03-23-16 Our Morning Visitor

March 23, 2016 in Blog, Nature, South Dakota

A wild animal? He thinks so.

03-22-16 A Walk Through Indian Canyons

March 22, 2016 in Blog, Landscape, Travel

Can you find Deb in this photo?

03-17-16 A Weekend in Green Bay

March 17, 2016 in Blog, Travel

It's a close encounter with a cheesehead and a heart-warming tale of being lost and then found. . .

03-16-16 Spring Has Sprung. . .

March 16, 2016 in Blog, flower, Nature, Seasons

Spring has sprung, the grass has ris, I wonder . . . (read more)

03-15-16 Too Cute!

March 15, 2016 in Blog, Family, people, Portrait

She has me and several others wrapped around her little finger. . . (read more)

03-14-16 The Caves at La Jolla

March 15, 2016 in Blog, Landscape, Nature, Travel

The birds certainly don't mind the wind and rain. . . (read and see more)

03-13-16 Self-Absorbed?

March 13, 2016 in Blog, people, Photography, Travel

Why not try to get your face in most of the things you photograph? (read more)

03-12-16 A Pretty Good View

March 12, 2016 in Blog, Landscape, Travel

By Scott Shephard

On our recent visit to southern California Deb and I drove over to Point Loma, a peninsula across the bay from San Diego. We went to see the famous tide pools on the western side but I ended up spending more time photographing the Rosecrans National Cemetery, which is located there, than I did anything else.

I have always been drawn to cemeteries as photographic subjects though I don't often share the pictures I take there. Military cemeteries are especially compelling, in part because they are symbols of sacrifice and in part because of the symmetry, color and geometry that draw my eye.

Beyond all of this, though, the most striking thing to me about the Rosecrans National Cemetery is that it is full. After putting 110,000 soldiers to rest, this cemetery has no more vacancies. Maybe once the military cemeteries all fill up we could find less violent ways to resolve our differences. . . . ?

Canon 5DIII 1/750s f/11.0 ISO250 98mm