Monthly Archives: May 2011

“The age of a woman doesn’t mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

This is my 86 year old Grandmother. From an impromptu portrait session at a BBQ held by my Brother and his Wife on Saturday. She looks pretty damn good for 86. Italian women never age. Lighting Details: A single SB-900 in an 18″ PhotoFlex Octodome on a light stand with boom arm, camera right. Triggered...

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Laughlin Mill (Cumberland County, PA)

This mill was built by William Laughlin circa 1763 in the small town of Newville, PA in Cumberland County. The mill was owned and operated by the Laughlin family up until 1896 when the family sold it to the Newville Water Company, which removed the internal milling equipment and installed a turbine to drive hydraulic...

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The little red church in the canyon

This is the Middle Ridge United Methodist Church outside of Wellsboro, PA in Tioga County. Built of hemlock blocks and painted bright red, the house of worship looks like an early New England church. It originally stood a few miles from its present location, but was moved to the corner of Copp Hollow Road and...

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Reading’s Pagoda in the sky

Tourists visit the Reading Pagoda which stands on Duryea Drive overlooking the City of Reading Pennsylvania. We had a nice low cloud ceiling on Saturday that made it feel as though you could reach out and touch the clouds. For a background on the Pagoda, how it came to be and it’s history over the...

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Damn, I’ve been spotted !

Two weeks ago I put up a bird feeder over at my Parent’s house with the intention of luring out the Cardinals that nest in their Cyprus Trees so I could go over there and photograph them. A side affect is that dropped sawflower seeds land below the feeder and this Eastern Chipmunk that lives...

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Who needs Montana ?

We have “Big Sky” right here in Berks County, PA ! When I saw the low cloud ceiling today, I knew I had to head over to Lake Ontelaunee to get those reflections on the lake as the clouds soar over the bridge at the dam. After nearly three weeks of straight rain in one...

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Watching over the Sherfy Barn in Gettysburg

The Joseph Sherfy Barn is located on the battlefield at Gettysburg. On July 2, 1863, during the Battle of Gettysburg, the 18th Mississippi Regiment of Barksdale’s Brigade swept around the the original barn toward the 114th Pennsylvania and the 57th Pennsylvania. The original barn burned to its stone foundation during the battle, killing Union soldiers...

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