St. Simon's Island

My family and I vacationed at St. Simon's Island, GA this summer. As a child I spent most of my vacations there with my parents and grandparents. This was the first time I have been able to return to the island as an adult and share the place with my wife and my own children. These were the first in a series that I took at the beach. I accidentally left my ISO set at 3200 and was initially disappointed when I discovered this fact; however, I think that they made for interesting night beachscapes.

This next picture is one

of a pot metal table that my grandfather has collected and placed on his back porch. We ate breakfast on this table each morning of the vacation. I took this shot with the intention of pointing out the interesting detail that so often becomes part of the mundane.

One of my favorite places to visit at St. Simon's is Fort Frederica, the colony where lived the soldiers that successfully defended Georgia against the Spanish army. I had taken many shots of the fort that day that I later found on postcards in the gift shop. This one quickly became my favorite of the visit to the colony because I was unable to find it in the giftshop.