These are two of the many pictures I've been taking for photography class. Last week, Erica, Maggie, and I went to the Catawba River to take pictures. Later we all went to the darkroom to develop them.
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Friday, September 16, 2005
Clifftop
This photo is from the trip Hunter and I took to Clifftop, West Virginia, for the Applachian String Band Festival. A week of old-time music heaven, courtesy of dear friend Barbara.
Mission Trip
This is from our mission trip to Orlando. We worked on many projects, from construction to day camps. My group (Chris included) worked at a center for homeless folks. We fed around 300 people every day. A very rewarding, and a very fun trip. This is Daniel, Hunter, and Sarah - doing the old Steve Zissou stare...
Lake Matamuskeet
This is from our family's trip to the Outer Banks of North Carolina. We did a lot of canoeing/kayaking. Olivia is reeling in her fish as I look on.
Rockfish
Just look at these kids.....
This is from road trip Chris, Maggie, and I took to Camp Rockfish, where Brooke works in the summer. They're standing beside a river that appears to flow with sweet tea. We had a wonderful time, and it was so good to see them all during the summer.
This is from road trip Chris, Maggie, and I took to Camp Rockfish, where Brooke works in the summer. They're standing beside a river that appears to flow with sweet tea. We had a wonderful time, and it was so good to see them all during the summer.
Kenichi Kadokura
This is our visitor from Japan, Kenichi, who came all the way to South Carolina to catch a stag beetle. This photo was taken right when he found it. He shook everyone's hand and said "I am very happy" many times. I've rarely seen someone so excited.
Friday, May 06, 2005
One Down....
Well, my freshman year is done. I had a busy last few weeks, finshing projects, studying, and trying to spend time with friends before being away from them for a while. I've had mixed feelings about the year ending. I've made a lot of good friends this year, but there's a good summer here now. I've got several things coming up soon. I've already started helping Suellen and Joey with the photography business. Also, there will be camps, bible schools, a mission trip, concerts, and an Old-Time festival, among others. The photo is of me with some friends, Brooke and Maggie, after we moved Brooke out last week.
Musgrove Mill
From April 23-24, I camped out at Musgrove Mill State Park. We had a revolutionary war reenactment and encampment displaying typical activities, such as spinning, cooking, blacksmithing, woodworking, stone carving, etc... I spent time with several close friends, and had some good campfire cooked food. There was much music played also. I played the gourd banjo David made, and Mark Simpson played his 400 year-old fiddle. Dad hammered out an assortment of ironworks on his brand new Colonial style portable forge that he made. After our visit to Williamsburg this year, he started making clothes and blacksmithing equipment nonstop until this event. Our outfits were made by many people, including Dad, Mom, Nanny, and Renee. All of them spent a lot of time sewing up some quality clothing (by hand!) On Sunday, we all got a big surprise when Brooke showed up! She has been teaching English in Japan for 9 months or so (too long!) We had a great visit and got to play some good Old-Time music.
Friday, April 15, 2005
bela
This is a snapshot of me with perhaps the World's premier banjoist, Bela Fleck. He attended the gathering as not to perform, but simply to learn from the others. Neat guy.
jamming
This photo was taken at the Black Banjo Then & Now Gathering in Boone, NC last weekend. For 4 days, I attended seminars, discussions, concert, and jam sessions centered around the African-American origins of the banjo and related music. There were people literally from all over the world there. I made friends of many ages, cultures, and races. It was a great experience. I'm jamming with some other folks in this one. Hunter might say this is folkin steve at his best.
ToysRus
This is at Toys R Us during the midnight madness event, when the new Star Wars toys came out. 14 of us went after a Campus Crusade for Christ event in Charlotte. Here I am pulling my Yoda out of the box it was shipped in. Lots of fun.
Friday, February 25, 2005
Dr.Ellis & me
This is Dr. Rex Ellis, Vice President of the Historic Area at Williamsburg, VA. He is also with the Smithsonian. He's written on the history of the banjo, and much of the history I know I learned from his writing. I ran into him at Williamsburg this Feb. We got to talk and jam for a while.
Thursday, February 24, 2005
1800sStephen
This photo was taken after a black history month event our group did at Winthrop. I'm in mid-19th century attire with the gourd banjo David made.
Thursday, February 03, 2005
Haulin'
This is a photo of Hunter and me with Duke Devlin, who is on the first season of Town Haul, which airs Saturdays in January/February. The first season was filmed in Jeffersonville, NY - which is about 7 miles from Woodstock. Hunter and I had read about Duke on the internet, so we were very excited to meet him. He went to Woodstock in '69 and never left. On the show, Duke lead a group of people who fixed up an apartment for a disabled man who had to ride a wheelchair to the outskirts of town before. The man, Cowboy Bob, gave Duke a puppy in appreciation. That's the puppy in the picture. Cowboy Bob and Duke named their dogs after one another.
Wednesday, February 02, 2005
Town Haul
This is a pic of me with Trading Spaces/Town Haul host Genevieve Gorder. We were working on the amphitheatre project when this was shot. Town Haul is at 10:00 pm on Saturdays. The Laurens episodes start March 5.
Ski
Hello All,
It's been a while since I updated this thing. A lot has happened! December was a very busy month for me. Toward the end of the semester, I had to do some staying up all night working on art projects. It got very hectic the last few days, and then it was sweet relief. I had a great first semester of college, but I was so glad to go home for a while. Right when I got home, I started helping out with The Learning Channel show that was filmed in Laurens, Town Haul. The show is going to be about the community coming together to work on big projects. TLC was there for about a month, and the left us with a new riverside amphitheatre, a playground, miniature golf course, a farmer's market, refurbished historical barber shop, a teen coffee house, and other cosmetic improvements like a courtyard, refurbished facade of a century old building, and two old murals revitalized on our town square. I got to work on most of the projects in some way, helping other volunteers scrape bricks from the old mill, build playground equipment, plant trees, and other things. At the unveiling of the amphitheatre, our group of Thursday night pickers got to play a song - right before they brought out surprise quest Hootie and the Blowfish. It was an awesome night. I met many people around town that I had never met, and became closer to others. It was so awesome to see people putting so much effort into the projects, so eager to build up the community.
Christmas came quick, and it was a good one. I had a great time at the two large family gatherings, on both sides of the family I'm blessed with grandparents and many aunts, uncles, and cousins.
After Christmas came and went, I went on the annual church ski retreat in West Virginia (a beautiful state!) We had an awesome time, ringing in the new year with so many friends. I fell on an advanced slope and twisted my knee a bit. It's better now.
I got to spend time with some family and friends between that and coming back to school. I'm settled back in very well, and feel even better about this semester now that I know what things are like. It was also good to see friends that I haven't seen in about a month.
It's been a while since I updated this thing. A lot has happened! December was a very busy month for me. Toward the end of the semester, I had to do some staying up all night working on art projects. It got very hectic the last few days, and then it was sweet relief. I had a great first semester of college, but I was so glad to go home for a while. Right when I got home, I started helping out with The Learning Channel show that was filmed in Laurens, Town Haul. The show is going to be about the community coming together to work on big projects. TLC was there for about a month, and the left us with a new riverside amphitheatre, a playground, miniature golf course, a farmer's market, refurbished historical barber shop, a teen coffee house, and other cosmetic improvements like a courtyard, refurbished facade of a century old building, and two old murals revitalized on our town square. I got to work on most of the projects in some way, helping other volunteers scrape bricks from the old mill, build playground equipment, plant trees, and other things. At the unveiling of the amphitheatre, our group of Thursday night pickers got to play a song - right before they brought out surprise quest Hootie and the Blowfish. It was an awesome night. I met many people around town that I had never met, and became closer to others. It was so awesome to see people putting so much effort into the projects, so eager to build up the community.
Christmas came quick, and it was a good one. I had a great time at the two large family gatherings, on both sides of the family I'm blessed with grandparents and many aunts, uncles, and cousins.
After Christmas came and went, I went on the annual church ski retreat in West Virginia (a beautiful state!) We had an awesome time, ringing in the new year with so many friends. I fell on an advanced slope and twisted my knee a bit. It's better now.
I got to spend time with some family and friends between that and coming back to school. I'm settled back in very well, and feel even better about this semester now that I know what things are like. It was also good to see friends that I haven't seen in about a month.
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