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A Festival Singer

It’s at this time of year when we begin what I’ll call “festival time” in the U.S. as communities all over celebrate just about whatever it is they want to celebrate…you name it. Some are small with attendees in the hundreds while others are large with many thousand coming from near and far to enjoy fellowship with others, homemade local foods, kid rides and games, arts and crafts, and usually some sort of music. Where we live in SW Virginia, the latter is of a “bluegrass” variety and this photo shows one such singer who was headlined at the Town of Fieldale Virginia’s 2012 Heritage Festival I attended a week ago. Around 2000 attended on Saturday alone and for here that was a pretty good crowd.

 
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Posted by on May 29, 2012 in People, Photo Stories

 

Chillin at the Bar

As the sign at the back of the bar reads, “It’s five o’clock somewhere”, and for these two people that was true…but not in Roanoke…it was only 3PM. Oh well…

 
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Posted by on May 19, 2012 in People

 

On the Sidelines with Ultimate Frisbie

In my last post I shared several images of some of the action on the field at the Mid-Atlantic Championship Ultimate Frisbie Tournament I attended last weekend in Martinsville, Virginia. There were also a lot of interesting scenes I saw on the sidelines as well. The enthusiasm and excitement of those participating was very evident…and the singing and shouting was equally good too. Here are some samples to give you a feel for what I experienced.

 
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Posted by on May 11, 2012 in People, Photo Stories

 

On the Field with Ultimate Frisbie

Last weekend I spent most of Saturday at the Mid-Atlantic Championship Tournament for Ultimate Frisbie held in Martinsville, Virginia…a sport I had heard about but never watched. I can sum it up by saying that the energy expended by the 16 men’s and 16 women’s teams participating was unlike anything I had watched before. It resembles soccer but with much greater bursts of speed. I was able to capture some nice images (at least there are to me) which show some of the emotion and action I witnessed that day. Were I MUCH younger, I would have enjoyed playing this sport!

 
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Posted by on May 10, 2012 in People, Photo Stories

 

Saint John in the Water

Statue I saw recently in a small pool with water spouts, located near the entrance of St. John’s Catholic Church near Munster, Indiana.

 
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Posted by on May 5, 2012 in People

 

Remember Dick Tracy?

Dick Tracy is a comic strip police detective created in the ealry 1930s and popular through the 40s, 50s and 60s, ultimately culminating in a 1970s movie staring Warren Beatty. I saw this statue of the famous detective recently, and thought it captured this comic-book character at his best…with trench coat, dapper hat and wrist telephone. I wonder what he’d have done with an iPhone?

 
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Posted by on May 2, 2012 in People

 

People in the Park

I was fortunate to recently be in one of the nicest small cities I have ever seen in the United States. Located 28 miles west of Chicago, Naperville, Il, is home to approximately 145,000 people. This vibrant, thriving city consistently ranks as a top community in the nation in which to live, raise children and retire. While there, I made a few images of people I saw while walking along a river trail in the city center…a really NICE place to visit!

 
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Posted by on May 1, 2012 in People

 

Communicating face-to-face

I have decided that one of my more photographed subjects during 2012 will be “people.” Last year I became more relaxed when making photos of people “on the street” and many times would ask for their permission first if they cared if I used my camera. Sometimes they saw me first and asked me to take their picture. In this case, I saw these two young ladies talking on the street in Greensboro and used my telephoto lens to get up close. No, I did not seek their permission first. What the scene made me think of when I first saw it, is how much time these days people spend “texting” each other on cell phones, rather than standing face-to-face conversing. Our grandkids could learn a good lesson from this example.

 
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Posted by on March 24, 2012 in People

 

Looking In versus Looking Out

This “lady” is obviously not looking out. I saw “her” in a window over the holidays and wanted to make a photo…my eyes being drawn to the red shawl “she” was wearing. Nice details. “Looking in versus looking out” has another meaning to me, and as we enter into a new year perhaps there is some wisdom in that phrase. For example, it’s good to look inside yourself from time to time to determine how you’re doing in your life. Looking “out” comes later…mainly so you don’t get hit upside the head by some unexpected event.

 
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Posted by on January 10, 2012 in People

 

Red Hat Ladies at Christmas Time

As my granddaughter Molly and I were walking through the main lobby of the Hotel Roanoke looking at all the beautiful Christmas decorations recently, we spotted a group of ladies in the hotel’s main dining room eating lunch together. They each wore red hats and if you look closely you can see one in the middle. Obviously not being a part of this tradition, it’s my understanding that these usually older ladies gather for lunch in cities and towns across America while wearing various sorts of “red” hats…most being of a kind hardly seen elsewhere. Not wanting to go inside the dining room and make a nuisance of myself taking pictures, I just looked through this window while standing in the hallway and got the scene I wanted.

 
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Posted by on December 23, 2011 in People

 
 
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