Summer Memories

Summer. The very word invokes in many people happy feelings, fond memories of warm, care-free, sun-drenched days where all worries seem to have disappeared, chased away by the winds of spring along with the grey clouds of winter. Summer awakens pleasant nostalgia to days gone by, recollections of jovial times spent with friends and family. For almost all Americans, summer is the time for family vacations which can take many forms, from day trips to the beach to month-long excursions overseas. Cameras come alive in the summertime as well, for everyone wants to document the out-of-the-ordinary in their lives to show to their friends back at home and set up around the house as fond reminiscences of time spent together.
The picture I chose for this blog would fall under the weekend-trip-to-the-beach category, when my family and I two years ago ventured to Edisto Island in the South Carolina low country to stay at a house our good friends the Snows were so gracious to allow us to use free of cost. This particular shot was taken from their front yard, where this lone palmetto tree stands elegantly guarding the entrance to the driveway. I chose to exclude the majority of the surrounding trees for this image, focusing on the top of the palmetto as the center of the photograph. The moon was out and the evening was very clear, and the thought came to me to emulate the South Carolina state flag, the blue background contrasting with the state tree and the crescent moon situated at the top left.
So here it is: a tribute to days at the seashore, long summer evenings, and good old South Carolina low country living.