Two somewhat recent photos for today...

For some reason, I felt like I needed to post these two at the same time... they seem to "go together". My intuition told me that, and over the years I've learned to listen to my intuition....



The first is a photo of a grave statue from Lancaster Cemetery... the statue is at the final resting place of Augusta Harriet Bitner, and is reported to be one of Lancaster County's paranormal hotspots (ie. haunted). I took this around noon on October 26th when I was exploring the cemetery with Nettie Gallagher.

(For a more detailed story regarding the haunted aspect of this statue, plus some additional excellent photos by a photographer by the name of "Balko", visit this site on laurelight.com)

The second photo is of my friend Virginia, a.k.a. Nimhiril Arawfaera.... yes, that second name is the Elven language of the Tolkien variety. This shot wasn't done as part of any "official photoshoot" sort of deal... it was a snapshot of her that I took around 11pm at Club Shampoo in Philadelphia during the Dracula's Ball event on November 1st. I caught her in a really nice pose, and the way the club lighting was hitting her at that moment captured my attention. So, a little time spent color correcting in Photoshop (to get rid of the excess red from the club lighting) and... ta da! A "regular" snapshot becomes part of my official bag o' photographic tricks.

Incidentally, I've been trying to talk Virginia into modeling for me at some point in the future... I think she looks fantastic in the East German military visor hat and I absolutely love her hair (it's hard to tell in this shot, but it goes down below her waist). She's a bit bashful, though... so any well-applied peer pressure on your part would not only be tons of fun, but would also be highly conducive to the furtherance of the creation of great art.... ;-)

Now.... the first of you who can deduce the meaning behind my title for this will win a non-Cuban cigar.