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Went back down to Beaufort this weekend with a friend. The plan was to leave the boat landing on Lady’s Island by 6.45 on Sunday morning and photograph the local shrimp fleet as they worked the waterways. Apparently the season has been particularly bountiful this year, so we were looking forward to some action. However the local community failed to inform us that they were sleeping in this Sunday, which necessitated our finding other photographic subject matter. Never a problem in Beaufort, and I will be posting some images later in the week. In the meantime, this was captured on Saturday evening at the 11th Street Dockside in Port Royal.

Katherine and John are getting married next weekend on Folly Beach and this evening we had a trial run to check on lighting etc. The tide will be about the same next week and there will be a full moon rising. Should be awesome, that is if Igor leaves us some sand. Anyway this is what it looked like tonight.

This morning, Linda and I left Charleston early and headed south on Highway 17 for a day of exploration and photography. We covered a lot of ground, battled swarms of late summer mosquitos, munched through some junk food and generally had fun. These are a couple of images we took along the way.

The sky looked interesting these evening so I headed to the Folly marshes and creeks. This was the scene at Crosby’s.

I do appreciate not having to get up early on the weekend, especially when it’s dull and foggy, but there are rewards for making the effort. I was at one of my favorite plantations early this morning, taking advantage of the saturated colors and misty vistas. Here’s a view across the Stono River.

I guess I will need to start paying attention to the Gamecocks this season since Matt will be at USC in the fall. Cosmo is counting down the days/hours/minutes until the season starts. I guess I really don’t get it ..

These are shots I’ve been meaning to take for awhile and I think about it every morning on the way to work, but its not convenient or very safe to attempt during the rush hour, so Sunday seemed a pretty good bet. It wasn’t as clear as it sometimes is so the haze was a negative, but the high tide and bridge reflections were a plus.

It was hot. I was just glad I wasn’t out there on the water with the other thousands of boats. I think I prefer Rockville “out of season.”

Still playing in the studio, but this time with smoke trails.

Much of the final success of an image is dependent on the way it is processed after the fact. Yes, you have to have a decent shot to work with, but the mood, style, etc. of the final product can be vastly different depending on where you feel like taking it. The art of photography has evolved so much since the advent of digital capture and software manipulation. Magazine and photo journalism styles are very popular now. The current approach to producing senior pics is a classic example. More about that soon. In the meantime, here are two different renditions of one image of Chelsea and Madeline.