22 November 13

Remembering JFK!

I was in the office of the Dean of Agriculture at Penn State when a professor stuck his head in the office to say that the unthinkable had happened!

Remember where you were?

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GOD AND OLD WOOD!

Seems lately I have been taking photographs of old and dilapidated buildings that once held meaning, life and joy to someone a long time ago.

The St. Simon Church in Peak, South Carolina is one such spot.  It can be found in a rural community in Newbury county on a dirt one lane road.  I am guessing in it's day there was a whole lotta prayin gone on there.  Built in 1900, it was still an active church into the 1920's.  Now, you gotta know that Peak isn't even on Yahoo maps or my South Carolina 60 map page Atlas Book of the area.  And that is the Large Scale edition, so this half blind photographer can read the fine print.  I did remember seeing a road sign off Rte. 26 north out of Columbia with an exit to Peak, so I just followed that and finally found this place.  A little like a feeling from "Deliverance" when I got back in there.  A big part of the lure of this photo business is just searching and finding significant things to photograph.  I have written in the past on here how difficult it can be just finding lighthouses, but then that is part of the fun.  The joy of the search!

OK, here's one of those obscene commercial moments designed to get you victims in the door to buy something.  I really am not just another pretty face around here, but becoming successful on the Internet with the web site from which you may BUY, Buy, buy!

The website if you have been visiting Mars or Venus for the past year is found by simply clicking "Website". 

Just to show ya!  This year to date we have had 302,000 visitors and 3158 positive comments on the images therein.  Now that is a site with over 100,000 artists.  So I stand out somehow.  I know I work hard to do so.  I have 1848 images logged into 43 galleries to make searches easier.  Again, if you have been in outer space for a while and have missed what's going on……..you can just do a key word search for whatever you are looking for.  They will sell you a simple note card or #Christmas card, a print, matted, framed, spectacular metal prints and even iPad covers.  You can create a memento for your people from most any spot in the world on that site.  So go and have fun with it.

Now the hook!  You can also get a small discount by using the discount code EEJVSA.  It's not much because I am a cheap SOB, but it might help to lure you through the door.  It's good till Jan. one.

So, when the alarm goes off next Friday at two am….remember you coulda slept in and bought it all from the comfort of your Barco lounger at a reasonable hour of the day.  Of course, if you want to do Black Friday, it is amusing to watch.  So good luck with that!

Have a wonderful day and a better week end.