Sorry, I explained to you that I had a prior engagement to attend.Kimmifunn said:
Any chance of finding affordable beach photographer?
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ls2006vacay said:
Try Gwyne at www.gwynesphotography.com
Our family used her a couple of years ago. She takes great photos and I think she was very reasonable. She provides you with a finished photo album AND the negatives so you are free to make your own enlargements.
She was great to work with and all of the photos turned out great.
KansasBorn/30ABound said:
I hope you and everyone who sees this will send Gwyne an email at <deleted>
edit > as you can see from the red X, Gwyne thankfully removed the offending pics from her site. She says she only takes pics in front of the dunes. <edit
Here is sample text you all can copy and paste into your email:
Dear Gwyne,
I noticed on your website that you photograph some of your subjects trampling our precious dunes and dune vegetation. I would appreciate it if you would remove any pictures of people in the dunes from your website. A picture of people in the dunes tells everyone who sees it that it's OK to do the same thing.
It is ILLEGAL and DESTRUCTIVE. It takes many years, even decades, to build a dune, but only a few careless or unknowing people to destroy a dune. Please don't be one of the careless or ignorant. A professional such as yourself should know better.
Please be sure to never let anyone you photograph disturb our precious and beautiful natural resources which protect us from storms and hurricanes. Thanks for your consideration and know that you will have the gratitude of myself and many others for doing the right thing.
A very good reminder for our local photographers, Kurt. To really capture the spirit of SoWal (and to send a message to future generations who will see the photographs) one would have to be respectful of the environment.
To be honest, when I first joined South Walton I didn't know that it was important to stay off the dunes. But it became clear within a few weeks. But all the local photographers should know that because if I learned within a such a short time (there are signs at the beach), then those who are here longer should know as well.
To be honest, when I first joined South Walton I didn't know that it was important to stay off the dunes. But it became clear within a few weeks. But all the local photographers should know that because if I learned within a such a short time (there are signs at the beach), then those who are here longer should know as well.
kathydwells
Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname
kurt said:
I sent my email....Will let you know if I get a response.
Paula said:
I didn't always know this either, Paula. After Opal, we learned about how the dunes rebuild themselves, and/or are helped along with the planting of vegetation or the sand fences. The concept became extremely clear after Dennis. We were down 2 weeks after Dennis last summer, and I can't wait to see if the dunes are looking better!
Jdarg: I think the dunes that were left "natural" are softening around the edges again and some have vegetation growing again. They look more like cliffs right now than the dunes we're used to seeing (and have some of the black peat showing). But, I think they look good just as Mother Nature intended (then, again, I am used to the rocky New England coast and always thought that was gorgeous -- and still do -- though I really love the white sand and having lots of beach to walk on in SoWal). Frankly, I'm just happy to have a cottage to go to and a beach to walk on!
As you can see from the red X, Gwyne thankfully removed the offending pics from her site. She says she only takes pics in front of the dunes.
Thanks to her for helping to preserve and protect. :clap_1: