Delmarva Photography

May 30, 2015October 27, 2017

Flags for Heroes Fill a Field and a Need

The need is, of course, to help spread the patriotism that is Memorial Day in the United States. We should all remember those who fought and sacrificed to provide and maintain the freedoms we all enjoy. These 450+ American Flags surely impressed many thousands of drivers as they passed by. I know they impressed me. The sight was both awesome and humbling.

The Easton Rotary Club sponsored their “Flags for Heroes” at the Talbot County Community Center, just north of Easton, MD on the south side of Rt. 50. I just had to pull off the highway to capture a few shots of this incredible display.

I also want to share this wonderful project and have made this image available as an art print at Bill Swartwout Photography.

September 24, 2014January 20, 2022

No More Pencils, No More Books…

No more pencils, no more books, no more teachers’ dirty looks…From “School’s Out” by Alice Cooper. Unfortunately that also depicts the demise of many revered book stores.

With the preponderance of electronic tablets (iPad or Galaxy Tab, for example) and especially those designed for reading books (Kindle, Nook, etc), the sales of printed books have decreased dramatically over the last decade. Electronic copies of books today far outsell the printed-on-paper versions. While that may not be a bad thing there are still people who love to read while holding a “real” book in their hands – and actually turning pages manually instead of with a “swipe” on a screen. I happen to be one of those people.

The demise of “real” books has also brought the demise of many once-popular book stores in many areas, such as malls and resort areas. Those of us living at or near the Delaware beaches and even Ocean City, Maryland, have a wonderful resource in downtown Rehoboth Beach. Here is my rendition of the colorful nature of the book store facade.

The inside is just as kitsch – and charming. Books, and plenty of them, along with just about anythig else that you or I may be able to relate to the joy of reading and discovering. Browseabout Books is located downtown at 133 Rehoboth Avenue, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. My original photograph can be found in my online gallery at USPictures.com – in the Coastal Delaware Gallery.

January 25, 2014January 20, 2022

Sunrise over Fenwick Island on a January Morning

Just about froze my – fingers – this morning. Temperature was up to 22 but the wind was gusting to 30-35 here at the beach. Yikes, it was COLD – couldn’t be out of the car for more than two minutes without gloves (using a camera, of course). But it was worth it to catch the sun breaking the horizon (rising) over Fenwick Island with trees, the FI Lighthouse and one bird in silhouette.