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2012-3-31 - Shiloh Reenactment

Mar 31, 2012

Photos: 59

2012-3-2 Bella's Birthday and Dylan's new guard puppy

Mar 2, 2012

Photos: 50

2011-12-10 Austin & Landon's Birthday

Dec 11, 2011

Photos: 42

The Tennessee Brewery

Built in 1890, and abandoned since 1958, the old Tennessee Brewery in downtown Memphis is a photographer's fantasyland!

Nov 11, 2011

Photos: 35

2011-11-5-Jamie's Birthday

Nov 5, 2011

Photos: 45

2011-10-30 Dylan and Margaret's Farm

Photos from Dylan and Margaret's new farm. They are located just outside Columbia, Missouri. They are leasing the farm and its 17 acres and officially moved in October 30. Oh - the images of the river are not at the farm - they are of the Missouri river at Hermann, Missouri.

Oct 30, 2011

Photos: 20

2010-10-9 Gray Reunion

Oct 9, 2010

Photos: 68

2010-9-18 Marley Eyes

Sep 18, 2010

Photos: 32

2010-9-4 Heritage Festival

Sep 5, 2010

Photos: 46

2010-9-4 Watoto Africa at Heritage Festival

Sep 4, 2010

Photos: 20

2010-8-28 Marley

Aug 28, 2010

Photos: 21

2010-8-21Vivi's Birthday

Aug 23, 2010

Photos: 79

2011-11-5 Jamie's Birthday

Aug 21, 2010

Photos: 1

2010-7-30 Elvis

Jul 31, 2010

Photos: 24

2010-6-25 Cousins

Jun 27, 2010

Photos: 51

2010-5-7-Goldsboro CEFS

May 9, 2010

Photos: 78

Turkiye 2009 - Antalya

Feb 6, 2010

Photos: 20

Turkiye 2009 - Amasra

Amasra is an isolated, peaceful little town (about 7,000 population) on the Black Sea coast some 232 miles (374 km) east of Istanbul and 50 miles (90 km) north of Safranbolu. It sits on a promontory jutting out into the sea and has two harbors - one on each side of the town. It was not crowded when we were there in June, but people told me that it can get crowded at times later in the Summer with primarily Turkish vacationers trying to escape the heat from the cities inland. It is known for its pensiyons, fish restaurants and wood-carving. It was extremely photogenic too! I would love to go back and spend more than a couple days there. The only public transportation into Amasra is by minibus from the town of Bartin where the nearest inter-city bus station is located.

Jan 21, 2010

Photos: 36

Battle of Collierville - September, 2009

This Civil War reenactment took place in 2009 - recreating the battle that occurred October 16, 1863 when Confederate calvary attempted to capture the Union garrison protecting the Charleston-Memphis railway. The Confederates would likely have succeeded had not a train carrying General Sherman and hsi escort Brigade arrived at the station right after the attack started. The Confederates almost captured Sherman (they did get his favorite horse!) but Sherman's forces drove them back and Sherman went on to spend the next several months ravaging the South in his famous march to the sea.

Oct 24, 2009

Photos: 34

Turkey 2009 - Termessos (Antalya)

Jul 13, 2009

Photos: 23

Turkey 2009 - Perge (Antalya)

Perge is a Roman site just east of the city of Antalya. Believed to have been founded in the 7th Century B.C., Perge was ruled by the HIttites and part of the conquest of Alexander the Great. Perge was at its peak during Roman rule in the 1st-3rd Century A.D., and then slowly deteriorated under the Byzantines and ultimately abandoned under the Seljuks. We thought it was one of the most impressive and interesting Hellenistic-Roman sites we visited.

Jul 9, 2009

Photos: 47

Turkey 2009 - Anamur - Mamure Castle

As we traveled west from Kiz Kalesi towards Antalya we came to Mamure Castle, located on the southern most point of Turkey. The castle was originally built by the Romans in the 3rd Century A.D. and was expanded by the Byzantines. During the crusades it was the major Christian fortress on the route to the Holy Land. In the 12th Century, it was abandoned as the Seljuks took over, building the Mosque that is still used today inside the castle walls. With its 39 Towers still standing it is the most intact crusader castle in the eastern Mediterranean. On a clear day you can see the island of Cyprus across the sea.

Jul 8, 2009

Photos: 33

Turkey 2009 - Anamurium

Anamurium is a deserted ancient city just west of Anamur, and only about 10 Kilometres down the coast from Mamure castle. Founded around the 4th Century B.C., the city thrived under Roman rule during the 1st - 4th Century A.D. as the closest Roman city/port to Cyprus, and was an important export center from Asia Minor. Severely damaged by an earthquake in 580 A.D., the city was finally abandoned during the Arabian invasions in 650 A.D.

Jul 8, 2009

Photos: 40

Turkey 2009 - Goreme

Jul 4, 2009

Photos: 61

Turkey 2009 - Istanbul

Jul 1, 2009

Photos: 219

Turkey 2009 - Kiz Kalesi ("Maiden's Castle")

First settled in the 4th Century B.C., Kiz Kalesi (Korykos in ancient times) consists of two "castles" - one on the shore, and the island castle 200 meters off shore. I camped here as a teenager in 1965, and again in 1974. In 1965 there were no tourists, and even in 1974 there were no hotels. Now, a city of hotels lies to the west of the castle. No longer the idyllic Kiz Kalesi of my youth, where you could lay on the beach in the shade of the castle wall and see 10 other people a day. Now it is filled with vacationers. Even so...it was worth the visit. Note that one of the pictures was not taken on this trip. It is a picture of my wife (Debbie - age 24) taken in 1974 sitting in a window of the main castle wall. The next picture is of our daughter Riley (age 21), and we tried to recreate that photo - 35 years later. The window in the castle wall had morphed a bit , and we didn't get the pose exactly right, but it's pretty close! Life really is a great circle.

Jun 20, 2009

Photos: 55

Turkiye 2009 - - Antalya

Antalya lies at the base of the Taurus mountain range on the central Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Besides its old picturesque Roman harbor and the narrow old twisted streets in the old city "Kaleici", Antalya has one of the better archaeological museums we have seen as well as some gorgeous scenery and sunsets with the mountains surrounding the city from the west to the northwest.

Jun 2, 2009

Photos: 47

2009-5-2-Bollinger Mill & St. Louis Cinqo de Mayo

May 3, 2009

Photos: 52

2009-4-26-Great Wine Race & Parade

A little known (annual?) festival on Beale Street in Memphis with undoubtedly questionable social value to anyone other than those who attend! I felt compelled to attend as part of my never ending quest to seek out and document photographically yet another quirky display of the human condition. Well...it was certainly displayed!

Apr 26, 2009

Photos: 88

2009-4-18 Phyllis and Anthony

Apr 18, 2009

Photos: 73

Branson, Missouri and Arkansas

Photos taken on our trip to Branson. The butterflies were all at the "Butterfly Palace" in Branson. It was nice, if you like butterflies, but a bit steep on price ($16.95) for me.

Sep 26, 2008

Photos: 43

2008-8-16 Memphis Botanic Gardens

Aug 16, 2008

Photos: 47

Cades Cove - Great Smoky Mountains - June 7, 2008

Jun 10, 2008

Photos: 23

PhotoBook Images

These are images I selected to put into a Photobook. From these I selected about 60 images to use in the book, which will be a hardcover photobook I am publishing on line.

Mar 7, 2008

Photos: 152

The Carriage Dogs of Memphis

This gallery is a project to put together images of the carriage dogs here in Memphis. It is a work in progress given that there about 30-35 of these guys. Hopefully it will be complete in a few weeks and my plan is to publish the story of the carriage dogs in a photo collection.

Sep 26, 2007

Photos: 42

8-26-07 St. Louis Tower Grove Park

Some shots I took at sunrise recently in Tower Grove Park on a quick trip to St. Louis.

Aug 26, 2007

Photos: 26

7-14-07 Botanical Gardens

Jul 14, 2007

Photos: 37

West Tenn Veterans Cemetery - Memorial Day sunrise 2007

May 27, 2007

Photos: 26

Recent Photos

Apr 29, 2007

Photos: 37

Portraits

Candid portraits of people and faces - Probably my favorite type of photography. I like to call these "real life" portraits...all shot with natural light

Dec 15, 2006

Photos: 14

Camp Tyler - Family Reunion-2006

Nov 24, 2006

Photos: 206

Gallery Variety

Oct 20, 2006

Photos: 10

Scenic Tennessee

My adopted home state of Tennessee has a diverse topography - from the Great Smokie Mountains and Knoxville in the east to the Mississippi delta and Memphis in the west.

Oct 12, 2006

Photos: 29

Critters

Images of critters - small and large.

Aug 18, 2006

Photos: 22

Street People

Aug 17, 2006

Photos: 6

My Town - Memphis, Tennessee

A gallery of images from in and around Memphis. A small Mississippi delta town trying to be a big city.

Jul 30, 2006

Photos: 30

Turkish Travels - Selcuk & Ephesus

Jul 25, 2006

Photos: 55

Turkish Travels - Akyaka, Kas, Xanthos & Caunos

Jul 25, 2006

Photos: 53

Greece - Athens, Piraeus and Kos

May, 2006 family trip to Athens and Pireaus and then by ferry across the Aegean to Kos on the way to Turkey. Athens, filled with history, motorscooters and sidewalk cafes, is a great city for simply walking around. No great works of photographic art, just general candid family travel images of people and places.

Jul 25, 2006

Photos: 59

Turkish Travels - Bodrum

Bodrum (ancient Halicarnassus) sits on the southwest Turkish coast where the Aegean meets the Mediterranean. A sleepy fishing village just 30 years ago, Bodrum is now a thriving marina and tourist destination that blends both modern and traditional Turkish culture. Bodrum is the site of one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world in the Mausoleum of King Mausolos. The Mausoleum was destroyed by earthquakes, and very little remains today. Most of the massive marble blocks were used in the 15th Century by the invading European Crusaders to construct the Castle of St. Peter which stands today in the Harbor of Bodrum and is the home of a 1st class Museum of Underwater Archaeology. Of all the places we visited, Bodrum was one of our group's favorites!

Jul 25, 2006

Photos: 59

Turkish Travels - Sardis, Pergamon, Assos & Ayvalik

Aegean Turkey - from Sardis and the Temple of Artemis to lofty Pergamon (modern day Bergama) and the steepest theater in the ancient world (no photograph can convey this incredible setting!); to Assos by the sea and on to Ayvalik, a bustling seaside town. An incredible journey through history.

Jul 25, 2006

Photos: 56

Turkish Travels - Eceabat & Istanbul

We crossed the Dardenelles by ferry from Canakkale in Asia to Eceabat on the European side. Eceabat is a small yet bustling port where we rested for a day before driving the last 6 hours into Istanbul. Very picturesque, relatively inexpensive and non-touristic. Istanbul: A city which defies description. Sitting on two continents, divided by the Bosporus, Istanbul's population numbers somehwere near 15 million. Istanbul somehow blends thousands of years of history, and multiple civilizations and cultures, into a modern Turkish mega-city. The city is replete with historical confusion, with layers consisting of Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman and Selcuk civilizations all merged into one. For any historian, philosopher or photographer, it is no doubt one of the ultimate destinations in the world. From the tourist crowded Sultanahmet district, to the many cities within the city, it has a little bit of everything for everybody.

Jul 25, 2006

Photos: 72

Turkish Travels - Kayakoy & Aphrodisias

Kayakoy is in southcentral Turkey just north of Oludeniz. One of the more eerie places I have visited, it was continuously inhabited for almost 3,000 years and, until 1923, was a Greek village. In 1923 there was a massive mandatory population exchange between Greece and Turkey. As part of this exchange, the Greek citizens of Kayakoy left for Greece, and the village has been deserted ever since. Wandering its maze of cobbled and overgrown streets is an experience to remember. You can still see partial frescos in the Orthodox bascilica and pebbled mosaics in its courtyard. Aphrodisias is perhaps the most impressive Hellenistic museum we visited in Turkey, and I enjoyed wandering through the ruins there more than the ruins at Ephesus. There are dozens of statuaries and relief sculptures in the museum, and far fewer tourists than the larger site at Ephesus.

Jul 21, 2006

Photos: 29

Black & White Gallery

May 31, 2006

Photos: 30

Little People

A gallery of candid portraits and street images of children. I suspect the pure innocence and beauty of youth are the real reasons cameras were invented!

May 4, 2006

Photos: 22

The family

Apr 9, 2006

Photos: 16

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