Saturday, July 28, 2007



Here are some photos from Allison and I's late July trip to southern coastal Georgia. In our three day adventure we encountered a menacing snake at the "world's smalled church", a bloated, antique gun wielding tour guide at a slave plantation, a haunted bathroom, and a lot of humidity. The below photos tell some of these stories...

The above photo was shot through a restaurant window pane in the rain...hence the smear effect. Also, with all the posted photos: click to enlarge.


We stayed in the small port town of Darien. It is the kind of lost American town that allows you to (briefly) go back in time. Notice the "Holy Spirit" fishing boat we spotted.


Inside the proported "smallest church in America". One of the interesting roadside attractions we came across. We were greeted by a large timbersnake / Satan (?) as we left. A large woman outside threw sticks at it until we could open the door again.


The view from Jekyll Island.


Jym at the north end of Jekyll Island. Jekyll was recommended by our Bed and Breakfast hosts who also work as biologist / conservationist for the area. The island is a great mix of isolated beaches and untapped marsh wilderness.


Here we are at the lighthouse on Saint Simon's Island.


Allison stands in front of Hofwyl-Broadfield estate, a rice plantation that had over 200 slaves. We learned that conditions at a rice plantations could be even more brutal for slaves than cotton plantations. The yellow fever plagued, mosquito infested fields the slaves worked in drove the wealthy land owners to retreat inland during the summer.



Touring the plantation you will encounter an "interesting" tour guide named Andrew. The plantation house has all the original antique furniture and paintings and is run as a state park.


Fredericka Fort on Saint Simons Island: British cannons faced upriver at the impending threat of Spanish invaders. At nearby St. Catherine's island a Spanish attack was successfully repelled.

Friday, July 27, 2007




Allison at the Fredericka Fort on Saint Simons Island. I'm shooting through one of the few remaining structures at the British Fort. This is where gun powder was stored.


Again, at the Hofwyl-Broadfield rice plantation.

Thursday, August 03, 2006


Our first night at the Danielson Famlie show.

Hamburger.

this is my favorite picture from the week with the guys.
The Doughboy in Love shirts turned out well.

Maurer antics.

Wednesday, August 02, 2006


mugg'n Deniro.

gumby.

bunny the lifeguard at work.

Davis Cooper wedding

Below are a small fraction of the wedding pictures. Please feel free to grab any you like. Ask about any other photos you would digital copies of. I'm starting a small archive. As always, click to enlarge...

I can't explain this.

Saunders clap

the beautiful bride

Of course this photo is awesome

This is a load of genius.

Monday, July 31, 2006



allison and her dad.


Allison and I arrive at the reception.

Sunday, July 09, 2006



This is my latest effort with digital image manipulation. Kenny took these shoots of our bodies falling off of the cliffs at Fontana Lake. I worked the Photoshop tools. Wouldn't you love to see this slow motion?

Thursday, July 06, 2006



Early Saturday morning William, Kenny, John, and I arrived at Jerry's house at the Fontana Village Resort in the southern tip of the Smokey Mountains in North Carolina. We set out by boat across the Fontana Dam Lake to our first camping spot. From there we visited cemetaries, abandoned log mills, avoided wild savage hogs and wet goats, and enjoyed great weather. This is a selection of the great bulk of footage and images taken on the trip.

You can click each photo to enlarge them. I believe that if you click the photo again it will enlarge it even more.If you want to save the largest version of the photo then be my guest (right click the image and "save as" to your desktop or folder). Thanks to Kenny for his photos (all of the lake photos are his). enjoy....


We boat across Fontana Lake to our first camp site on Saturday morning.


Our intrepid leader was Captain Jerry Span. Jerry lives and works at Fontana Village and is very active in AT trail conservation and hiking adventure. He knew all the best spots for our campsites and was a great guide. Visit Jerry's blogs and learn more about his Fontana life:
http://fontanalife.blogspot.com/
http://ihikeat.blogspot.com/


William illuminates a gravestone with his red headlamp. The location is the old Proctor family cemetary. The site is deep in the woods and the graves are some of the oldest in the area. Many of the tombstones are in ruin but new stones have been placed beside the old ones. Is that a ghost in the background?


I hit the water.


Kenny got some great photos from a vantage point under the cliff. He shot the pics on "burst" mode which captures a fast action in a sequence on images. Jerry got the best air as seen here.


William jumps. I look on. jump the goat.


I intently study an odd root at the Fontana Lake. Photo by Kenny.