Charleston, SC

My Photo scholarship 2010 entry

Worldwide | Sunday, August 8, 2010 | 5 photos

I am a photography student at Chester College of New England in New Hampshire. Along with being a full time college student I am an Intern at the Studio of Photographic Arts in Manchester, NH. I also work at Starbucks. Whenever I have a time off I am grabing my map and picking a place I have never been. Then head out with my camera in hand. I love hiking to the top of mountians or finding a great spot to watch the sunrise or set. I gain alot of my inspriation from the late Galen Rowell. When I got my first camera my dad gave my a copy of one of his books. I read it from cover to cover many times and purchased many more.

This Christmas I went on a trip to Charleston, SC. I went to many of the surrounding barrier islands. I saw amazing wildlife and breath taking sunsets. One place I will not forget is Bull Island. Bull Island has an extensive amount of nature trails. Being in december not many people find there way out there. As I was heading back to the boat launch I turned the trail to find 15 or so aligators ranging from 5 to 12 feet. I later learned from a local wildlife officer that their body temp. was to cool to be a threat.