One trip I took in early April to Vermillion, SD found me walking around the campus of the University of South Dakota on a grey, cool day. There really wasn’t much in the way of color appearing and lights and shadows were really nonexistent. Because I didn’t like what I saw in color I decided to photograph in B&W. The writing on a sundial was easier to read in B&W and I thought I would see if I could create a little story about a garden area on the campus by continuing to shoot in B&W. There is a little garden called Shakespeare Garden and dedicated I believe to the bard. A snippet I found online says the gardens contains flowers, shrubs and herbs mentioned in Shakespeare’s works.
Shooting in B&W helps me isolate items in a couple of the photos but overall are not stellar images. But without trying, and maybe failing, one never knows if an attempt succeeds or not. But for the gloomy kind of spring day it was, I had a nice cup of coffee and snack in a student center later that hit the spot. Sometimes trips are hard to capture via image through the camera, but can leave an indelible impression or image in one’s mind.
Jerry Mennenga
Sioux City, Iowa
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- A sundial in a garden commemorates a former professor of English at the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD Monday, April 3, 2017. (photo by Jerry L Mennenga©)
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- A sundial in the Shakespeare Garden commemorates a former professor of English at the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD Monday, April 3, 2017. (photo by Jerry L Mennenga©)
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- Flower beds in the Shakespeare Garden wait for the first blooms at the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD Monday, April 3, 2017. (photo by Jerry L Mennenga©)
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- The Shakespeare Garden is waiting for its spring bloom at the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD Monday, April 3, 2017. (photo by Jerry L Mennenga©)
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