Charleston – Page 5

2nd Sunday on King Street

Continuing my current Spring theme of playing tourist in my town, I joined the happy throng of pedestrians on King Street this afternoon. It was a beautiful day, and you could tell folks were thrilled to be outdoors in this gorgeous weather. It was almost a celebratory atmosphere. I know we complain about the flooding, about the bugs, about the heat, but seriously, there are worse places to live than Charleston. I for one feel fortunate to live here.

A Tourist in my own Town

The weather has been dull and blah for awhile, the way it often behaves when the seasons change, so when the sun peeked out for a day recently, I spent some time wandering the streets of beautiful historic Charleston, and remembering again why so many people visit. Here are some cameos of the classic Holy City tourist experiences.

Indulging my Fog Fetish … again

I know not why I find fog so irresistibly seductive, but there it is – I do. I didn’t have to detour far out of my ho-hum daily errand route to discover these quintessential southern scenes. It’s almost noon, and it’s still foggy out there!

Another Charleston View

I am always looking for new perspectives of Charleston landmarks. Here is the Wentworth Mansion and the Grace Episcopal Church steeple with the backdrop of a classic lowcountry afternoon storm.

HMS Bounty visits Charleston

There’s something so romantic about tall ships, at least in my mind. If I’d had to live aboard one a couple of hundred years ago I would probably feel quite differently. Anyway I had the opportunity to photograph the Bounty as she approached the Charleston harbor, here for a few days. The trip turned into quite an adventure however as we stayed too long out to sea and got caught in the approaching front coming home. We put down on Daniel Island and waited it out in the driving rain while the lightning zinged all around us. After awhile, we got a break in the storm, not much, but enough to make it safely home to the airport. Just another day at the office ….

Renovation of McLeod Plantation

It was foggy this morning so I dropped by McLeod Plantation on the way to work to check on photo opps. It turned out that a “mood” type image was going to be challenging due to all the construction taking place at the site. There are workman all around the old plantation house, replacing windows, scraping off old paint, shoring up structural walls, etc. It was great to see the old place being cared for, so the photos ended up being documentaries of its restoration process. Can’t wait to see the finished product. For many more images of this project progression, please see my website at www.vanessak.com