This past Wednesday my friend Beth and I met at the Newlin Grist Mill in Glen Mills, PA for a photo shoot. Although the air was humid, the sun managed to stay behind the clouds.

The Newlin Grist Mill has many photo opportunities. There is a stream and waterfall, barns, a farmhouse, a blacksmith shop, and a log cabin. When a few rain drops started to fall, I put on my make-shift camera rain jacket, which is a extra small puppy rain coat. This jacket managed to keep my camera and lens dry during the rest of the photo shoot. I wouldn't recommend the jacket for heavy rain, but it worked a lot better than a shower cap and the cost was less than $15.

Attached is an image of a barn wall. I was attracted to the lines, texture, and patterns of the open window and barn wall lines.

Lancaster County Central Park

This past Monday, our camera club had a photo shoot at Lancaster County Central Park. there were about 40 members, along with five to ten models. Although the plan was to do a model shoot, I wanted to focus on the beauty of the park. Attached is a capture of a waterfall.

The metadata was f/22 with a 30 second exposure, ISO 100 and the camera mounted on a tripod.

Pinchot State Park

Hello and welcome. Last evening, I visited Pinchot State Park for the first time. Although it started to storm on my way to the park, I decided to keep going, not wanting to miss a photo opportunity. The rain stopped as I arrived. I walked around the day park area and looked for some places to set up my camera equipment. Since it still looked like it was going to storm again, I waited in my car hoping the weather would clear. A short time later, the sun was shining once again.

This shot was taken as the sun was setting for the night. The metadata was 8 seconds at f/22, ISO 100. The park is located in Lewisberry, PA off of Interstate Route 83.

Susquehanna Sunset

Hello. Last evening I decided to visit a nearby place called Breezyview Overlook at Chickies Rock in Marietta, PA. I needed to unwind after a busy work day any ways. What better way to unwind that to capture the beauty of a sunset! Breezyview Overlook is located off of Route 441 North (off of the Columbia/Marietta Route 30 West exit) heading towards Marietta, PA. It's a worth-while stop especially, if you would like to see a magnificient view of the Susquehanna River.

Hello and welcome to another segment of my Photo Journal. This past Saturday, my brother Brian, and his girlfriend came to visit. Since this was the first time that both of them were in the area, we decided to visit the Amish Homestead. There is a restaurant that serves Amish style food, a unique gift shop, a petting zoo, the Amish Experience Theater, and a snack shop that sells the best soft pretzels we ever tasted. The Amish Homestead is located on Route 340 near Bird and Hand, PA. Attached is one of my images taken at the tourist attraction. Have a good week everyone.

Valley Forge

Hello and welcome to my blog. This past Wednesday and Thursday I had the opportunity to visit a few new places to photograph. My friend, Beth, and I spent Wednesday morning at Chesapeake City Maryland and the afternoon and Thursday at Valley Forge National Historical Park Pennsylvania.

Chesapeake City is a small fishing village of sorts with a marina, bed and breakfasts, unique shops, and victorian-style homes. Although we chose to visit Chesapeake City in the morning, the better time to visit is late afternoon, evening.

Valley Forge National Historical Park is the place where General George Washington, and his 12,000 man confederate army made camp during a harsh winter, in 1777. Valley Forge has many photo opportunities. Not only did Beth and I photograph army huts, historic buildings, and the Arch, we also photographed a lush waterfall, whitetail doe and fawns, and a witness tree ( a sycamore tree that has been there since the revolutionary war.) The photo is a stitched image of this unique tree.

Amish Country Side

On Saturday June 13, I went to a photo workshop sponsored by Ed Heaton and his wife, Kelly. We went to several PA Dutch Country locations taking various photos of this beautiful countryside. I photographed this image of the Amish Buggy during the workshop. I set up my shot, making sure to include a fore, mid, and background. I also wanted to keep the back ground as plain as possible.