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Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am home again
Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am whole again

Here comes the summer's son
He burns my skin

I live in the Isle of Man where we have some beautiful flora & fauna. I love to catch images that please me and bring joy to others. I like to experiment with my Nikon DSLR and my iPhone camera. I do like photo editing but some of my best photos are natural captures.

And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
Jesus loves you more than you will know (wo, wo, wo)
God bless you, please, Mrs. Robinson
Heaven holds a place for those who pray
(Hey hey hey, hey hey hey)

Dean is so aggressive on the bike. You can read his body language, the head leading the way. Brilliant rider, sun glinting off his helmet!

One of this year's most impressive and aggressive riders.

Breakfast buffet chef prepares eggs to order. Difficult to set white balance since the foreground porcelain was under florescent overhead lights and the infrared heat lamps were highlighting the chef's face; decided to correct for porcelain white and let the highlights fall naturally on his face.

Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am home again
Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am whole again

This treasure chest of local sweet treats greeted us in our room at Four Seasons Hotel, Beijing, China.

A pre-dawn scene on Congress Street in Austin, Texas. The Capitol Dome looms in the background with an ominous red glow, while the streets are lit only by the glow of headlights. Red and green traffic lights, and an array of white "christmas" lights gently dot the canvas of this quiet, peaceful scene.

My sister shared this site with me. It is an amazing place to watch as the seasons change

Wear your eyes as dark as night
Paint your face with what you like
Wear your love like it is made of hate
Born to destroy: born to create

Be sure to stop by my website at©Kerry Brown Photography

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Taken in Detroit Michigan US. This gentleman graciously allowed me to take his photograph.

There are times when all the world's asleep
The questions run too deep
For such a simple man
Won't you, please, please, tell me what we've learned
I know it sounds absurd
But please tell me who I am

I love Ruby's nose so I wanted to focus on that. As she's a Parson Russell Terrier, it also offers a different interpretation to the term 'Parson's Nose'.

Early morning shot of the Jefferson Memorial at the Potomac Tidal Basin, Washington, DC

Sometimes some photos just speaks for itself... Just like this one..

Fuzzy Sweaters and Ill Chosen Shoes

He had the pose, I just added the pixie dust

Children love easily.
Children covet little crushes.

Children break each-others hearts 1000 times before adolescence...

Children, leave their loves in the playground after dark.

Early morning in monument valley! This location is actually known as Ansel Adams rocks. Thank you all for viewing! :)

Trying to convey a story in a photograph, bit of a reportage style

same same same, so different

F2.8 same shot same place as the other all I changed was the lens

Back road songs this misty morn
The day has fall begun
troddin soddin rained on leaves

Statuesque representation of the chess pieces from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

Famous representation of the oppression of muggles at the hands of the wizarding community.

Death Eater stare down at The Making of Harry Potter Studio Tour in London.

Bellatrix Lestrange costume from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
EDIT: WHOOPS! This is a Professor Snape outfit from Prisoner of Azkaban when he was filling in as the dark arts instructor. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/89/af/6a/89af6a3523ce6d0a0bb1a986eedadbb1.jpg

From The Making of Harry Potter Studio Tour in London, the animatronic head of Griphook the goblin banker.

So, I have a couple seniors who are wanting "Winter Themes" in some of their portraits, if possible. The reason for "if possible" is that we live in the desert, and even on the rare occasion that it snows, it usually doesn't stick around for more than a couple hours. So I looked up various methods to try and convert seasons using filters and actions in Photoshop. I was able to create a scene that seems like the first snowfall in late autumn, early winter, with just a hint of color still visible on the trees. There is also a hint of snow flurries using a Photoshop Snow brush that I downloaded online.

Death Eater pointing her wand during the Dark Arts feature at The Making of Harry Potter WB Studio Tour in London. Fog effect added in Gimp.

With appolgies to Charlie Daniels

One of the only times I could get my youngest to sit still.

The Kingfisher is a bird I've always wanted to shoot, but never had the opportunity. The other night, I was served this beer in an Indian restaurant in South Kensington, and I thought "why the hell not?" Lighting was pretty cool and funky, but I think I got it balanced.

He was visiting as I was working today

This building is now a museum. I went to school here for first grade and half way through second grade. This school served the families from a few small farming communities and the surrounding farms in the Okanogan highlands in north central Washington. From the time it was built in the early 1900s through the early 1960s it had 1st through 12th. The upper floors of the building had become unstable, so through the 60s, it was only 1st through 6th grades and we were not allowed to go any higher than the second floor. From about 1969 through sometime in the 1980s, it sat vacant. Then the Okanogan Highlands Historical Society opened it up as a museum. The classrooms are set up as if waiting for the kids to start class. There is a small gift shop in the library/music room and the gymnasium in the basement houses historical farm equipment from around the area.

Sometimes the strangest things are just waiting on the beach. Man made or ocean created, the beach will never disappoint.

There's a song by Billy Talent that in so many ways speaks to me of the town in which I live.
Sometimes it's so beautiful, but it's such a sad little place.

This was 360 30 second shots combined using startrails program

f2.8

In a crooked little town, they were lost and never found
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves... on the ground
Run away before you drown, or the streets will beat you down
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves... on the ground

Billy Talent

Littered the ground, these sun drenched crunching leaves
cozy next to that picket fence,
Wading through them like sprinklers in the summertime
Brings home all that childhood wonder

Just a typical fall shot but split with BW to give it a gentle transition.

Taken this morning October 2nd. I stumbled upon a tree farm with vibrant color. This was taken in East China, Michigan. I played with the coloring to add black and white in the dull areas.

Taken north of Richmond, Michigan in the late morning. This Cemetery gave great foreground to the picture and the moon was added in to help set the tone.

Self portrait conceptualizing an ideal afterlife drifting the high seas remembering and reliving the best of times with my loved ones ...

Execution of this shot was pretty straightforward ... set the self-timer on the camera and then got into position, ducking out of the frame after 1 second of a 2 second exposure ... Except the wind was bad enough that I couldn't actually hear the shutter open, so I just had to count ...

Contrary to all logic, French toast is not simply "toast" in French ... They actually call it French toast as well! No, they do not call it "freedom" toast ... Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time!

Carson came up to me at halftime of our Homecoming football game and started asking me about my camera and what all the different buttons mean. It was a fun conversation.

A quick re-edit of a composite made SUPER lazily early this year while my son slept in my lap. This series was taken just after he learned he could run.
It could use some more work at a later date. Blending and such... But it makes me smile so I thought for no other reason that made it worth sharing.

My grandson, Caleb playing with my hat

This edit is the one I chose. The other edit my husband chose.

Notice the posture.

The beach on Half Moon Cay, a private island in the Bahamas.

The southern end of the island of Grand Turk is home to a beautiful rose-colored salt pond.

Master bartender finishing off a drink with a flare!

Every day, thousands of shipping containers are marshaled through the Port of Miami, but somehow I have a hard time working up up the motivation to pack my suitcase ...

From Miami Beach.

Could it be fall?

Sometimes you like a shot for NO APPARENT REASON.

RAIN GLORIOUS RAIN

This lighthouse sits at the end of Paradise Island and lights the entrance to Nassau Harbor. Built in 1817, it is the oldest surviving lighthouse in the West Indies.

Tonto, the faithful guard dog, keeps watch over the house while the owners are away ...

Mudflats created by seasonally draining and drying parts of the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. The entire area is carefully managed to balance the local environment and maintain the massive diversity of species found in the refuge. This shot is a combination of 21 individual shots taken at 50mm, shot at 1/50, ISO100 at f/11 for maximum sharpness.

Great Egret having a quiet moment at the beach. Taken in Sarasota at Lido Key, FL. Original shot in color and titled "Contemplation", then converted to B/W (for the challenge). The title is a reference to another photographer who made news last year with a b/w version of a photograph he had already sold in color ... Sound off in the comments if you get it!

Suspect Joanna exchanging cash for possible contraband as accomplice watches.

Note the hard stare from suspect Joanna as she aggressively negotiates with the target.

Here suspect Joanna approaches the target to inquire about a transaction.

One more with the Holga 120 on Kodak Portra 400 B/W. The Holga 120 only shoots at 1/100 at either f/11 or f/8. This was shot at f/11 with a ND 8 filter held over the lens. Cropped in post for composition.

Another shot with the Holga 120 on Kodak Portra 400 B/W. The Holga 120 only shoots at 1/100 at either f/11 or f/8. This was shot at f/11 with a ND 8 filter held over the lens.

Thought I would submit some of my b/w film work to this challenge. This was shot with a Holga 120 on Kodak Portra 400 B/W. The Holga 120 only shoots at 1/100 at either f/11 or f/8. This was shot at f/11 with a ND 8filter held over the lens.

Those of you who know me, you know I'm not really a b/w guy. Don't have much experience with it, and I'm usually trying to show off nature's colors so I haven't explored b/w much ... But I couldn't resist this challenge. Here's an up & coming singer, destined to become a STAR ... She currently lives in Austin and is chasing her dream. I caught up with her in Puerto Rico and snapped some images of her during open mic night at a local watering hole ...

SpaceX launches the DSCOVR satellite. The project was initially dreamed up by Al Gore (to send a satellite to the first La Grange point and then send back images of Earth), but then improved to include actual science!

This was taken from an airboat on the St John's River, outside of Christmas, FL. Pretty sure he thought we all looked like a good snack ... Bonus points for anyone who gets the reference in the title.

I am too cool

Pasty chef, Anton, continues his lesson on chocolate melting cake by showing how to combine the chocolate with melted butter. Mmmmmmm.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carries satellites from Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The name comes from my viewing location for the launch, the Banana River. Exposure time was 176 seconds, ISO100 at aperture f/9. Lens was a Tamron 16-28mm f/2.8 @ 16mm. Shot in bulb mode with a remote release, so the shutter opened as the rocket started to fire and then closed when I was fairly confident it was going to be near the edge of the frame. (March 1, 2015)

Shot after sunset from a rooftop in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The rooftop wall kept getting in my shot since I wanted to keep it wide, so I had to balance my camera at the edge in order to get this shot. It was a long 15 seconds!

Just when you think you couldn't love anyone as much as your own children, along come grandchildren. My grandson is the newest love of my life, he's truly amazing!

Prepared by the excellent staff of the Carnival Glory Chef's Table, chorizo-crusted Chilean sea bass with lobster foam. The cubes are fried popcorn pudding, with a lemon macaroon in the background.

Necessary for omelets, but even better when used for Cake. Anton, head pastry chef on the Carnival Glory, demonstrates how to make their signature dessert, the Chocolate Melting Cake.

Half Moon Beach at Half Moon Cay resort on Little San Salvador Island. According to a few sources around the Internet, Norwegian Cruise Lines sold it to Holland America for only $6 M. Can't imagine what they were thinking!

Built originally in the 1500's and improved over a period of 250 years by the Spanish, Castillo San Felipe del Morro once protected the island of Puerto Rico and key trade routes throughout the Caribbean.

Anhinga drying its wings in the early morning sun. These birds are fascinating to watch. Most of their body is below water level when they swim, with only their head and neck sticking out of the water. They eat from the bottom of a lake or pond, so they completely submerge themselves only to pop up a few yards away. But best of all, when they're done they hop up onto a branch and spread their wings with their back to the sun. Unlike other birds, anhingas lack oil glands to protect their feathers from the water, and they cannot fly with their wings fully saturated.

Intentionally breaking the "rules" of composition here and putting all of the action at the edges of the frame. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn't, but it's different and I like that. Hope you do too.

They cook it twice, but you can unfortunately only eat it once ... This pork is slow roasted in Indian spices and then deep fried. Absolutely delicious. Our host, Chef Plato, tops each one with a kind of curry-based sauce. It's sitting on a polenta cracker.

A mouthwatering mango sphere made with mango, rosemary biscuit and unicorn magic*. The chef's love to freak everyone out and tell them it's an egg yolk at first. One tip, DO NOT BITE the mango sphere. The juices inside are held together by a thin layer of unicorn magic, so it bursts in your mouth as soon as you break the seal. If you pop the whole thing in your mouth and break it, you get a refreshing burst of mango. If you bite it, you get a messy shirt.

*Chef mumbo jumbo replaced with words I understand.

A complicated bit of white balancing going on, with different colored light sources. I managed to find a happy medium without selectively adjusting the WB.

Jacoby Ellsbury steals second base at Fenway Park, June 9, 2013. In 56 total stolen base attempts that year, he was caught only 4 times.

When you shoot long enough, every now and then something really cool happens. No photoshop or camera tricks on the bubble, but sometimes it's better to be lucky than good!

Sunflare as my ship was passing under the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. The Skyway is a massive bridge that spans Tampa Bay, connecting St. Petersburg to mainland Florida.

Here is a Tri-Colored Heron perched on a mangrove at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Titusville, FL.

Canon 5DIII
EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L
1/500
f/11
400mm
ISO 800

Another experimental work of mine. Took a photo of the sunrise in Hawaii on my back lanai, then added some digital artwork. Parts drawn were the left and right rocky hills and the city in the middle.

Little bit of my new experimental work, mixing my real world photography with my digital artwork. Enjoy :)

Aboard the USS Clamagore.

More photos of the area in my South Carolina album on Village Photos.