What fun we've had creating our many unique VA photo montage posters...and how much local history (and beauty) we've absorbed along the way! Each montage we create involves hours of driving, walking and exploring, talking to local residents, reading and researching before and after a photo shoot to find the most important/historic/unique areas of a city, town or neighborhood, to learn what represents the special essence of that locality. Then comes the fun of choosing exactly the right images and the puzzle of fitting them all together. And so we've 'discovered' Charlottesville, Batesville, Crozet, Palmyra, White Hall, Scottsville, Free Union, North Garden, Covesville, Earlysville, Gordonsville, Albemarle County, Barboursville, Orange, Louisa, Keswick, Madison, Stanardsville, Urbanna, Sandbridge, Altavista, Amherst, Staunton, Lovingston, Nellysford...as well as various neighborhoods of Charlottesville such as Downtown C-ville, Woolen Mills and Belmont. And then there are our themed montage posters such as C-ville Wings (birds - it took hours just to get the little hummingbird photo!), Garden Royalty for the iris lover, Daylily Summer, UVA, The Charlottesville City Market, Pavilion Gardens (UVA) - and many more. The most fun? When someone spots their 'home' montage in our portfolio and a broad smile appears and the stories begin. "When I was a kid, my grandma's house was right beyond that bend in the road..." and we sit back to listen and learn. Our photo montages can be seen (and ordered) on our website at http://www.mountainglorycreations.com/. Click on the 'Montage Posters' tab for a great show!
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