The Project
On January 3, 2003, I began this photoblog to visually document the residents, visitors, plants, animals, architecture, landscapes and farm life of Durham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (where I live), and nearby areas in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. All photos are taken within a ten-mile radius of my home, unless otherwise noted. (I occasionally post photos from vacations and business trips to the Atlantic coast, New York City, etc.)
This project is my ongoing attempt to become a better photographer. Some images work, some don't -- you're witnessing a permanent work-in- progress! I hope to visually convey the intricacies and joys of rural living and the critical importance of farmland, open space and uncluttered horizons to our wildlife, our watersheds, our food supply, our health and our sense of well-being.
New photos are posted three to four times a week and are described in the "Photo Info & Viewer Comments" section underneath the photographs. Previous photos are available in the Archives. The Best Pictures page (my favorite shots) is updated about once a month.
Thank you for visiting Durham Township!
--Kathleen Connally
Camera Equipment
2009 - Canon 5D Mark II
BestInClass.com has recommendations for the best digital cameras based on the types of photos you shoot. Check out their list of best Canon cameras, Nikon cameras, Sony cameras, and Panasonic Cameras.
2006-2008 -- Canon 5D
Digital Camera HQ is a great place to read consumer reviews of the
2004-2005 -- Nikon D100
2003 -- Canon Powershot
Digital Camera HQ also has reviews on what I'd consider to be two great starter cameras for those new to digital photography: a super point-and-shoot, the Canon SD990 IS, and an incredible SLR, the Canon Digital Rebel T1i.
Camera Settings & Post-Processing
My digital photography has evolved over the years. I've gone from wild post-processing experimentation with Photoshop (which was fun at the time, I admit) toward a distaste for post-work beyond basic darkroom adjustments.
With digital photo "perfection" available to anyone with a computer, I prefer the more traditional challenge of relying upon and improving my "in-the-field" photographic skills versus my post-processing skills. My goal is to put the cameras and lenses to work to take very real, thoughtful, interesting, thought-provoking and occasionally beautiful photographic documents, and to spend less than five minutes post-processing any single image. I want to work behind the lens, not in front of a monitor.
I shoot in RAW+JPEG format, always in manual mode, and use Photoshop CS2 to
increase/decrease contrast and saturation and adjust tonal values, mainly with the Curves tool and the Color Balancing tool. Detailed EXIF and
other post-processing information can be found
in the "Photo Info & Viewer Comments" section near the bottom right of each photo.
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"Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached, reveals another beckoning in the distance. Always, I am on the threshold."
--W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978) American photojournalist
Photoblog Software/Content Management System
This site currently uses Movable Type version 3.34. It was custom-designed and hand-coded by myself and other designers.
Contact Information
I value your thoughts, opinions and questions. Leave a comment on an individual photo, sign the Guestbook or send an email:
info @ durhamtownship dot com
Regular mail: Kathleen Connally * PO Box 127 * Durham, PA 18039-0217 * USA
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Shows, Exhibitions, Lectures
April 2009 - Spring Green Project, 3-Day Digital Landscape Photography Workshop, Siena College, Albany, NY.
Monday, February 23, 2009 - Lecture/presentation for the Delaware Photographic Society, DuPont Pavillion, 726 Loveville Road, Hockessin, DE.
Current through 2010 - Artist-in-Residence, James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA.
In the works for 2009 & 2010 - Solo Exhibitions at the Indian Rock Inn, Upper Black Eddy, PA & Stover Mill Gallery, Erwinna, PA.
February 2008 - May 2008, Solo Exhibition - Community Artist Series, Palisades Gallery, Kintnersville, PA.
July 2006 - September 2006, Solo Exhibition - "The Value of the Land" - Gallery 14, Hopewell, NJ.
June 2006 - January 2007, Solo Exhibition - Pennsylvania Chamber of Business & Industry, Harrisburg, PA.
June 2006, People's Choice Award winner, Phillips Mill Photographic Exhibition, New Hope, PA.
October 2005 - April 2006, Solo Exhibition, Indian Rock Inn, Upper Black Eddy, PA.Interviews, Press, Awards
June 2009: PetaPixel interview
January 2009: 2008 Photoblog Awards: "Photoblog of the Year"
January 2008: 2007 Photoblog Awards: "Best American Photoblog"
January 2008: 2008 Bucks & Hunterdon Area Guide Book - 4-page feature article by Kathryn Finegan Clark
November 2007: VFXY Pick
November/December 2007: Pennsylvania Magazine - 10 pages of photos and cover.
May 2007: Yahoo Picks
April 2007: 2007 Photobloggies - "Best American Photoblog"
January 2007: Soup Questions interview
January 2007: 2006 Photoblog Awards: "Best American Photoblog"
November 2006: 2006 Weblog Awards Finalist, "Best Photo Blog"
August 2006: Bending Light Magazine interview
July 2006: NJ Star-Ledger review of Gallery 14 Show
July 2006: Time Off Magazine interview
July 2006: Upstage Magazine article
May 2006: 2006 Photobloggies - Finalist, "Best American Photoblog" "Best Landscape Photography" "Photoblog of the Year"
May 2006: The Baltimore Sun "Bloggernaut" interview
April 2006: The Morning Call "Bloggernaut" interview
February 2006: 2006 Bloggie Awards Nomination, "Best Photography of a Weblog"
January 2006: The Daily Shooter interview
November 2005: 2005 Weblog Awards Finalist, "Best Photo Blog"
September 2005: Courier News interview
September 2005: Delaware Valley News article
August 2005: PhillyFuture.org interview
Summer 2005: Camera Arts Magazine interview
May 2005: 2005 Photobloggies - "Best Landscape Photography" and "Photo of the Year"
May 2005: Bedsheet Kid Interview, San Francisco
January 2005: Shutterbug Magazine
August 2004: Photoblogs.org Featured Photographer
Licensing * Commercial & Editorial Assignment * Events * Weddings
Please contact me to license images, shoot editorial and commercial assignments or photograph your event or wedding. I also develop blogs & photoblogs for commercial clients and lecture on photoblogging and photography.
Email: info @ durhamtownship dot com
Style tags:
Digital - Color - Available Light - Location - Portrait - Outdoor - Americana - Landscape - Rural - Photo Essay - Lyrical - Painterly - Real People - Children
Copyright and Usage Information
All text and images from A Walk Through Durham Township are subject to U.S. and international copyright laws (© 2003-2009 Kathleen Connally). No text or image may be reproduced, copied, stored, manipulated or used whole or in part of a derivative work without the written permission of Kathleen Connally. All rights reserved.
Email: info @ durhamtownship dot com if you wish to use these images for any purpose.