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If you have spent any time looking through the over 15,000 images here on my site, you will see that I love shooting photographs. Nearly every subject has caught my eye - from beautiful people, to beautiful vistas, to beautiful designs. I love what I do, and I hope you love it too!

Start below in the section where you have voted your favorite images, find one you like and follow its active links to the gallery where it resides. Spend some time, enjoy the scenery, smell the flowers and please fill up your shopping cart along the way.

Get one of your favorites today, come back soon and before you know it, you will be happy to see some wonderful images on your walls, desks and shelves. (At least I hope so!) I've worked hard to bring these images to you in the hope that it will be mutually rewarding.

I am available for any type of photography as portrayed here in my galleries. From corporate events to charities to concerts or sports and even glamour or fashion show events, if you need casual portraits or head shots for your portfolio or more formal on site portraits, you can rely on me.

Jon Berry is a member of the Professional Photgraphers of America (PPA) and the International Society for Aviation Photography (ISAP)

For booking info, contact me at: jonberryphoto@earthlink.net or call me at 678-231-9220

Just click on the following links to see some of my clients and working relationships:

Mustangs and Merlins
BearingPoint Consulting
Home and Style Television
Oscar Night America-Atlanta
DaveFM 92.9 with Mara Davis
Presbyterian Homes of Georgia
Productivity Training Corporation
2008 Mrs Georgia Pageant Winner, Shuana R.
Joe Ward Celebrity Golf Tournament
The Children's Restoration Network
The Children and Family Resources
Sports Reporter, Nicole Watson
Georgia Dental Lab Association
Berry Dental Laboratories Inc
The Communicator Magazine
Ronald McDonald House
Faux Impressions
LMT Magazine

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The Falls on Water's Creek, Dahlonega, Ga

Downtown Atlanta from the lake at Piedmont Park - Atlanta, Georgia

Looking south at Atlanta in the rain and lightning.

Golden Gate Bridge - San Francisco California 2007

Atlanta 75/85 downtown connector, GA Tech, Coca Cola and a bolt of light!

Wind Power near Livermore, Ca
These windmills seemed to go for miles across every hilltop at least two rows deep. Its quite a sight to see!

"Don't let daddy count all the way to three"

see it for yourself:http://www.topthistv.com/popup2.aspx?id=154 and vote for "Life Lessons"

Face The Face
A Rose by any other name - at Chastain Park

Late 1976 - who? ...me? I was just standin' there... I wasn't doin' nothin'... ;-)

Lighthouse - Diamondhead Light - Oahu, Hawaii

Atlanta Falcons' Emmy Award Winning Sportscaster, Nicole Watson, at DaveFM 92.9 Diva for a Day

Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco from Vista Point near Horseshoe Bay

Joe Walsh with Fender Telecaster - Eagles Hotel California tour Kansas City Arrowhead Stadium 1978

Lighthouse - Makapu'u Light, Oahu

Its a long walk - take water!

The Hood Angel

SPIRIT OF ECSTASY

"The Flying Lady"

The Spirit of Ecstasy is one of the most well known motor car mascot in the world. Designed by Charles Robinson Sykes, The Spirit of Ecstasy has adorned the radiators of Rolls-Royce motor cars since 1911. This wonderful mascot was modeled after a young woman who had bewitching beauty, intellect and esprit - but not the social status which might have permitted her to marry the man with whom she had fallen in love.

The model was Eleanor Velasco Thornton, whose relationship with John Walter Edward-Scott-Montagu remained a secret for over a decade, principally because both lovers acted with the utmost discretion. John Scott, heir to his father's title, was a pioneer of the automobile in England. From 1902 he was editor of the "The Car". Eleanor Thornton served as his secretary. Friends of the pair knew of their close relationship but they were sufficiently understanding as to overlook it.

A member of this circle of friends was the sculptor Charles S Sykes. Lord Montagu ordered t he creation of a special mascot for his Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost. The small statue depicted a young woman in fluttering robes having placed one forefinger to her lips. The sculptor had chosen Eleanor Thornton as model for this figurine, which was christened "The Whisper".

Lord Montagu had made the decision to put a mascot on top of the radiator, and it had become a fashion. Rolls-Royce had noted other owners of their cars following the new vogue, but doing so with questionable style by choosing mundane or even risqué and vulgar subjects.

Following Lord Montagu's commission, Charles Sykes was asked to create a mascot which in future would adorn every Rolls-Royce. In February 1911 he presented the "Spirit of Ecstasy", which was easily recognizable as being a variation on the theme of "The Whisper". The similarity was hardly coincidental because the model for both had been Miss Thornton.

The Spirit of Ecstasy was delivered by the Company with every Rolls-Royce. Each was done using the technique which was thousands of years old and known as the lost-wax method. This practice results in the mould's being destroyed to reveal the casting, which explains why no two figures are exactly alike. Sykes, assisted by his daughter Jo, remained responsible for manufacturing the Spirit of Ecstasy for many years. Likewise, each of the unique creations bore his signature on the plinth. The sculptures are either signed "Charles Sykes, February 1911" or sometimes "Feb 6, 1911" or "6.2.11". Even after Rolls-Royce took over the casting of the figures in 1948 each Spirit of Ecstasy continued to receive this inscription until 1951.

From 1911 to 1914 the Spirit of Ecstasy was silver-plated and thus many thought it a massive piece of precious metal - one reason for the frequent thefts. In smaller versions, and now made from highly polished nickel alloy, the radiator decoration has stood its ground on every Rolls-Royce, including those in the present range.

Over the years various alterations have been made. Those mascots for Rolls-Royce motor cars at the Springfield plant in the USA were modified. Bowing a little more forward no longer were they a danger to the bonnet. The original version had touched the bonnet sides when these were opened without the precaution having been taken of turning the figure sideways.

Royce did not like the Spirit of Ecstasy, which he judged her to be just a fashionable bauble and complained that she spoiled the clear line of the car's bow. The order to create the sculpture was given during the chief engineer's illness and had been absent. Thus it became a habit that Rolls-Royce cars used by Royce were rarely driven with a mascot in place.

Towards the end of the twenties the new body line of Sports Saloons had reduced the height of the coachwork. Royce was prompted to think about a lower variation of the Spirit of Ecstasy, by which alteration a driver might benefit from clear vision even with the windscreen lower and his seating position reduced in turn. Sykes created a kneeling version of the mascot, which fulfilled this requirement.

The kneeling version remained after the Second World War for the new Silver Wraith and Silver Dawn. All following models, however, sported a standing mascot, although this has now been reduced in size considerably compared to the old one.

Rarely, however, is the correct term "Spirit of Ecstasy" used - detractors remark this was only done at the factory in Crewe. The nickname "Emily" is widespread and Americans speak of the "Silver Lady" or the "Flying Lady".

In 1920 Rolls-Royce had taken part in a competition in Paris for the most apposite mascot in the world. This they did with a gold-plated Spirit of Ecstasy, which secured Rolls-Royce first place. From then on gold-plated versions of the Spirit of Ecstasy were available from the company - at an extra charge.

Safety regulations in some countries turned out to be a stumbling block to the fitting of the Spirit of Ecstasy. She qualified as a sharp-edged piece of metal jutting from the coachwork, which might injure a victim in an accident. because of this, in Switzerland during the second half of the seventies, the installation of mascots on Rolls-Royces was forbidden and purchasers of a new Rolls-Royce delivered to that country found their mascot in the glove compartment. The problem was solved with the Silver Spirit and Silver Spur; at the merest knock the Spirit of Ecstasy sank into the radiator surround and vanished out of harms way. Thus were the safety regulations satisfied.

The woman who had been the model for the radiator decoration, was not to appreciate its success. Eleanor Thornton lost her life when, on 30 December 1915, on the SS Persia, while on passage to India, was torpedoed off Crete by a German submarine. She had been accompanying Lord Montagu who had been directed to take over a command in India. He was thought to have been killed, too, but survived and was rescued a few days later by another ship. On his return to England he read the obituary articles in the newspapers about his own demise.

Mount Hayden - Point Imperial
North Rim - Grand Canyon National Park - USA

The light was like this for only about 30 minutes, then as the sun got higher everything changed. The blue faded away and the reds and greens burst through. I feel blessed to have caught this momnet in time.

Kinja - shot with a 300mm 2.8 IS Canon for max bokeh.

The Blues: Black no sugar with a touch of Cream

Funny thing about the blues... you start to feel the knife that rips out your heart around the 5th or 7th - but it doesn't really lay into you until its above the 12th. At that point - you're done!

El Capitan from the valley floor- Yosemite National Park...

Dancing Aspens near the North Rim area of the Grand Canyon

"That's where i'm goin', now how do i get there?"

P-51 Mustang - Gathering of Mustangs and Legends - Columbus, Ohio Sept. 2007

Zach Johnson was the winner of the 2007 at&t Classic at Sugarloaf on the first playoff hole with Ryuji Amada.

Blue Heaven - They say you don't have to die to get there!

The Bank Building from Piedmont Park - Atlanta, GA

1984... I just didn't have a red Ferrari...

Wrinkles Only Go Where The Smiles Have Been!

Someone asked me if this was an Elephant's behind. Actually its an eye and part of its smile!

Sunset off Mallory Square Key West 1996 - scanned Kodak film

"Close your eyes and think of something good, then smile"

Last week - when dad was still in the hospital, my sister and her husband and Debbie stopped on the way to dinner to get this shot. It's a little surreal as well - and I know you can read anything into anything. But this death thing is an odyssey to me - as I thankfully haven't seen that much in my life.

But from a Christian point of view...

It is a strange lead engine with Road markings that don't belong on a Union Pacific train. - Like an outsider who has come for one purpose. (as in the Dark Stranger in Rendezvous in Samara)

Missouri Pacific RR was bought out by Union Pacific. MOPAC was dad's last railroad job. This is on the Union Pacific tracks once owned by MOPAC

It is covered in blood red on the front - covering the blackness that lie beneath and behind. Somewhat like the blood of the Lamb that covers our sins.

It is pulling out of Enid station - not into it.

The train is leaving the station - much like Dad was leaving the building.

It is leaving the dark side of the picture and heading toward the light side.

There is no visible engineer.

if you don't see the attached picture you can see it here:http://jonberryphoto.smugmug.com/gallery/3258723_9D3wN#265635016

People get ready
Theres a train a-coming
You dont need no baggage
You just get on board
All you need is faith
To hear the diesels humming
Dont need no ticket
You just thank the lord

-- Curtis Mayfield

A funny co-incidence, Someone arranged for an unusual escort. Dad was buried in a small cemetery outside of Carrier, Oklahoma. As we sat facing the casket at the grave side - you could see in the distance a railroad line about a 1/4 mile away.

Dad had at one time worked for the railroads before he took a job at Boeing and we lived in Wichita about the same distance away from the Santa Fe rail line for a while when I was a kid.

Just as the Coast Guard Color Guards were preparing to fold the flag and with the first note of Taps played by the Bugler - a BNSF train started blowing its horn as it approached the crossing - on key - with the bugler and blew the whole time it was being played. So, during the playing of Taps, that train went by in the distance back of the casket - between the top of the casket and the bottom of the flag as they held it. I took the opportunity to lean over to my sister and whisper: "you know BNSF is the same as the Santa Fe that ran past our house in Wichita". Had we been about 2 inches shorter, it would have looked like the train ran from left to right - head to toe, across the top of the casket.

It was surreal in a way - and to be honest, i wished i had my camera in hand at that moment.

As the last car of the train finally went by the end of the casket, the Color Guard knelt down and handed me the flag and said something about how the President and a grateful nation thanked us for my dad's service to this country during WWII.

And that was it. We stood alone in the Oklahoma morning, the wind blew as it does in those parts, the sun shown and we walked away knowing for the rest of us, life goes on.

The Beverly Hills Hotel - the real...

Hotel California

On a dark desert highway,
Cool wind in my hair,
Warm smell of "colitas"
Rising up through the air,
Up ahead in the distance
I saw a shimmering light,
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim,
I had to stop for the night.

There she stood in the doorway,
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinkin' to myself :
"This could be heaven and this could be hell"
Then she lit up a candle,
And she showed me the way,
There were voices down the corridor,
I thought I heard them say

Welcome to the Hotel California,
Such a lovely place, (Such a lovely place) Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California,
Any time of year, (Any time of year) You can find it here

The Byodo-In Temple was built in the 1960's to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the arrival of the first Japanese immigrant workers in Hawaii who came to work in the sugar plantation fields. It is a replica of the 950-year-old Byodoin Temple located in Uji, Japan on the southern outskirts of Kyoto.
from: http://gohawaii.about.com/od/oahusights/ss/byodo_in_temple.htm

Santa Fe EMD FP45 War Bonnet #93 - Wichita Train Museum

Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the worlds a sunny day, oh yeah
I got a nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama dont take my kodachrome away

Downtown Atlanta from the Georgia Tech parking deck.

Left leaving - the sadness of water under the bridge and the happiness of the blue. The disturbing dichotomy of life's blows.

Gibson Les Paul Standard & 1964 Fender Super Reverb

Golden Gate from Fort Point National Historic Site - San Francisco

Reflecting where I've been and seeing where I'm headed...

from under the Exploratorium - San Francisco

Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco from Hawk Hill on Conzelman Road

S2000 on the Tail of the Dragon US 129. 318 Curves in 11 miles of 2 lane blacktop.

Waimea Bay on the North Shore of Oahu Hawaii at sunrise.

A Friend Is A Friend by Pete Townsend from the album Iron Man

HOGARTH:

When eyes meet in silence
A pact can be made
A life-long alliance
That won't be betrayed
Be friendly, befriend me now
A friend is a friend
Nothing can change that
Arguments, squabbles
Can't break the contract
That each of you makes
To the death, to the end
Deliver your future
Into the hands of your friend

WOODLAND CREATURES:
Be friendly, befriend me now

HOGARTH:
A promise is a promise
A handshake will seal it
No amount of discussion
Can ever repeat it
Commitment forever
To borrow or lend
Deliver your future
Into the hands of your friend

BADGER:
When eyes meet in silence You need a pact
A pact can be made
A life-long alliance

CROW:
That won't be betrayed Won't be betrayed
You need a mate

BADGER:
When facing the end You need a mate
What is the fate
Now facing my friend?

BADGER:
Facing my friend What is the fate?
What faces my friend?

HOGARTH and WOODLAND CREATURES:
A friend is a friend
Nothing can change that
Arguments, squabbles
Can't break the contract
That each of you makes
To the death, to the end
Deliver your future
Into the hands of your friend

HOGARTH:
Be friendly, befriend me now

Crawford Convalescent Home - North Shore O'ahu

Big Wave Shrimp & Hawaiian Shave Ice - Haliewa, North Shore O'ahu Hawaii

Airforce Thunderbirds over Ohio at The Gathering of Mustangs and Legends

Great Smoky Mountain Railroad - Dillsboro North Carolina

Jim Berry - served on a Coast Guard Merchant Marine ship that ferried a number of P-51 Mustangs to the war in the Pacific. This weekend was a highlight in his life to see and experience an unforgettable air show called "The Gathering of Mustangs and Legends" in Columbus, Ohio Sept. 2007. Dad may not have flown a P-51 - but he certainly is one of the Legends.

El Capitan, Half Dome & Bridalveil Falls from the Tunnel Overlook over the Merced River Valley

El Capitan and Half Dome - Yosemite National Park

That big white building on Duval Street - Key West, Florida

Boone Stutz, Nicole Watson, Chris Crocker, D.J. Shockley

Kelly Slater - Banzai Pipeline - North Shore - Oahu

Angels Over Atlanta Airshow - NAS Atlanta, Marietta GA

Jazz

You can read of his last day here :http://jbearlyblog.blogspot.com/2005_10_01_archive.html

Blue Angels over Wichita

shot with the Exacta IIvx 35mm in the late '70s

Once a Home
Hyw 19 south of Blairsville Ga

1982 Gibson ES-347 - an amazing guitar that plays as smooth as it looks.

Solitude over Rabbit Island, Oahu, Hawaii

Just like an empty gas can in a field of deep grass...

--
"Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea." ..... from "The Weight of Glory" by C.S.Lewis

"An open mind, like an open mouth, does have a purpose: and that is to close it upon something solid.
Otherwise, it could end up like a city sewer, rejecting nothing."
G. K. Chesterton

2008 - If you want to know some of the story behind these pics, visit my blog site at http://www.jbearlyblog.blogspot.com!

Toy Caldwell of Marshal Tucker Band at the Kansas Coliseum late 1970's

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