Yes, it has been a few days, but Day Three was quite full. We left our hotel early to visit some wonderful, moody, old ruins up over the border in South Carolina. This location is marvelous in the rain, as it creates mood and mystery, so Arnie and I wished for rain … but perhaps not quite as much as we got. Extremely severe thunderstorms made it prudent to stay and enjoy our coffee and tea at the hotel longer than we had planned. Prolonged zaps of lightening overhead followed by shattering claps of thunder made going outside less than appealing.

As we finally felt safe enough to leave, we heard tales of hotel staff having normally-twenty-minute drives take an hour and a half, so we kept our fingers crossed. We had seen no warnings along the route we were taking.

Although it was still raining hard, it had abated quite a bit. The long, horizontal streaks of lightning were …

Arnie and I keep harping on light. Walking around and seeing how light changes and shapes objects. I was with several in our group, pointing out the way light reflects off different things.

The sun was low enough that it made the iron fences …

Well, everyone is here. It promises to be another great group. So far there have been lots of laughs, some good questions, and some challenges this afternoon. We went out to one of the historic streets while the sun was pretty bright.

We warned everyone, but that’s different from dealing with it in the great outdoors. We encouraged them all to look for subjects that would not have that harsh contrast between bright brights and dark shadows.

Arnie and I wandered back and forth, check in with everyone. This is not a time for us to shoot, but I did manage to get off two shots. This one was my challenge to myself to cope with the light.

The scene caught my eye, because of the gentle …