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Lonaconing Trifecta, Continued

I finally made it through all of my images from my latest trip to the Klotz Silk Mill in Lonaconing, MD.  Things have been a bit busy from a work perspective so it took me a little longer than I had hoped.  This third visit was probably my favorite (although it was very cold in [...]

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Lonaconing Trifecta

This past weekend I made my third trip to Lonaconing to visit the Klotz silk mill (see my previous posts for historical background).  We had a great group including Tony Sweet, John Barclay, Steve Ellis, Arthur Ransome, Rad Drew, Karen Messick, Stan Silverman, Greg Daily, Craig Rudin, Charles Riter, and probably 4 or 5 more [...]

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Paris Redux

Since my website crashed several weeks ago I have been wanting to re-post my images from the various trips I had taken to Paris between 2010 and 2011.  An email exchange with a fellow photographer today has motivated me to finally sit down and make it happen.  There are quite a lot of images in [...]

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Lonaconing Part Deux

Returned to the Lonaconing Silk Mill this past weekend.  On my first visit, back in August, I focused on capturing the broader perspective of this amazing place.  On this visit, I spent more time focusing on the smaller details.  Thanks as always to Tony Sweet for setting this up.

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Recovery: Alaska Part 2

Re-posting the second set of images from Alaska.

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Recovery: Alaska

Re-posting images from Alaska.

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Recovery: Lonaconing

Somehow over the last month my website crashed and I have been unable to recover from the crash, so as you can see I am having to start fresh.  There are still issues with the site but at least I am back up and running.  I will start by re-posting my images from the Lonaconing [...]

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Recovery: Stop Blinking

Re-posting the senior portraits I took of our friend’s daughter Laura Blaylock.  In my original post I shared the story of how I told Laura that it seemed like she was four, then I blinked and she was 17 (in fact, in just three short months she will be 18).  Her response to me?  Stop [...]

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