Creating Memories | Christine McKeel: Life in Focus
Long-time resident Christine McKeel is making a name for herself as one of Aiken’s premiere family photographers and entrepreneurs. As the proprietor of her own growing photography business, she offers customers an alternative to the traditional stiffly posed studio portrait. Her current passion is documentary photography, and she has a well-rounded portfolio that shows the breadth of her talent. What exactly is documentary photography? If you haven’t heard of it before, you may have seen examples of it on social media, with one important exception. Documentary photography follows the rules of photojournalism. There is no alteration of the environment, lighting or subject. No posing, no photoshopping. Those highly filtered Instagram […]
Unlock Your Health Potential with CBD
There is an opioid epidemic going on in our country regardless of whether it’s being publicized. What’s worse is the ongoing health crisis caused by our overmedicated and undernourished population. Our body is an intricate machine that needs nourishment with essential nutrients, whether through diet or daily dietary supplements, to maintain what our bodies need most, and that is ‘homeostasis’, a state of balance that most of us lack. What if I told you that there was a system just waiting to be unlocked, one that would allow your body to perform at peak level and maintain the homeostasis that it requires for optimum functioning and health? Let’s explore the […]
Photo of the Month | Burning Piano
On January 15th 2019, the Aiken Composer’s Guild performed at the University Of South Carolina Aiken, Etherredge Center for the Fine and Performing Arts. The concert finished with the burning piano after a processional led by Dr. Hollingsworth on the bagpipes from the main stage at the Etherredge Center, through the campus, to the site of the piano. As a photographer, I see my job as “to capture scenes and moments that otherwise could not or would not be seen”, such as a piece of fine craftsmanship put to flame. The piano was absolutely captivating to see, with all of its inner workings exposed. Only with a camera set to […]
Creating Flavor | The Art of American Craft Beer: The sure cure for cenosillicaphobia
I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts, and beer. Abraham Lincoln Two months at sea and hopelessly north of their course to the Virginia colony, the desperate passengers and crew of the Mayflower were running out of beer. As in Europe, beer was a trusted drink instead of the perpetually contaminated water. Besides that, Captain Jones worried about sustaining his crew with beer on the trip back across the Atlantic Ocean. In 1620 the ship docked in Cape Cod; but the passengers balked at leaving […]
Bella Fella: An Interview with Gary Sullivan, October’s Mr. Bella
Gary Sullivan has had a lot of interesting experiences in his life. “When I look back on life, everything has made me who I am today,” he says. In his first job, he started out as a dishwasher, but moved up to cook after a fortuitous car accident. He still remembers the ‘65 Mustang with an 8-track player he was riding in that day. Gary and his friends survived the accident, but the car didn’t. He later trained to be an auto mechanic, but discovered working on cars all day wasn’t as fun as it looked. Gary started his printing business in the Northwest Chicago suburbs in 1990. He and […]
