Digital Photography

Now substantially improved and simplified

Major improvements have been made with digital photography over the last five to seven years, and every year it's amazing how the improvements keep coming. This is true in all four elements needed to produce good digital prints. The new DSLR cameras, with new lenses made just for the digital camera, the software needed to work with the large file sizes just keeps getting better, the printers required to print high quality prints have multiplied every month, and the types of inks and paper for photographic printers also keeps improving.

There are still some people who think film photography is better, but as soon as they see some of my larger prints they have quickly change there minds.

Genealogy Research

Surnames we are researching

Burn, Mayo, West, Bradley, Taylor, Evans, Justis, Crowson,

We are Members of

the following originations

Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley; An Exhibiting Artist with The Blacksburg Regional Art Association; Giles Arts Council; Blacksburg Photo Club, the Genealogy and History of the Eastern Shore, better known as Ghotes, Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Sociey and the National Speleological Society (NSS).

Mary Jane is also a member of the DAR.

Photography Exibits

and events entered

July 2007 Show at the Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley
July/Aug 2007"Critter" art show Blacksburg, Va. Receiver Honorable Mention, for "Great White Egret"
November 2007 -  New River Art 2007 - A juried show. Juried by Susan Bloom.  The photo at the top of this web page was selected to be in this show.

Genealogy News

and events

If you are interested is tracing your Jamestown roots, please visit the Ghotes web site to help find family connections to the Jamestown settlers. The web site is sponsored by the Genealogy and History of the Eastern Shore, Inc. better know as “Ghotes” of Virginia. .

Web Site Notes:

The genealogy sections of this web site are still under constrution. I am also switching to Dreamweaver software for use to maintain this site. Learning to use Dreamweaver has a steep learning curve, but I know it will be the best way to go in the end.