Posted by wkirklutz on Jul 14, 2007 in Blog | 0 comments

Well the day started out kinda funny. I fell out of the shower actually. Really, no kidding. Got some soap in my eyes, did a little turn, lost my balance, fell out of the shower and knocked the toilet off its seating. Ya gotta laugh. Or take the toilet knock off as a sign that it really is time to hit the gym. Did my trek up to LBI. What usually takes about 3hrs took 5 this time. Delaware was a parking lot. But the trip was well worth it. Scoured the island for gift shops...

Posted by wkirklutz on Jun 8, 2007 in Blog | 0 comments

I think I made up for the missed month of May. Shot a ton of photos and managed to get a few good ones. Also met with the owner of Keeper’s Quarters down in Beach Haven. His shop will be selling framed versions of some of my...

Posted by wkirklutz on Apr 23, 2007 in Blog | 0 comments

April 23, 2007. What a great day. Not just for photography, but it also happened to be my 40th birthday. Yeah, I’m officially an old fart. My girlfriend took me down to LBI for three days. We slept in, chilled out and shot a ton of photos. Have to say it was a pretty perfect birthday. We stayed at the Sandcastle Bed & Breakfast in Barnegat Light. Nancy, the owner, was a terrific host and a hell of chef. Absolutely delicious breakfast and perfect accomodations. I...

Posted by wkirklutz on Mar 19, 2007 in Blog | 0 comments

What a difference a month makes. Sixty degrees on the island. But also very overcast. As much as I’d like to share all of the shots I took, they quite frankly, suck. Bad lighting = bad photos. I set a date each month to go up to LBI, this time it unfortunately fell on a crappy weather day. Managed to squeeze only one shot out of the whole day. Oh yeah, and on the way to the island I got to talk to one of New Jersey’s finest. I got lucky though, he let me off...

Posted by wkirklutz on Feb 15, 2007 in Blog | 0 comments

Amazing how different the island is in the off-season. Imagine getting from Barnegat Light to Beach Haven in about 10 minutes in August. Ain’t happening. I had a lot of fun shooting the February shots. I stopped in O’Malley’s down in Beach Haven and ordered a cheesesteak (Really hard to get a good cheesesteak where I live now in Maryland. They call it a steak and cheese and put mayo on it. They really don’t have a clue). While I’m ordering the...

Posted by wkirklutz on Jan 22, 2007 in Blog | 0 comments

This is the start of a year long odyessy to create a calendar of Long Beach Island photos. I will be coming down to LBI at least once a month to shoot photos from Barnegat Light to Holgate. I’ll be selling the calendars on this website starting in January of 2008 and in stores on LBI (should I be able to convince shopkeepers to peddle them for me) in the summer of 2008. It’ll be a 2009 calendar. I didn’t really prepare well for the shoot. No hat, no...