Portraits – Page 107 – Dan Routh Photography

Friday Portrait

Portrait of younger son Devin, before his trip back to New Hampshire.

Teacher

Dr. Cathy D. Kea, professor of education at North Carolina A&T University, works with a group of young students recently at their school in Greensboro, North Carolina.

During the holidays this year, the whole family was together. Older son Tristan and his wife live with us and younger son Devin was in from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. Every flight in means a flight out and Mom having to deal with the goodbyes.

Local Faces

Portraits

A short stop by Routh Oil Co in Lineberry, North Carolina yielded a few portraits opportunities on an afternoon last week. Eric Routh above and Dori Routh and Harry Whitaker below.

Liberty Farm and Garden

Portraits

In rural areas of the country, general stores and farm supply stores act as social centers as well as retail outlets. I stopped by Liberty Farm and Garden in Liberty, North Carolina on a cold winter day to pick up some farm supplies. I was greeted by old friend and classmate Mike Foust on arrival and I found owner Melvin Nunn inside close to the stove.

Saturday Afternoon and Dressed for the Weather

Agriculture, Farm, Portraits

It’s a Saturday afternoon and there is a light rain/sleet falling. Most of us are either out shopping at the mall or sitting in a warm place watching football or basketball. At Williams Dairy in Grays Chapel, North Carolina, for Greg, Rick and Michael Williams, Saturday means cleaning up the cow lot and getting things ready for milking a herd of Holsteins no matter what the weather.

Friday Faces

Portraits

Neighbor Gary McMasters in the tobacco field earlier the year.

Blacksmith

Blacksmith, Portraits

Master blacksmith Jerry Darnell works in his shop, Mill Creek Forge, on Busbee Rd near Jugtown in Moore County, North Carolina. Jerry is a retired high school math teacher who now produces colonial style iron works full time. He started working with metal when he was young, learning welding and metal work from his father, and then learning blacksmithing from several nationally known smiths. Jerry has been forging metal for some 40 years. He now also teaches blacksmithing at several national craft schools such as the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina. For more information on his business and his beautiful work, go to http://www.millcreekforge.com/.