Good Afternoon, Shell Enthusiasts:

We've added another show to our Spring season. You can visit our booth in the vendors section of the 2016 New Jersey Folk Festival at the Eagleton Institute - Rutgers Campus. This will be our second year in attendance and we hope to continue displaying for many years to come. Last year, the event offered plenty of live music, entertainment for the kids, delicious food vendors and much more. This years theme is Bluegrass with demonstrations from various performers all day long. 

Tia and I will be at the event from 10:00am until closing at 6:00pm on Saturday, April 30th. For more information, click on their website at: www.njfolkfest.org. 

In other news, the Fed-Ex guy dropped off a special package this morning. Since we added a new wide angle lens to our equipment line-up (the Canon 16-35mm 2.8L II) we purchased a new filter system for the front of the lens. The Lee Filter systems are designed to pull out hues and colors from landscapes, giving photos a vivid look. We've added the Oceanscape Filter set and hope to use it as soon as the rain clears out. These filters have produced some incredible results for many professional photographers over the last 30 years. I'll be sure to send out a link to our newest photos when they are ready to print. I hope to post new photos soon; it will be the first time I use the new lens and filters together so I'm excited to see the results!

Until our next blog update, be well and enjoy what you can from the upcoming weekend! Tia and I are not working this weekend so we'll be in Trenton on Sunday for the Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market. I hope the fabulous food trucks are there again!

J. R.