emily and I spent part of the evening completing photoshop exercises. we pulled from images we’ve posted on the blog and some that we’ve not yet uploaded.

This was our first Carnival event at St John.  It’s held every year around July 4th.  It’s the culmination of a week long celebration on the island-all of the Virgin Islands celebrate carnival, St John is the last.  We went a little overboard with how many images we decided to upload to the gallery, between the two of us it was terribly difficult to narrow them down too much.

Emily and I had a shoot down in Cruz Bay for the St. John Sun Times. Specifically, it was an ad shoot for P&S Water delivery.  Water is a precious/rare commodity here on St John, as there are no natural fresh water sources (save for what falls from the sky). Paris, the owner of the company, also runs a successful car rental business in Cruz Bay.  Emily did a kick ass job shopping it.  Afterward, we stopped by watermelon bay on our way back and took in the scenic sunset.  Emily found a neat piece of driftwood that she decided to carry home with her.

em and i made the best of a rainy day and the many assorted masks that deborah (the owner of our temporary residence) has in her possession. em also managed to snag some pretty amazing stills of some of our feathered housemates.

so can jane for that matter.

has anyone seen john?

john?

john?

where are you john?

here I am phyllis.

after the wagapalooza event, we walked down to the beach bar to say ‘hi’ to vic and to inquire about a car. still no luck, however vic did offer to let us use his for a few days!

we were approached by John , the front man for Rockfish (the band playing that night), asking us if we wouldn’t mind shooting his band.  up until this point we were deliberating whether or not to call it an early night, but his request swayed us to stay. the Rockfish band hails from coral bay, which is on the eastern side of st john.

we were tired and weren’t fully on our game, but we managed to get some pretty decent ones nonetheless.

olly faired less well, it seems our little impish pooch has an aversion to rastafarians and managed to get himself into a slight altercation.

on our last day in st john, over a month ago, we had some friends tell us about the mysterious petroglyphs down the reef bay trail.  we were determined to seek them out just as soon as we returned.

what makes them so mysterious? well no one really knows when they were inscribed or when.  the st john beach guide gives a great rundown on all the different theories.

we paused periodically during our 2.5 mile hike to take in and photograph some of the local wildlife.

we had a miserable experience with usair. i really don’t feel like recounting everything that occurred. the in flight movie was fantastic though!

oh wait…, there was no in flight movie…

but that’s okay! emily and i had a fantastic time using the entire plane as a prop for a fun photoshoot in the sky!