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FestiFall at Walnut Grove Plantation

Steve Mitchell — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:26:20 +0000

Take an original plantation estate built in 1765, mix that with scores of historical reenactors and a historical association dedicated to preserving the area's history and what do you get? Only one of the premier annual historical events in Upstate S

Headed South

Steve Mitchell — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:30:26 +0000

I saw the last hummingbird at our feeders this past weekend and none since. That jives with the migration information I found online. By all accounts they head south mid to late Sept. I'm not really into bird photography per se but I had fun trying t

Pic of the Day: Comet Hyakutake

Steve Mitchell — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 20:53:00 +0000

Digging around in some of my old film shots I ran across this photo of Comet Hyakutake I took in 1996. It was a rare try at an astronomical image (something I want to do more of) and mediocre at best, but since I had never tried scanning the film neg

Pic of the Day: Living History

Steve Mitchell — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:29:36 +0000

History, particularly reenactors, is one of my favorite photo subjects. I was playing around with some black and white renditions of this image and was satisfied with the way this one came out. Most of the editing work was done in Lightroom. The butt

Happy 4th of July

Steve Mitchell — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 01:46:41 +0000

The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and down

The Canyon – Part 2

Steve Mitchell — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:14:31 +0000

Decided to go all "Ansel Adams" on the canyon and post these black and white images. Grayscale photography is fun to edit even though getting the tonality right is a challenge, but there is nothing like seeing an image in monochrome values for gleani

The Canyon – Part 1

Steve Mitchell — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 01:51:02 +0000

I finally got around to editing my shots from the Grand Canyon taken back in January. To residents of the area, its simply known as "The Canyon" and not because its the only one, there are hundreds, but when you refer to "The Canyon" everyone knows w

National Geographic “My Shot” Gallery

Steve Mitchell — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:45:54 +0000

If you've never seen the My Shot page on the National Geographic site you really should, some of the submissions there are incredible. Every day NG features the Daily Dozen – twelve of the best pics for that day chosen by NG editors. Then each week

Spindrift Image

Steve Mitchell — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:22:22 +0000

Today I celebrate the birthday of my 3rd child Angela. She is now a grown woman with a family of her own but she's still my daughter. I'm referring in this case to her talent and love for photography, which I like to believe she got from me. Anyway,

Arizona Here I Come

Steve Mitchell — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:33:16 +0000

I've never been farther west than Dallas, TX and that was somewhere around the age of 12. So an invitation from relatives to visit them in Phoenix and tour some of the state was definitely a cool moment. The trip would turn out to be a photo oppor