Photo:Engage

  Photo:Engage     a photography blog you  want  to follow “ Photography means painting with light. And that's what you do. You paint a picture only by adding light to the things you see. ”  - Katja Michael     I have found throughout my life that the excited anticipation of some future event is often as pleasurable as the event itself. Knowing about a planned trip to Disney World, for example, is just as joyful as being there. Years ago, when I still enjoyed professional American football, the weeks leading up to the Super Bowl with the constant television hype, analysis, and player interviews were often more fun than the game itself which was usually a blowout. As I've grown older, I've found myself much more in tune with the changes that happen with the passing of the seasons. I especially love Spring with its inherent sense of rebirth, especially at the ocean shore. As I wrote in my post on May 1, 2021...      If you’re lik...

  Photo:Engage     a photography blog you  want  to follow “ All photographs are memento mori. To take a photograph is to participate in another person's or thing's mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time's relentless melt. ”  - Susan Sontag      There's a magic beauty during springtime in coastal Delaware. Of course the warming weather starts to spark dreams of lazy days on the beach listening to the surf and reading a good book. But the beach towns at the Delaware shore are more than just suntans, sand, and soft serve. Do you smell the perfume in the air as you stroll the sidewalks, especially in Bethany Beach and Lewes? That's the sweet floral smell of lower Delaware in spring!     Best known for the vibrant tulip gardens in both its community and private gardens, Lewes is the coastal town probably most associated with kaleidoscopic blooming ...