Like Larry  Hayworth, above, Lin Layton also had some childhood dreams that are coming true - she's been photographing since she was 11 and at the very first Waterfowl Festival in 1971 she dreamed of being good enough to exhibit at the Festival. The dream came true in 2004 and she's been an exhibitor at the Photography Exhibit at the Historical Society since that time. She especially enjoys the friendship that the photographers share when they exhibit together, and loves learning from others where they've been to shoot and what equipment they use. "This makes us all better photographers and thus, better exhibitors for the Festival," she states.  Layton is a nature photographer and enjoys documenting the Eastern Shore, taking photos of barns and farms. "I feel that by doing this I am preserving the Shore heritage," she explains. "I am hoping to photograph many of the abandoned estates and farms to make sure they are not forgotten."

More of Lin's work can be found here.

 Be sure to stop by the Photography Exhibit and say hi to one of Easton's best photographers! 

 

Kevin Fleming has covered the world as a photographer for National Geographic magazine and has recently been recognized America's Best Observer by Readers Digest magazine. This is Fleming's first year exhibiting his work at the Waterfowl Festival's Photography Exhibit at the Historical Society. A Delaware native, Fleming began his career as a newspaper photographer, then spent a decade at National Geographic. His assignments have taken him into war and famine in Somalia, to the Mediterranean for a recreation of the voyage of Ulysses and put him on a dogsled crossing the Canadian arctic. He has worked in 26 countries photographing subjects as diverse as the sub-atomic world of high energy physics to New Zealand sheep ranchers.