Well, there were only a handful of us, but we had fun and we took lots and lots of great pictures last night at the 1st EVER Long Island Photo Gallery Photography Field Trip.  We are moving forward!

Location?  Fire Island’s Cedar Beach & Boat Basin.

Although the weather was threatening and reports were for thunderstorms, the sun came out (along with the mosquitos) and we walked around with our equipment and took in some of the best that Long Island has to offer.

The ocean was calm.  The volleyball courts were packed.  And it was dinner time at the boat basin with all the BBQ’s fired up and serving up the good stuff.  We’ll do another Fire Island field trip in the spring.  See more images from this field trip on our Fan Page on FaceBook.

Now it’s time to turn our Long Island attention inland.  To the east.  To the farms and the vineyards.

Join us for our NEXT successful field trip to Fink’s Country Farm.  Click HERE for details.

I know this has happened to you before.  You show up at work on Monday with a semi-ambitious ‘To-Do’ list for the week and before you know it it’s Thursday and you’ve managed to increase rather than decrease the items on the list.  No problem!  

This phenomenon is the result of personal or business growth.  Whenever I go through a period of growth my ‘To-Do’ list gets longer because I add two tasks or ideas for every one that I complete!

However, working off of this week’s ‘To-Do’ list I did manage, with a little help from my friends, to get this blog to look and behave a little bit nicer.  I expect to add a few fun areas to this blog, like a Professional Corner and Used Equipment For Sale.  Both will be coming soon.

I am making progress on getting our Gallery Location up and running.  We should have a painter here next month to begin readying the walls for our printed work.  

If you are interested in participating in displaying your work in the Long Island Photo Gallery, please contact us and we will provide you with the necessary parameters for display.

If the Sun ever comes out again, I am looking forward to seeing your latest and greatest images of Fire Island.  As I mentioned in last week’s Tuesday Tease, our site visitors LOVE images of Fire Island (not just the lighthouse).  So get your images in.

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Final reminder and looking ahead, August 5th is our Field Trip to Cedar Beach.  Bring your camera, your friends and your favorite beverage and we’ll be sure to have a memorable time.

Thanks for all your support!

Joanne Henig

“Live well.  Work hard.  But the most important thing is that you enjoy the journey.”