PhotoWalk Sat, May 8

Carousel Park / Equestrian Center
Sat, May 8
11:00am - 3:00pm

The New Castle Mounted Police Unit will be having an open house and fundraiser at the 3700 Limestone Rd, Wilmington Equestrian Center.

* NOTE - This is a benefit for "Friends of the Mounted Patrol" and there is a $10.00 suggested donation per CARLOAD.

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Scheduled activities:
11:00am-12:00pm Pictures w/ the clydesdales
12:00-1:00pm Obstacle course demonstration
1:00-1:30pm K9 Demonstration
2:00-3:00pm Crowd control demonstration
All day Children's activities

What does it take to start a photography business?

(Taken from Photography Business blog)

It starts with the desire to make it happen. For many people, photography is a passion. They love photographing – but the idea of creating a business out of that passion can be overwhelming. Where do you start?

The great thing about a photography business is you can start part-time, and work it until you are comfortable making it your full time career. Many of today’s top professional photographers started part-time out of their home before it transpired into a full time career.

The one thing every professional photographer did when they decided to start a photography business is decide to make a business out of their love for the industry.

Read their full article here.

Laughter is Contagious

"Garter Exchange"

1/30 sec at f/3.5 ISO 400

"The most wasted of all days is one without laughter."  - E.E. Cummings

The World is Just Awesome

These are some of the reasons we pick up a camera in the first place.  Happy Earth Day!

Road Trip

"Azalea Cluster"

1/200 sec at f/3.5 ISO 100

Don't miss this opportunity to check out the beautiful azalea landscape in Odessa DE.  This spectacular sight, at the corner of Route 13N and Corbitt Street (behind the State Police barracks), is well worth the drive.  They don't stick around long, so don't wait too long!

Say 'Yes' to Grazing

"No Mow"

1/160 sec at f/4.5 ISO 100

Enough is enough. Put an end to mowing before it grows out of hand. Grazing is a plateau right granted to us by our farmfathers, handed down from generation to generation, based upon the principle that all herbivores are created in the meadows. Get mooooo-ving and write your Senator today!

See Jane Run

"Determination"

1/500 sec at f/4.4 ISO 100

"Runners just do it - they run for the finish line even if someone else has reached it first." -Author Unknown

Move Over Brangelina, TomKat, Bennifer, Here Comes ...

"Brandy and Andrew"

1/160 sec at f/4.1 ISO 800

"A pure hand needs no glove to cover it." - Nathaniel Hawthorne

Special Delivery

"angel preciosis"

1/160 sec at f/4.5 ISO 400

"People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one." - Leo J. Burke

Natural Wonders Photo Contest

The Appoquinimink River Association is in the last two weeks of its Natural Wonders Photography Contest.  If you have some great shots of the Southern New Castle County countryside, why not give it a try?  Full contest rules here.  Thanks to Dawn Clair for the heads up!

And Two Shall Become One ...

Congratulations to Brandy and Andrew on their marriage today.  A beautiful day to start their life together.  Thank you for allowing me to share in your joy!

She's a Survivor

What does a cancer survivor look like?  It looks like Pearce Q. (above).  Pearce has battled, and is winnng the fight, against a miserable childhood cancer called medulloblastoma.  This morning we had the privlidge of taking some photos at her 4-miles of Hope Walk/Run.  


Click here to see the entire collection of images.  If you would like read more Pearce's foundation or make a donation, please follow this link.

American Muscle

"One if by air, three if by land"

1/2500 sec at f/3.7 ISO 200

"The winds that blow through the wide sky in these mounts, the winds that sweep from Canada to Mexico, from the Pacific to the Atlantic - have always blown on free men. "  - Franklin D. Roosevelt

Radiance

"Sometimes, I'm all thumbs"

1/160 sec at f/4.3 ISO 200

"The average woman would rather have beauty than brains, because the average man can see better than he can think." - Author Unknown

Short-Changed

"Time's Up"

1/800 sec at f/3.7 ISO 200

"Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend." - Theosphrastus