RAG RACING WHIPPETS

Whippets have been around for 1000's of years in one form or another.  The artist Oudrep, a French Rococo style artist (1686-1755)painted whippets.  One such painting entitle, "Italian Greyhounds or Whippets?"  The Whippet of Great Britain was known as the "poor mans Greyhound." Owners used to use a rabbit skin for what was called "rag racing", the modern version of mechanized track racing.
The Jersey Rag Racers Assoc. was in Delaware City on the 26th and 27 of April and burned up the parade ground with some smoking fast dogs.  If you get the chance to see these athletes run,  don't blink twice, flying by you at up to 40 mph.  you will miss the race.  CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS

Frightland invited a group of photographers to come down and spend the ay photographying the models.  It was a beautiful perfect day for the shoot.  Models were very willing to pose and all in all everyone had fun.  I took quite a few pictures (understatement) and didn't know which of the best to eliminate.  So have fun looking at the Pics.  Click here to be scared out of your wits

Jammers, blockers, grand slams and flat track!! What is this , some kind of NASCAR lingo??? NOT!!  Just ask us old timers.  It's ROLLER DERBY!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Yes Roller Derby is back in all its spills, hip checks and names like Rogue Chedder, Fluxx Decapitator and Ann T. Social.  You don't want to meet these girlson the flat track, but they are all adorable.  If you don't know what Roller Derby is, Just check out these photos and get a jest of the action.Click here to see these girls in action!!!

AIDA,an opera which was converted into an opera and scored by Sir Elton John, the man himself. Cab Calloway School for the Performing ArtsArtsshould know that Sir John would be so proud of your work.  Come walk with me on the lands of Nubia and she great sands of Egypt and see a love story that eventually extended to this very day. Click here to travel back in time with me.

The area that we visited was coal country and very mountainous for the east coast.  In this area anthrisite, or hard coal, which is cleaner, burns hotter and leaves less pollutents. 

we found a mine that had been reopened for touring trade.  Much of the original equipment has been rebuilt, and is inspected every day before the mine tours open by certified inspectors.  Jouin us on a 554 foot tour under ground to see how the work was done by hand under groundClick here to go under ground.

Have you ever gone to a friends house and had them ask you if you want to see the photos of what they did on their vacation?  Dread filled your heart.  Guess what, want to see what we did on our vacation?  I will take it easy on you.  I will devide our trip up into small groups so you can take a break.  Here is part one.Click here.

Went to the Delaware State Fair yesterday, 07/26/2012, and felt like I was walking through a convection oven.  It was 97 degrees, with heat index around 103.  With the heat reflecting off the asphalt it felt even worse.  The little bit of breeze did not do any good.  Got some pictures, however.  Take a peak.  Nothing spectacular but it was still fun and a day away from work.Click here to see Pictures.

July 9th started out as an overcast day, but ended up beautiful after all.  I went too Bombay Hook with trepidation in my heart, for the place looked bad on a previous visit, because of the drought.  It was much worse than before.  From the second picture to the red wing black bird should be marsh land.  And in one of my earlier photo sets you can see rangers using an everglades taken in the same area.  I did get a few somewhat decent photos of the herons.Enjoy the photos!!!

On July 7, 2012 I was fortunate to attend a small informal dinner at Faith City Church.  In attendance was the wonderful Beckah Shea.  During the evening she performed for all in attendance.  After the singing we were able to have a meet and great time.  Poor Beckah.  By the time she was done she had to be exhausted.  But with grace she kept going.  No doubt she slept on the way home and her husband drove.  Enjoy the pictures and may God bless you and keep you.  Always remember you are loved, wanted and needed in Gods' kingdom.Click here!!!

On June 19th I had the pleasure of photographing my bosses twin girls Carissa and Carisma.  They were sweat hearts and behaved very well for me.  God is good.  Here are some sweet photos of the two and their wonderful parents. Click here to enjoy!!!

Pa. Air Show

On June 2nd My friend Larry (also my name.  Don't get confused) went to a WWII air show reinactment camp.  It was expensive to get in, but afterwords was well worth the expense.  Larry I thank you for paying my way in.  It ment a lot.  For those out there rewind the clock to the 1940's and enjoy the flight.BEAM ME BACK SCOTTY. CLICK HERE FOR TIME TRAVEL MODE

Twins

I was asked if I could do a maternity shoot for a couple that I know. This was a first for me and almost didn't come about. Two days after the shoot Carrissa and Carisma were born about six weeks early. We all had a good time and I would like to say thanks for the dinner afterwords. Click here for access to the pics.

The Eagle Has Landed In Delaware

On Sunday, a friend of mine told me about this cool place where there were some Eagles hanging out and fishing. Hopefully they had their Delaware license, because they were going to town. At 8:00AM they were already eating Susi or how ever you spell raw fish in Japanese.Have fun peaking in the restaurant window with me while these guys dined and just hung out for the morning.TAKE A PEAK.

Cecelia & Christian

Memorial Day was a real memory for this lovely couple. They wanted a photo shoot done at Battery Park, but an unwanted guest of 98 degree weather made things difficult for all. All in all everything went well. Many noise powdering, lipstick add ons, and two wonderful photogenic models made the day a sucess. Take a peek.

A View From The Back Porch

We may have been in the mountains for a week but we were not suffering from a bad view. This is the view we arose to every morning. Not to shabby.

A day in the life of a cave dweller

Vacation allows for unusual things to do. Cave dwelling is not that far fetched for the two of us to do. We took a day and went traveling on foot 580 + feet under ground through some beautiful stalagtites and stalagmites in Pa. Have a nice trip. It may not be the journey to the center of the earth, but it was still sweet.click here

GONE FISHIN!!!!!

It is the first day of my vacation and I grabbed my fishing pole and the camera and had a ball. If the rest of my vacation goes as this day did Look out it is going to be a blast. Check out the show these birds gave me. It was absolutely awsome.

The Day of the Osprey

On June 16th I went fishing. While at the fishing hole I heard a chirp of a bird. Whe I looked up there was an Osprey. Over all I saw three different ospreys and eventuall two young American Bald Eagles. Fortunality I had my camera in the car.Enjoy my Pics.

HAIRSPRAY

A dear friend of ours had the lead in the musical HAIRSPRAY at Cab Calloway School of the Arts. We had front row seats and I took my camera. No flash allowed. This show could have been a $100.00 a ticket Broadway show. For $10.00 I felt like was in New York. I did not believe the caliber of a group of high School kids could be so above and beyond. Whatever they put on next year I won't miss it and you shouldn't either. Here are some photos. Put your slide show on 3 seconds and prepare to sit through 400 photos. They were extremely hard to eliminate pics. CLICK HERE TO SEE

NO MORE SNOW!!! NO MORE SNOW!!!

On a bright warm (HaHa) cloudy day after a snow storm I got an unexpected chance to take some pics, thanks to my wife. It wasn't as cold as it appeared and I walked the Streets of Delaware City.Take a walk with me and enjoy.