Monday, April 13, 2015

A few random photos.

These are a few random photos that I have shot since the beginning of the year.  Enjoy!

Corey Cullom, 5, of Beaufort jumps in one of the bounce houses on Saturday afternoon during Fireworks for Lafayette, the event to celebrate the 190th anniversary of General Lafayette's visit to Beaufort, at Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park.

Chuck, a Budweiser Clydesdale horse, is lead off of his trailer by one of their handlers on Friday afternoon before their parade down Calhoun Street in Bluffton.

Jake Ruley, 4, of Hilton Head picks daffodils on Sunday afternoon at U Pick Daffodils in Bluffton.  U Pick Daffodils is open, weather permitting, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Karla Williams of Hilton Head Island, center, does single unders as Lindsay Martin of Bluffton, left, counts for her and Lavonne Keister of Bluffton, right,  prepares to start her own set of single unders on Saturday afternoon during the 2015 Cross Fit Open at Conviction Training Facility on Hilton Head.

Jesus, played by Mario Cordero, carries the cross while guards yell at him during the performance of the "Living Stations of the Cross" on Friday evening at St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church in Bluffton.

The performance of the "Living Stations of the Cross" was held on Friday evening at St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church in Bluffton.

Mr. Peanut greets Aoife Hall, 5, left, and Leslie Schuelke, 8, right, both of Bluffton, outside of the Planters Nutmobile at the Lowcountry Home & Garden Show on Friday afternoon in Bluffton.  The Planters Nutmobile will be making an appearance at Hilton Head Island Wingfest on Saturday and will be back at the home and garden show on Sunday.

Melba Thomas, left, and Becky Trask, right, both of Beaufort, share a laugh as Thomas hands Trask a palm as she arrives for the mid-morning Palm Sunday service at The Parish Church of St. Helena on Sunday morning in Beaufort.

Sigler's Rotisserie and Seafood had Buffalo Shrimp Sliders for people to purchase during the Third Annual Taste of Bluffton on Saturday afternoon on Calhoun Street in Old Town Bluffton.

Bob Gregory, of Hilton Head Island, right, shows Carlos and Sarah Moleda, center, of Bluffton, the interior of their restored 1952 Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon during the filming of the finale of the pilot for a new reality TV show called Wheels for Warriors on Sunday afternoon in Gregory's "mancave" on Hilton Head Island.


All photos ©2015 The Island Packet and The Beaufort Gazette and are not to be used without permission from those publications.

Sunday, April 12, 2015

My first air show.

I just finished shooting my first air show this weekend and honestly it was pretty cool.  I spent about half of my time shooting video and the other half shooting photos and I found that it was pretty easy to convey with video how cool the flight formations and maneuvers that the planes demonstrated were, but with photos...its was a little different.  After spending three days photographing the planes I felt like my photos were all starting to look similar.  Still, I came away with a handful of photos that I was pretty happy with...and here they are!

Two Blue Angels pilots fly in formation during their portion of the MCAS Beaufort Air Show on Saturday afternoon on the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort.

The GEICO Skytypers fly in formation during the MCAS Beaufort Air Show at the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort on Sunday afternoon.

Jake Peavey of Savannah and his son Luke, 2, watch as the Blue Angels take off during their demonstration on Sunday afternoon at the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort during the last day of the MCAS Beaufort Air Show.

Andrew McGowan, 5, of Savannah, watches as the Blue Angels take-off while holding his own much smaller version of their iconic airplanes on Sunday afternoon during the last day of the MCAS Beaufort Air Show at the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort.

Paratroopers glide to the ground during the USMC Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) demonstration on Sunday afternoon on the last day of the MCAS Beaufort Air Show at the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort.

The USMC F-35B Lightning taxis past the audience after flying on the last day of the MCAS Beaufort Air Show on Sunday afternoon at the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort.

Two GEICO Skytypers roll to pass by each other while flying during the MCAS Beaufort Air Show at the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort on Sunday afternoon.

The Blue Angels fly during their demonstration on Sunday afternoon during the MCAS Beaufort Air Show on Sunday afternoon at the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort.

One of the pilots of the Blue Angels' Fat Albert waves to the crowd after their flight on Saturday afternoon on the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort during the MCAS Beaufort Air Show.

The GEICO Skytypers fly in formation during the MCAS Beaufort Air Show at the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort on Sunday afternoon.

All photos ©2015 The Island Packet and The Beaufort Gazette and are not to be used without permission from those publications.