that's why I converted to black and white.

Nerd alert!  This was a two minute exposure at f/8 and ISO 160 using a ten stop neutral density filter and a polarizing filter on a Canon 24-105mm lens at 24mm.

Praying Mantis

I didn't notice the praying mantis 'til I'd taken a few pictures because it was so small.  It was only about 3/4 inches long. 

LST 325

LST 325 passes under the almost completed Saint Albans / Nitro bridge Thursday afternoon on it's way to Haddad Riverfront Park in Charleston.

Check out this video made by retired Saint Albans police officer Jim Butler.

Capitol City Auto Auction

Saint Albans firefighters Mike Lively and Eric Tucker go to work Monday afternoon with West Side and Lakewood Volunteer firefighters to extinguish a car hauler and a couple of cars at the Capitol City Auto Auction.

Monday Morning

Both of these photos were made at the Charleston Civic Center.  I had to run a couple of errands near there this morning and both of them just seemed to jump out at me, especially the "A".

Sunday Evening Geese

I made this photo from the boat ramp on Main Ave. in Nitro.  I wish the power lines didn't cross the river right there, but it's still a nice place to go watch the sunset.

Water Drops

Thursday Evening Light

Ritz Theatre Brunswick, Georgia

I like old signs and this is one of the coolest I've seen.  I've got several photos of it before and after it was restored.  This is from a couple of weeks ago.  Check out this video of the relighting ceremony.  It's a little long, but the first part, where they are putting it back on the building is interesting and the lighting is at the 12:15 mark.

Saturday Morning

Hanna Park, Jacksonville, FL

This was another gray, cloudy afternoon  that didn't have a lot of color to begin with, so I converted it to black and white.  I wish I had gotten a little closer to the fisherman.

Jekyll Island Clouds

A storm moved in on us while we were at the beach the other day.  We were playing a very competitive game of bocce, so I was taking pictures while waiting my turn.  The sun was blocked by the clouds and the air was so full of humidity that the colors of the beach and sky were dull and blah to the naked eye, and especially to the camera.   I think the black and white conversion makes it all work out.