My brother in law Scott took my son Brian and me to the Ingersoll Mine, not too far from Keystone, SD. I’m not exactly comfortable prowling around in mine shafts and photographically is not a great location – there’s no light to speak of except for beam of a flash light.
But here Scott and Brian precede me out of the mine and I happened to have my camera ready.
Our grand daughter, Glenyce Jane, was baptized today in front of many friends and family at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Rapid City, South Dakota. I must say that though I am no doubt a bit biased, it was a beautiful ceremony. And since I have designated myself the Official Photographer of Key Events in the Life of Glenyce Jane Shephard, I took many photos. But the one you see here is a favorite of many. See more here.
I was back along Iron Creek scouting locations for the upcoming Black Hills Photo Adventure when I saw these two trees forming an interesting sort of “bridge” across the creek. Of course, neither was make for transportation but they were made for the photographer.
This is the doting great mother and namesake of our new grand daughter, Glenyce Jane. And GJ is worth doting over. 🙂
I have returned to my most photographed site. . .
I am celebrating my return to the Black Hills (and to this blog) by posting a photo of the same old rocks and the same old stream that call me every time I visit our cabin here. I’m also scouting locations for the upcoming Black Hills Photo Adventure. (For which there are still 2 openings. 🙂 )
Anyway, happy 4th of July.
To call this 3″ long lizard a “friend”‘is a bit of a stretch since I only saw him once and during our short photo session he acted like he wasn’t there – I think he thought he blended in so well with his surroundings that I couldn’t see him.
This little guy was one of the many residents at the Estate Linholm, the beautiful B&B Deb and I are staying at while visiting St. John.
We leave for home this afternoon and as much as I like the Islands, I can’t wait to be back in South Dakota.
Deb and I are on the island of St. John for a couple of days and it turns out that our visit coincides with the annual street fair. The downtown area was open to pedestrian traffic only and was crowded with street vendors of all kinds.
I was trying to capture the spirit of the street fair when I saw this colorful gentleman, who was selling hand carved rattles and decorations. I was working on getting a good candid shot but when he saw me, he called me over a B&D agreeably posed for me. But in the end, it was when he wasn’t looking directly at me that I got the photo I liked best.
His name, by the way is Delroy Anthony, and he is a life long resident of St. John.
Here’s are a few examples of the many things he makes:
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To be specific this is a photo taken from the balcony of room 106 at the Miller Manor in Charlotte Amalie on the island of St. Thomas. The view is looking east over the East Gregorie Channel and includes the June full moon, which was spectacular.
I was working on an HDR sequence and I really didn’t get what I wanted but I guess I’ll take this one. There were clouds moving across the moon and because these exposures ranged up to 30 seconds, it was hard to get the moon in its full glory.
This is one of those shots, by the way, that I figured was a once-in-a-lifetime shot. It’s not at all likely that I’ll be in room 106 at the Miller Manor when a full moon rises over Charlotte Amalie ever again. Though I’d be happy to go back to the Miller Manor.
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Many would be surprised to hear that she handles subservience quite well – at least when I am Captain. Here she expertly steers us out of the Bitter End in the Virgin Islands.
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For many travel is about meeting people and making friends. Surprising as it sounds I am not all that gregarious so travel for me is more about seeing and introspection. But sometimes we can’t help finding new friends, such as Luna.
Luna lives at the Miller Manor, where we stayed in Charlotte Amalie on the US Virgin Island of St. Thomas. Just a puppy, Luna is brash, friendly and eager to play. In fact if you can read the look here, she’s saying, “Throw the ball! Come on! Throw the ball!”
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