Lori’s Two Favorite Things Today is Lori’s Birthday and we want you to join us in celebrating with her. This picture is one of my favorites because it combines two of Lori’s greatest loves, photography and our daughter Edie Grace. There are many more of her “favorite” things captured here also. Her love to travel and explore new things. Her incredibly gifted ability to see the...
Read MoreThis past Sunday we attended services at Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church in Savannah. The service was opened with this wonderfully, beautiful prayer by Reverend Jan Durham. After an amazing few weeks of witnessing our communities come together in unimaginable ways, doing extraordinary work, unselfishly giving to others, we have wondered how this important and amazing work can continue. Matthew exposed us to the daily...
Read MoreIn remembering the first time my cousin Dale introduced me to Sheila Piper, almost thirty years ago, it seems like just yesterday. She was beautiful, witty, smart and as charming as they come. Dale was pretty taken by this amazingly special lady and we all could understand why. She was born a few months before me and Dale convinced her to marry him a few months after Lori and I were married. Their wedding was the first wedding we...
Read MoreBeing known for portrait photography, I thought it would be fun to expose the “other” side of my work through this show. The best way to perfect your talent or skill is through juried print competitions. It was through this process that I discovered the additional challenge of stepping away from my comfort zone and creating images that I had total creative freedom. Two things along the journey really impacted my work...
Read More“In places like this…..Under the overlay of time, I could feel the pictures form and dissolve in my mind. Years ago on this same beach, not many yards away, a placid pool left by the ebbing tide. One moment a three-year-old playing at the edge. The next moment —-incredibly—vanished…..In places like this….Why does time slide by so fast, I asked myself. Why does nothing stay?…..Yes, I thought, it does give strength. To...
Read MoreThe year 2000 – the dawn of a new millennium. “Everyone save your gallon milk jugs and fill them with clean water. Make sure to have plenty of canned goods on hand, and check your flashlights to make sure the batteries still work. There is going to be a disaster when the clock strikes 12:00 midnight!” We all know now that there was no disaster when the clock struck 12:00 pm. But on February 18, 2000, my 38thbirthday, a disaster...
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