Commercial, Advertising and Editorial Photography. Greensboro, North Carolina
(photograph copyright 2009 by Dan Routh)
The lead cyclist breaks away from the pack during the 2009 Tour de Lions in Grays Chapel, North Carolina earlier this summer. It’s not really a race, but the riders do take things pretty seriously. His late kick enabled him to finish about five minutes ahead of the rest of the field after a 75 mile ride. Not the Tour de France, but a lot of fun nonetheless.
Stone milling equipment at the Old Mill of Guilford near Greensboro, North Carolina. The old mill produces a complete line of stone ground flours and mixes on water wheel powered machinery. Below a young lady bags up the products.
(photographs copyright 2009 by Dan Routh)
The peaches are beginning to ripen, and they are mighty sweet this year, so it’s time to make a trip to North Carolina’s self-proclaimed peach capital, Candor. Located in North Carolina’s “Sand Hills”, about 60 miles south of Greensboro, Candor is a center for growing peaches, along with melons, apples, grapes, and all sorts of vegetables.
Ken Chappell’s roadside produce stand is one of many along NC Highway 211 between Candor and Pinehurst. Ken sells all sorts of produce he raises in the area near Samarcand.
(photographs copyright 2009 by Dan Routh)
(photograph copyright 2009 by Dan Routh)
My son Devin’s friend Cally (Cally and Devin are seen above during a visit) has spent most of the summer in the hospital at UNC-Chapel Hill. She hasn’t been ill though, rather she is taking part in a choline depletion study for the Nutrition Dept at UNC. That means eating food that has no choline in it, which is pretty much nothing but sugar and water and a small amount of protein. Though she does have the chance to get outside for a few hours each day, most of her existence is in a small hospital room and the adjacent hall. Being forced to live in a contained space is at the least stressful, and Cally is doing her best to cope with the situation. Stress sometimes triggers a rise in creativity, and Cally has been doing just that. She reads, writes in a journal, and most interestingly, draws on her food service placemats after each “meal”. She has created quite a portfolio of wonderful illustrations, some of which appear below. Click on the image for a larger view.
(all illustrations copyright 2009 by Cally Womick, used with permission)
(photograph copyright 2009 by Dan Routh)
Model photography from a women’s casual fashion shoot, shot at Jordan Lake near Raleigh, North Carolina.
(photograph copyright 2009 by Dan Routh)
A fisherman sets off on a foggy morning at Lake MacIntosh near Burlington, North Carolina.
(photograph copyright 2009 by Dan Routh)
Sunflowers bloom in a neighbor’s garden near Grays Chapel, North Carolina.
(photograph copyright 2009 by Dan Routh)
More casual fashion photography from a recent shoot at Lake Norman near Charlotte, North Carolina.
(photograph copyright 2009 by Dan Routh)
There is a body shop across from my studio in Greensboro, North Carolina, and they must do pretty good work. You never know what they will be working on, but from time to time there are some nice cars sitting out front. This slick 56 Chevrolet was there for some touchup last week. Looked fairly stock on the outside, but when I saw the hood open, it definitely wasn’t original show-room.
At the risk of this becoming poultry week, my photographs today are from the farm of Mr and Mrs E D Snider of Liberty, North Carolina. Mr and Mrs Snider grow chickens for the home grower and free range producer market. If you want a few good chickens to produce eggs in your backyard, the Snider farm is the place to go, for a half dozen, or for hundreds. Interesting and great people, I always enjoy going by their farm. Mr Snider ran a feed and fertilizer business for years, and his wife works for the US Post Office in Pittsboro. They live on land that was part of her family’s (the McMasters) original 18th century land grant. I love to talk to people in our area who are still able to produce a livelihood from the land.
Below is a “Production Red” hen we bought from the Sniders.
(photographs copyright 2009 by Dan Routh)
