Finally! Calendar Time – August HD Desktop Wallpaper!

2013 08 August - Shrimp Boat Amelia Island Florida

So….  It has been more than a few months since we posted our supposedly monthly calendar wallpaper.  Thankfully, the long anticipated wait is over!  We have posted 5 different wallpapers for your Augustinian enjoyment.  From the lakes of Maine to the coast of Florida – not to mention a few states in between – you’ll find a nice selection of subjects to choose from.  Each image is 1080P HD formatted to make the perfect desktop wallpaper.

As always, feel free to share, download and enjoy!

Copyright 2013 Deremer Studios – Jacksonville, FL
Check us out at: Pro.DeremerStudios.com (Commercial Photography) or DeremerStudios.com (Wedding & Portrait Photography) |  904-744-1103  |  nate@deremerstudios.com

100K on Thanksgiving Day – Plus Free HD Wallpaper!

We’ve got some big news!  On the most fitting day of the year, we reached a big milestone for our little blog – our first 100,000 views, and all in just over 14 months!

We would like to thank you all for frequenting our blog!  As a way of saying thank you, we’ve included a bunch of our favorite 1080P HD Desktop wallpaper here for you.  As always, feel free to share, download and enjoy!

Copyright 2012 Deremer Studios – Jacksonville, FL
Check us out at: Pro.DeremerStudios.com (Commercial) or DeremerStudios.com (Wedding & Portrait) |  904-744-1103  |  nate@deremerstudios.com

Fine Art Series – Travels North Part 3: When Weather Gives You Lemons…

We recently spent some time in the Northeast, photographing a variety of settings throughout New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Virginia.  Today’s edition features an outing I took during a really rather dreary and overcast day.  To be honest, I wasn’t expecting to find a whole lot photograph-worthy,but thankfully I was rather surprised by what I found to photograph.  Glad I went out!   Here are a few of my favorite shots.   Enjoy – and of course, feel free to download as a desktop wallpaper!

Copyright 2012 Deremer Studios – Jacksonville, FL
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Fine Art Series – Travels North Part 2: Stop and Smell the…

We recently spent some time in the Northeast, photographing a variety of settings throughout New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Virginia.  Today’s edition features some of the macro worlds we visited along the way.  Above, you can see the myriad of detail found in the simple bud of a black-eyed Susan.  We also discovered some amazing insect life, enjoying a munch in the mild summer weather.  Here are a few of my favorite shots.   Enjoy – and of course, feel free to download as a desktop wallpaper!

Copyright 2012 Deremer Studios – Jacksonville, FL
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The Wonderful World of White Oak

We recently had the opportunity to shoot another event with our friends at the enchanted White Oak Conservation Center.  Hidden away on the dirt roads of North Florida, located along the meandering St Marys River, this great location has a collection of mostly African endangered and threatened species.  From rhinos and cheetahs to giraffe and zebra – this open plan conservation center makes you feel half a world away.

This time, our group had the pleasure of seeing many of the species White Oak houses, fed the giraffe, and even interacted with a few of the young cheetahs.  Certainly a memorable experience!  The outing concluded with a great tour of the Big Game Room – filled with amazing artifacts from history, both ancient and modern – and was capped by a gourmet dinner in the Great Hall.  Young and not so young alike had some fun at the vintage bowling alley, antique pool tables and all the other wonderful amenities found at White Oak.  Below are some of our favorite photos – enjoy!

All the photos can be downloaded for free as HD desktop wallpaper.  Simply click on a photo below, click on the permalink (bottom right), save the HD wallpaper by right clicking the “1280×720″ link, and selecting save as.

Copyright 2012 Deremer Studios – Jacksonville, FL
Check us out at DeremerStudios.com  |  904-744-1103  |  nate@deremerstudios.com

A Million Tiny Wings – Fine Art HD Wallpaper

A few months back now, we had the opportunity to visit Gainesville, FL – specifically the Museum of Natural History and Paines Prairie.  We saw countless species of butterflies – to be honest, most of the species were dead specimens mounted to the wall – but there were also thousands of butterflies in their gardens.  As you can see from all these photos – they had quite the variety of winged insects out and about!

We then ventured to Paines Prairie and explored the area – spotting a swallow tailed kite and the bald eagle you see below.  Enjoy the photos!

TO DOWNLOAD PHOTOS: simply click on the photo you like from the gallery below.  On the bottom right, click permalink.  Right above the photo is a link to the full resolution image (1280×720 is usually what it says).  Simply right click that link and save it to your preferred folder.

Copyright 2012 Deremer Studios – Jacksonville, FL
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Photo of the Day: It’s a Snail’s Life…

Found this little guy chilling on our grape plant one cool (for FL) morning.  I loved all the texture on its shell and in the leaf.  Enjoy!

Copyright 2012 Deremer Studios – Jacksonville, FL
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Tropical Storm Beryl – DS National Coverage!

It turns out it was worth our effort to plug in our computers, boot them back up, edit and post video from Tropical Storm Beryl to our blog and on YouTube while the storm was still raging outside.  As providence would have it, Good Morning America, the Weather Channel, ABC News, and our local station, WJXT all picked up our footage.  It’s not often our logo gets placed in front of 5+ million people for free.  Granted, the clips were only two or three seconds, but it was still pretty cool!  Big thanks to all the networks who featured our video!

If you missed the video the first time, below is our footage of the storm, complete with blowing transformers, wet rain and windy wind!  Feel free to check out our other Beryl blog posts for free HD desktop wallpaper as well!

Enjoy!

Copyright 2012 Deremer Studios – Jacksonville, FL
Check us out at DeremerStudios.com  |  904-744-1103  |  nate@deremerstudios.com

Tropical Storm Beryl – Part 2: The Morning After


Unless I am severely mistaken, we made it through the storm in one piece.  This morning, I took to the roads before sunrise to see what Beryl had left us.  All in all, it was better than I expected with lots of little debris in the road, but only a few trees down.  Tragically, a port-a-potty was not so lucky – having it’s roof ripped off sometime in the night…  But despite the relative tranquility, I still managed to take a few photos here and there.

Here are the rest of the photos – including a reminder that not everyone has Memorial Day off, and a little reptilian friend I found on my journeys this morning. And lest I forget – it is with a somber heart that we at Deremer Studios remember all those who have given that last full measure of devotion to protect what we hold dear.  You are not forgotten!  Enjoy!

Copyright 2012 Deremer Studios – Jacksonville, FL
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Tropical Storm Beryl – Part 1

Well, it seems we’ve had one of those early, unexpected, windbag of a guests tonight.  No, I’m not speaking of an unwanted family member, but rather the first tropical storm to make landfall this year – right in our home town of Jacksonville, FL!  Above is one of the photos I snapped from the front porch.

Below is a video complete with blowing transformers, wet rain and windy wind!

Enjoy!

Copyright 2012 Deremer Studios – Jacksonville, FL
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Photo of the Day: Up, Up, Up and Away!

Here’s the latest edition of our infamous photo of the day!  This photo was taken a few years ago in Jacksonville, FL, overlooking the lagoon at Huguenot Park.  As the sun set, it provided the perfect back lighting for this amazing columnar thunder cloud.  Cap that off with the sliver of the moon, and the great colors, and I just couldn’t help but stop and take a few photos.  Enjoy!

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The Boca Experience Part 2: Wild Florida

It’s official – you can stop holding your breath now.  The long-awaited second post from our corporate shoot in Boca Raton is officially here.  This time, we’re sharing some of our favorite photos from the Florida Everglades and surrounding areas.  Unlike a swamp, the Everglades are actually shallow, slow moving rivers of water that meander from headwaters in northern Florida to the open water surrounding the southern tip of the peninsula.   This amazing location is home to a wide variety of wildlife, from alligators and crocodiles, to wading birds, panthers and black bears.

Above is a black necked stilt, one of the many species of birds that calls the Everglades home.  At the turn of the 20th century, the area was home to flocks of birds numbering in the millions.  It was not uncommon for a flock to take flight and blot out the sun, stretching for as far as the eye could see.  But in the 1920s, the once plentiful birds were nearly hunted to extinction because of the fashion of the day – large, gaudy hats decorated with profuse numbers of bird feathers.  Thankfully, the wildlife has been making a healthy comeback over the past 60 or so years, and though not what it once was, the Everglades are still an amazing place to visit.

Anyway, here are several of our favorite photos from the shoot – as always, downloadable as HD desktop wallpaper.  Enjoy!

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Copyright 2012 Deremer Studios – Jacksonville, FL
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Photo of the Day: Look Out Below!!!

So, it seems this photo of the day thing is becoming more common…

Above is a photo I snapped while headed back from a commercial shoot is South Florida.  Part of the shoot was out in the Everglades, so we decided to take Rt 27 North to Lake Okeechobee.  On the way out from the lake, I saw this plane diving down toward the road at an alarming angle.  Thankfully, I recognized the body style as a crop duster, so I didn’t have a heart attack, crash, burn and die.

Instead, I pulled over, and started snapping away as the plane did a circling pattern over our heads.  Enjoy!

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Photo of the Day: Reflections of Sunset

For those of you in the Jacksonville area, you know today was a dreary, dark and rainy mess of a weekend.  Well, today we had scheduled an engagement shoot for Andres (one of our photographers) and his bride-to-be, Carla.  Things were not looking good about an hour before the shoot, but there was this little window of clear sky that looked like it just might show up at the right time.

When we arrived at our first location and the rain was still coming down, I was beginning to question my judgement, but like magic, we started snapping and the dreary sky gave way to a hint of sun.  By the time our shoot was over, the layers of cloud made for one of the more stunning sunsets I have seen in the past few years.

And, if you were wondering, here’s one of the photos of our happy couple from tonight!

As always, you can download this image as a desktop wallpaper.  Enjoy!

Copyright 2012 Deremer Studios – Jacksonville, FL
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Photo of the Day: FireSky

I don’t frequently post photos of the day – in fact, this is my first – but I thought you all would enjoy this shot.  Last night, while driving west toward home from a shoot, I watched as the sun slipped between two layers of clouds and began to paint beautiful colors all over the sky.  It was one of those sunsets where literally the entire sky was ablaze with reds, oranges and yellows.  By the time I got home, things were fading a bit, but I was still able to grab this photo.  As always, you can download this image as a desktop wallpaper.  Enjoy!

Copyright 2012 Deremer Studios – Jacksonville, FL
Check us out at DeremerStudios.com  |  904-744-1103  |  nate@deremerstudios.com