Winter has definitely arrived. The temperatures were nice this past week, but has fell to freezing. When I captured this scene in February of 2015, the area was in the middle of a cold spell. The Chester River was ice covered and there had been a recent snow fall. I was in Chestertown’s Wilmer Park […]
Continue ReadingI am a photographer, but mostly it’s as a photojournalist. Sometimes while covering an event I see something out of the ordinary and decide to take a photo. Which is what I did at an event this week. What is it? Pom Poms on the floor during the Kent County/Easton High School Basketball Game. ——- […]
Continue ReadingFor nearly 10 years I have gone to the little Chesapeake Bay town of Rock Hall to document a fundraiser for the VFC. Community members and volunteer Fire Fighters take a plunge into the cold waters of the Chesapeake Bay. I always try to shoot an Delmarva Scenes type of photo while there. I liked […]
Continue ReadingYou may have noticed that I have missed a few weeks. Well, to put it mildly life took over. I fell ill and it put me out of commission for most of the month of December. I even had to spend a few days in the hospital and had some minor surgery. But as the […]
Continue ReadingOn Tuesday evening I attended a Networking Fundraising event at Hemmyway’s Restaurant in Stevensville for Haven Ministries. The even didn’t begin until 5pm around 15 minutes before Sunset. I made sure I got there early to catch this Sunset on the Chesapeake Bay. ——- Delmarva Scenes is a photo project of SG Atkinson, Publisher and […]
Continue ReadingThanksgiving is over and the Christmas Holiday Season has begun. Chestertown has turned their fountain into a Christmas Tree. —— Delmarva Scenes is a photo project of SG Atkinson, Publisher and Editor of ChesaDel Crier, where he Photographs the Usual, Unusual, Beautiful and No So Pretty scenes of the Delmarva Peninsula. Photos of the Week […]
Continue ReadingNovember is fading. The end of the month is a week away. Autumn is losing it’s grasp and winter is just a few short weeks away. Many of the trees have lost their leaves. Others like this one is holding on to its yellow leaves for just a little bit longer. —— Delmarva Scenes is […]
Continue ReadingThis past Monday was Veterans Day. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 World War I, the War to end all Wars, the armistice between the Allied nations and Germany was signed. This is how Memorial Park in Chestertown looked on the November 11th. —— Delmarva Scenes is […]
Continue ReadingThis is really the second part of last week’s Delmarva Scene, which had tall ships coming back into port after an excursion down the Chester River. This is from Sunday afternoon when the ships, with passengers, leaving port for an adventure on the river. —— Delmarva Scenes is a photo project of SG Atkinson, Publisher […]
Continue ReadingIn 2001 the newly launched schooner SULTANA and the PRIDE OF BALTIMORE II paired up for a casual sail on the Chester River the weekend before both vessels “downrigged” for the winter. Nearly 20 years later the weekend has become one of the biggest Tall Ships Festival. Here are the two journeying up the Chester […]
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