Photographer SG (Steve) Atkinson and Delmarva Scenes announces that the first of three Delmarva Scenes Calendars for 2020 is now available. This is the 6th Annual Delmarva Scenes Calendar of Atkinson’s photographs of the usual, unusual, beautiful and not so pretty scenes of the Delmarva Peninsula. This year’s calendar is a 16 month calendar, beginning […]
Continue ReadingEvery year on the 1st weekend of August the Town of Betterton in Kent County, MD, honors their history of being a Chesapeake Beach Resort Town in the 1st 1/2 of the 20th Century. The day kick-off with a parade down Main Street. People come from all over to watch it. This photo is looking […]
Continue ReadingFor us on the Eastern Shore this is our favorite view of the Bay Bridge. —— 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 can be purchased for […]
Continue ReadingIt’s so hot this week that it’s almost too hot to go out on the water. And for some I’m sure that it is, but for them they can sit by the water in the shade at Wilmer Park in Chestertown. —— Delmarva Scenes is a photo project of SG Atkinson, Publisher and Editor of […]
Continue ReadingThis week I have been busy working on this year’s Delmarva Scenes Calendar. There will be two with the first, a 16 Month 2019-2020 wall calendar, being completed this week. I’m waiting for the preview copy to be delivered with the publishing date being August 1st. This was the last photograph picked and will be […]
Continue ReadingSunsets can be quite fantastic on the Delmarva Peninsula. I have shot quite a few from Rock Hall looking out over the Chesapeake Bay. This past Sunday night I was attending a party on the Queen Anne’s County side of the Chester River and was able to capture this Sunrise. Why am I calling it […]
Continue ReadingThe Delmarva Peninsula landscape, like many areas of the country, is dotted with churches. Many dating back to the 1800’s and earlier. Last week I was asked if I had a scene that could be used on the Worship page for a Chamber of Commerce directory. I actually had one, and it turned out to […]
Continue ReadingHere in Kent County, MD, where I live Daylillies bloom in the later weeks of June. They are often seen on the road side, but people have them planted as well. These are against a fence near the entrance to the rear of the Mainstay in Rock Hall. —— Delmarva Scenes is a photo project […]
Continue ReadingThere are many great Community Theaters on the Delmarva Peninsula. Church Hill Theatre have been putting on shows for 30 years. This year’s Summer Musical is Jesus Christ Superstar. I have been working with the theatre for a few years photographing their production and at times working back stage. I am doing both with this […]
Continue ReadingOn the berm near the Visitor’s Center in Cambridge the Cambridge Rotary Club presents their Flags for Heroes fundraiser. The Rotary Flags for Heroes provides a fantastic visual display of American Flags during Memorial Day weekend. Memorial Day, originally known as Decoration Day, began as a day to decorate the graves of the Civil War […]
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