Though I've now lived in Jacksonville for ten years, I have not explored very much of it.  Today, I discovered a gorgeous little park I had not even heard of let alone visited. The stream that runs through it is bordered by concrete balustrades that further add to its charm. Here are some photographs I made there today.

I had intended to go to Little Talbot Island SP to make some images of dunes, but the tide was so high that there was nowhere to walk. So, I again visited the Sisters Creek area and made these three photographs.

Though I miss the mountains we visited this past month, the familiar is satisfying too. These three are from Deerwood in an area I've photographed quite a few times.

Here are more from the Blue Ridge Mountain area that I posted previously. 

Our trip to the mountains of north Georgia was a treat for me photographically. Here are the first several photographs from the twelve rolls of 120 film I shot. I will add to these from the film I haven't developed yet.

The first phone photograph is a view from the deck of our vacation rental cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains of north Georgia! The second photograph was taken a few days later. It's an annual trip that offers a refreshing change from the flatness of Florida...Flatlandia! ;)

From the archives, Happy Halloween!

I realized that I haven't visited the Saint Johns River with my camera for quite some time!  So, I did that today at Walter Jones Historic Park. The building sort of hidden by the trees is a museum. Here are the several photographs I made today mostly facing the river. 

Here are two more made yesterday with the Holga 120 WPC to accompany the one I already posted. It's an interesting aesthetic that offers a radically different perspective than other cameras. If film had not become so expensive with the rise of digital, I would do a lot more with this elemental device! 

Long exposure photography can be a challenge!  I'm not completely happy with these, but they're sorta okay.  I have to do a lot more to learn the techniques, but this was an enjoyable start!  The wide photograph at the bottom was made with a Holga 120WPC wide angle pinhole camera...no lens, no shutter, no controls other than exposure time. I did futz with it a bit in Photoshop Elements, though!

Back to Boneyard Beach today which never disappoints. The fallen trees remain for decades, but wind waves, and tides move things around. Changing light also adds drama as seen here. And, the Trunkabranchasaurus also showed up not far from the entrance to the beach.

Coming back two weeks later than my previous post, this place was completely different with sun, wispy clouds, and still air. These six were the best of the twelve negatives I scanned. 

I wanted to visit some familiar places with my camera today, but I was too busy at home to leave. So...I looked at the sky and the backyard trees and decided there was something worthwhile to photograph right here.