Two new 24-inch pressurized water mains are being buried 8-feet below Brandywine Creek in Wilmington, Delaware, taking drinking water from one side of the city to the other. Once the two new water mains are in place, the old water mains will be removed. Those large pipes, when installed in 1914, form a dam across […]
Wastewater Treatment Plant, Wilmington, Delaware, March 13, 2019
Here are photographs of the wastewater treatment plant in Wilmington, Delaware — managed by Veolia Water North America — whose representative welcomed our ten of us from the Delaware Nature Society on Wednesday afternoon, March 13, 2019. We spent over two hours touring the plant and ended our visit on the spit of land separating […]
Recommended: Apple Macintosh Repair, Wilmington, Delaware
I recommend The Mac Shop for Apple Macintosh repairs, service, and support. When someone helps in a time of distress, it makes sense to thank them. In this case, The Mac Shop — 21a Trolley Square, Wilmington, Delaware — got my MacBook Pro humming again quickly and at a price so low that I cannot […]
Danny Schweers on YourDailyPhotograph again
On Monday, January 21, 2019, I learned that another photographic print of mine had been selected by Your Daily Photograph (YDP). The next day YDP offered the print for sale in an email blast and it immediately sold! This image — Outside My Comfort Zone — is the same image Alida Fish chose for the […]
Ray Seigfried Sworn In 1/8/2019
On Tuesday, January 8, 2019, Ray Seigfried was sworn in for the first time as the State Representative of District 7, representing me and my neighbors. This, the 150th General Assembly of the State of Delaware, was remarkable because ten new faces were present, a huge turnover. For years, there was only one black female […]
Student Photos, 2012 on …
My students at the Delaware Art Museum have produced some wonderful images since I began teaching there. Here I have limited myself to 10 images from each class. Click here to see images from my January 2020 portrait photography workshop. Below are thumbnails of my student’s work from 2012 on, ten images from each class. […]
4th Annual Rehoboth Art League Photography Exhibit
I am gratified that an image of mine — “Outside My Comfort Zone” — was accepted by juror Alida Fish for inclusion in the 4th Annual Regional Photography Exhibit of the Rehoboth Art League. Rehoboth Art League, 12 Dodds Lane, Rehoboth Beach, DE, January 4 thru February 7, 2019. Artists’ Reception: Friday, Jan. 4, 5-7pm. […]
Scrooge, The Musical, Dress Rehearsal, 2018
Here are photos from the dress rehearsal of “Scrooge, The Musical” as performed at the Delaware Children’s Theatre, 1014 Delaware Ave, Wilmington, DE 19806 on the night of Tuesday, November 13, 2018. All the photos, except for eight at the end, are by my student, Meredith Tavani, as part of my photography class at the […]
Recommended: John Turner, Photographer: Die and Get Discovered
A photographer friend in Bullhead City, Arizona sent me this link to a BBC article about the photographs of John Turner. John Turner died without his work being recognized in his lifetime. Sometimes all you have to do to get recognition is to die and leave your work to someone who will publicize it. Another […]
Recommended: Nikon ES-2 Film Digitizing Adapter
So far, I am happy with my new Nikon ES-2 Film Digitizing Adapter. Above is the third scan attempted and below are details of that scan. Click on the images to see them at 100%. I did not overthink this. I screwed the adapter onto the front of a Nikon AF Micro Nikkor 55mm f/2.8 […]
2018 Arden Fair Photos
Every year thousands converge on the tiny village of Arden, Delaware to shop for handmade and antique goods, gorge their appetites, listen to live music while drinking beer, browse used books, play children’s games, learn about the economic philosophy of Henry George, get their faces painted, greet candidates for political office, and buy T-shirts, honey, […]
Urban Growth
Who does not identify with a plant that is able to thrive even in the bleakest of settings? Do we not all struggle to succeed in spite of our environment? So finding a healthy green plant growing out of a crack in the sidewalk is a good sign, right? — a situation with which we […]
Joshua Coupe moves to Kingsview Asset Management, Wilmington, Delaware
Joshua Coupe, a financial advisor, has moved to a new office with Kingsview Asset Management as of June, 2018. His new office is north of Wilmington, at 1813 Marsh Road, Suite A, Wilmington, DE 19810. His new office is just across the street from Branmar Plaza. See: http://blog.kingsview.com/2018/06/kingsview-welcomes-joshua-coupe/ I found it hard, even in this […]
Those Who See Slowly on exhibit in D.C.
An exhibit of my photographs — Those Who See Slowly — was on display during June in Washington, D.C., with a preview in Arden, Delaware. Solo Exhibit by Danny Schweers “Those Who See Slowly” May 31 thru July 1, 2018 at Washington Printmakers Gallery 1641 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20007 Artist’s Reception, Sunday, June 3, […]
Lyme Park, Cheshire, England, April 22, 2018
If you know Lyme Park, it is because it was used in the 2005 movie “Pride and Prejudice” as the stand-in for Pemberly, Darcy’s ancestral home. Out on a hillside is an odd tower, several stories tall. There was no princess trapped above. That’s another story. Click on any thumbnail image to see it larger […]
Curbar Edge, Derbyshire, England, April, 2018
Curbar Edge is one of many edges in Peak District National Park in England. Here are a few photos from April 21, 2018. Click on any thumbnail image to see it larger in a slide show. To return here, click on the “x” in the upper right of the slide show, or press the ESC […]
Cave Dale and Mam Tor, Castleton, Derbyshire, England, April, 2018
In the Peak District National Park, this hike from Castleton, up Cave Dale, across the moor, down to the road, up Mam Tor, and back down to Castleton was our favorite walk of our visit, in part because it was a sunny day. There is an old castle above Castleton, there are many caves along […]
Brodsworth Hall, South Yorkshire, England, April, 2018
Brodsworth Hall in South Yorkshire was the youngest of the stately homes that my wife and I visited in April, 2018, but it had a special feel to it because, after it was built in the 1860s, no one improved upon it. Instead, the owners let it age because none of the descendants were as […]
Stanage Edge, Peak District, Derbyshire, England, 2018
The lovely cinematography of Roman Osin found in the 2005 version of Pride and Prejudice inspired us to come to the Peak District and to Stanage Edge in particular. Of course the danger with any such visit is that the chances are slim of finding the idyllic lighting found in movies, especially if you are […]
Tissington Hall, Derbyshire, England
In exchange for a reasonable donation to help cover his home’s expenses, Sir Richard Ranulph FitzHerbert, 9th Baronet, led us on a tour of his home, Tissington Hall, in the Peak District of Derbyshire. We won the prize for coming the furthest for the tour of this house, not only for driving the furthest that […]
Oldham, Greenfield, and Huddersfield Narrow Canal, England
Oldham was a surprise. What was an industrial mill town is now a multi-cultural city. Greenfield was where we stayed during the second half of our visit in April, 2018, near the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. If you would like to purchase one of these photographs as a print or digital file, please contact me. Click […]
Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, England, 2018
The Peak District in April, 2018, was often cold and wet. It snowed the day before we got there. That made tours of stately homes attractive, since they were dry and warm inside. This home the grandest, with modern art from the Tate thrown into the bargain. If you would like to purchase one of […]
Hope House Costume Museum, Alstonefield, England
On our first Sunday in April, 2018, in Peak District National Park in England, we worshiped at St. Peter’s Church in Alstonefield. (Are the fields around there all stone? I did not ask.) Parts of St. Peter’s church (made of stone) date to the 12th century. Their bishop was there the same day we were, […]
Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, England, 2018
This is one of five stately homes my wife and I visited during a three-week stay in the Peak District National Park in England. It was not only the oldest but the most memorable, possibly because it had such a sense of agelessness, that things were now what they had been for centuries, going back […]