Adventures with Dad

Catching up, yet again, from sets a couple months back - In April my dad and I went out on a 90 mile weekend bike quest. Dad isn't much of a biker - he got his bike for Christmas and had put about 10 miles on it before we set out on the trip, despite my nagging for him to get at least 50 miles clocked on his bike computer. Amazingly, though, we got 45 miles in the first day, though we had to walk the last few due to very sore legs. On our trail, the C&O Canal, we had to get that far to get my weary father to the closest clean bed.

Our lunch spot on day 1. This is a school cafeteria that had been turned into the only restaurant in town.

Along the canal

Paw Paw Tunnel

The kitchen of the Bed and Breakfast where we stayed the first night

The second day we hit major storms and did a mere 15 miles.

Our B&B host graciously offered to drive us around the small town and to an overlook

This critter followed us for about 10 miles from the B&B to the next town. Hopefully he got home fine. He seemed like he knew what he was doing.

Before it began to really pour

The face of determination

Pizzeria

Taking advantage of the post-storm lighting

Racists at a bar, Hancock, MD

Bar, Hancock, MD

Ducks

Train Remnants

He was a champ. The trip was a challenge for him, and I appreciate him taking the effort to do that trip with and for me.

Weddings!

I had the pleasure of photographing Steven and Jennifer's wedding a while back, but haven't had time to make a blog post about it. This was actually my first time shooting a wedding solo and I had a good time doing it and learned a lot. I'm looking forward to shooting more and thank S&J for giving me the chance!

Ketchup, or "What have I done for you lately?"

Let's get this blog business back on track. Some exciting things have happened. I got a new camera, I shot my first wedding all by myself, I attended a cool workshop, I got some new lighting toys and a new lens, and I'm planning some good photo adventures.Here's some of my hot pix that I kept meaning to post on here but never got around to it over the past few months!

More to come of these two!

Whew. OK? now we can move on.

Water Treatment Building

My bud Craig Finley of Sofa Fountain Photography invited Christie and me to go exploring with him.

The building is an abandoned water treatment plant. There's a good amount of graffitti around, but it looks fairly fresh for the most part. Not too much traffic in there. Here's some pics.