Follow Me On My Photography Adventures
By popular demand my Exhibit at Art South of Homestead has been extended for an additional month. If you did not have a chance to see it last month you have another opportunity to come out and see my photography during the month of February.
On February 11, 2012, Art South will host their Second Saturday event and introduce the artists on display for the month of February. There will be free food and drinks. I invite everyone to come out and enjoy the festivities and meet the artists.
Art South of Homestead has invited me to display my photography in one of their galleries for the month of January 2012. They will introduce me and my Exhibit on January 14, 2012 between 3-7 PM at Art South, 240 North Krome Avenue, Homestead, Florida 33030. There will be snacks and drinks and admission is free. I invite you to attend and/or stop by to see my Exhibit and Photography first hand. The Exhibit will continue to be open and on display until the second week of February. This will be my first public exhibition of my Photography.
My Exhibit will contain approximately 20 Photographs from my Everglades, Florida Keys and South Florida Gallery collections. All photos displayed as part of the Exhibit are printed on Canvas and framed or gallery wrapped. You can preview the photos I will be displaying as part of my Exhibit by following this link http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.357502797599173.105889.100000183684570&type=1&l=98a11d5544 .
You can view my full collection by visiting my website at www.stephenshelleyphotography.com. For more information or for directions you can visit Art South’s website. I look forward to seeing you there.
I have been monitoring a Ghost Orchid I discovered in Fakahatchee Strand for the past few weeks and waiting on it to bloom. I knew it was getting close to when it would be in full bloom and did not want to miss getting some photos of it before it withered and died. Luckily when I got there the Ghost Orchid was still in full bloom but I was a few days late as it had alreadys started to turn brown in a few places.
I spent about and hour shooting the orchid in different light and compositions. The day I went was during the rain storms that we had been having hear in South Florida that were lasting days at a time. I got lucky in that once I got to the site the rain had gone from a downpour to a sprinkle and eventually became intermittent. This gave me a small window of opportunity to take some shots before the rain started again. Unfortunately, it also meant very low light conditions as it was cloudy and I was under a pretty thick tree canopy.
I recently took a trip to Big Cypress National Park to visit a place called Gator Hook. Gator Hook is a trail off of Loop Road that is about three (3) miles in length one way. There are many side trails off of the main trail. One of these side trails leads to a magical place called Gator Hook Cypress Dome.
Inside Gator Hook you will find large Cypress Trees more than 100 hundred years old covered with air plants such as Bromeliads. The entire area is surrounded by water that ranges from ankle deep to chest deep. In the center of the Cypress dome is a large pool where it is too deep for the cypress trees to grow creating a small lake. This lake is the deepest part of the dome and is also called a gator hole. I have seen a few very large gators swiming around in this area. In the dry season when the water recedes you can see the alligator drags where they have left Gator Hook to visit a neighboring cypress dome. On this trip I captured one of my favorite shots showing the large cypress trees, air plants and blue reflections off of the deeper water.
Gator Hook is a great place to visit and has a unique aura that surrounds you when you walk into it. It is very calming and peaceful while under the Cypress Canopy.
