Lydia Grace

Here’s a shot of our new niece, Lydia Grace, born last week to Keri and Alex.

Downtown Photo Walk

I spent some time wandering around downtown Greenville on Saturday afternoon. It’s always fun to just walk around without any specific purpose and just observe everything going on. Every time I am down that way, I always find something new or interesting. Posted below are some of the shots I got. My favorite shot of the day was the picture of the daylilies by the Reedy River with the Swamp Rabbit Bridge and Larkin’s on the River in the background.

Wofford Commencement

I shot my sister’s graduation from Wofford College on Sunday. The ceremony was outside in front of Wofford’s “Old Main” building and the forecast called for rain showers throughout the morning. It had rained off and on the night before, so every time the wind blew the trees above all of the guests, I had to scramble to cover my camera. Thankfully, the showers held off until just after the commencement ceremony had ended.

Anyway, the full set of shots are up here.

Japanese Maples

We have three Japanese Maple trees in our yard and they are all this really nice shade of purple right now. I took advantage of a short break in the rain showers tonight to go out and snap a few shots.

With all of the rain we’ve been having lately, the miscellaneous vegetation that has laid dormant in our yard has really grown up. Good thing I got a weedeater for my birthday, so I can keep everything under control.

The Blood Connection: Baseballs

Here’s a setup I created for The Blood Connection to be used on their signage at Fluor Field, the home of the Greenville Drive. I shot the baseball, cleaned it up a bit in Photoshop and then arranged the seams to form a line that would loosely resemble the “wave” in The Blood Connection’s traditional logo.

Ellice + Charlie

Here are a couple of my favorite shots from last weekend’s engagement shoot with Ellice and Charlie at Hatcher Garden in Spartanburg. It was a nice day for a shoot and the garden provided some nice scenery - so nice that there were a ton of couples there having their pictures taken before their high school prom. Nevertheless, we were able to manage to keep everyone else out of the shots.

I’ll be shooting their wedding later this summer, and I am looking forward to working with them again.

Raven Cliff Falls

Here are a couple of shots from last weekend’s hike to Raven Cliff Falls with the Lifepoint guys. It was a nice day for the hike, which ended up being about a 4 mile round trip. There were a few other trails that could have taken us closer to the falls than this overlook, but we hadn’t planned time for the additional trip.

So What If It Was Parked?

Here’s a Yellow Ferrari convertible we came across while shooting downtown on Sunday. I had some fun with this one, enhancing it to make it look like it was moving fast even though it was parked.

I personally wouldn’t have left the top down, being such a nice car with a tan leather interior.

Amen Corner Groom’s Cake

I got an email a few weeks ago from a gentleman in Georgia, wanting to use my shot of Amen Corner at Augusta National on his future son-in-law’s groom cake. I told him to go ahead, on the condition that he sent me a picture of the finished product.

The wedding was this past weekend and from what he told me, the cake was a big hit at the rehearsal dinner. I can honestly say that this is the first request I’ve received to use one of my images on a cake. Pretty cool if you ask me. Here’s the picture he sent me of the cake:

March Snow

A couple of shots from around the house in the snow. We got about five to six inches, which is a lot for around here. The second shot was the day after the snow had fallen, so it isn’t a true representation of how much we really got. I had never seen lightning during a snow before (not like I’ve really seen a lot of snow either, but that’s beside the point), so that was cool to watch.

After all of this, it’s supposed to be in the 70’s this weekend. That’s just fine with me.