Friday Foto for FCC

It’s no secret that I enjoy photography.  I am always looking for ways to improve my skills and increase my lens inventory.  Of course they always say, to be successful take something you love doing and make money at it.  So that is what I am slowly doing.  I am working on a photos for a friend that works closely with the Frederick Community College Basketball teams.  You can click on the photo below and navagate through a few of the shots on my Flickr account.

But the other part of this post is to open your eyes to something local and inexpensive to do one evening.  FCC offers a wide variety of classes for those that looking to enhance their education. But more importantly they offer sporting events for a very reasonable price. North Frederick Elementary has been taken under the basketball players wings. They invite them to watch the games on a regular basis. These kids think they are watching a professional game and completely enjoying it. For a few bucks you can come out and escape the daily grind and entertain the kids.  And if it’s not basketball that interest you check out their events calendar for other reasons to visit the campus.

Have a great weekend.

Friday Foto from the grave at Mt Olivet Cemetery

I have taken up photography as a hobby in hopes to make it a business someday.  I am still far from the great photographers out there that grind out great shots day in and day out.  I joined a photography guild a few months back in Brunswick called the Brunswick Photographer’s Guild…simple enough.  It is filled with great people that help each other grow by sharing tips and tricks of the trade.  We have monthly meetings, contests and photowalks.  I organized the latest one at Mt Olivet’s Cemetery in Frederick.  The cemetery has great history dating back to pre-civil war era.   I thought it would be fitting getting since it is close to Halloween and especially since it was a full moon.

I am still processing all the shots from the cemetery walk, but you will be able to see them here when I am all finished.  In the mean time, I leave you with my Halloween Postcard.  (I wanted to make sure you got it before the holiday…I know how things can get lost in the mail)

This was a long exposure shot with a little touch up magic of photoshop.

Enjoy the weekend, get out and see the fall foliage.

If you found this post looking for cemetery plots…goto Mt Olivet’s Cemetery Official Website for more information.  They have space available.

Freaky Friday Foto

My good friend called me the other day and asked me if I heard about Stonehenge in Frederick.  I didn’t have a clue.  He said it was on the news…still no clue.  Someone took the time to stack (or glue) a bunch of rock formations all along Hamburg Road.  Who knows how long these rock formations have been here.  The formations are quite unique and interesting to view. You can find the at the end of Rosement to Yellow Springs which turns into Hamburg Road. This is a goat path of a road that leads up to Gambrill State Park.

Here is what I found…

Have a great weekend.

Friday FOTO – Bald Eagle flies over Middletown

I was sitting in the family room the other evening around dinner time. I happen to glance out the window and noticed a few “hawks” or turkey vultures soaring in the distance. It was a nice breezing evening, so it was not uncommon to see them circling the skies. One broke away from the crowd and caught my eye. His head was almost glistening…snatched up my camera (never too far from me) and stepped outside. And I’ll be damn, it was a Bald Eagle. I don’t have the greatest camera in the world but it does pretty well. (I did take pretty good pictures of the eclipse with it) So the pictures don’t do this Patriotic Bird of Prey any justice but you get to see it. I must say it was a pretty exciting moment for me.

Click on the pictures for a better view. (click all sizes)

Have a great weekend…

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