Photo Walk - Savannah, GA

Here are a few photos from a quick trip to Savannah, GA to visit our friends at Late Air, a new wine bar in the Starland Yard neighborhood.

We traveled with our friends Hannah + Zac who own the most wonderful bakery in Charleston called Welton’s Tiny Bakeshop.

Collectively, we all wanted to try certain food + drink spots, and intersperse bits of lowcountry scenery. Our first stop was The Wyld and it fully delivered on scenery. If we’re being honest, the food was 5/10. But 5/10 tastes more like 8/10 when there are dolphins strand feeding just below your feet (which is what was happening!!!).

Zac pointed out this perfect grilling set-up (above). I had my Pentax 645 with me so I made a photo of it.

Steve + Lily (left), Tom + Passport (right).

We had a big day after the Wyld - drinking Sapporo at Lone Wolf Lounge, laying around in Forsyth Park, visiting our friend Nikki at Provisions, and eating pizza (Vittoria) in Starland Yard, before heading to Late Air and sharing whatever the the owner/operator, Colin, wanted to open that night.

Thankfully, I’d done a good job at not over-indulging, and was up for a walk around the park the next morning.

I asked the two people in the above photo if I could take their picture after seeing the two of them talking. They were strangers who, as one would imagine, struck up a conversation in seeing the other person had the same dog. “We’re just talking Sheltie”, said Tom.

In doing these photo walks, I inevitably run into the (internal) conflict of when to make a photo and when not. Most of the time, I aim for consent. The above photo is a perfect example of that.

Jere’s Antiques, downtown Savannah. Jere really works here, but is not pictured.

Testing out framing. Old churches have a certain mystique about them. It’s also hard to tell whether a church is functioning when it’s a Wednesday. What once was familiar to me about churches is sort of lost now, and I feel like I see them with a new set of eyes. The building was never something I used to question, but now I wonder why this church is designed like a drive through? Do you think they offer baptisms from comfort of your car? Even the “Order of Service” sign feels like different soft serve options.

Which angle do you prefer?

Last one. This photo I hesitated to get because I think photographers photographing architecture misses the point more often than not. Like a molecular gastronomy chef who uses vapors. It can be interesting, but at the end of the day it doesn’t add up to much substance.

All that to say, the reason I did release the shutter for this image was for the sake of “1901” which looks more like a date than an address. And, yes, the church and this building were across the street from each other, so both addresses look like years to me, which I thought was funny. But that might be just me.