Sunrise at Concord Point      One thing the Chesapeake Bay is known for is its lighthouses. In my little town of Havre de Grace, MD, we have the oldest continuously operating lighthouse in Maryland; it’s also one of the oldest on the east coast of the United States. Concord Point Lighthouse was built in 1827, and to this day shines nightly from its 5^th-order Fresnel lens and a 100-watt bulb.

     The lighthouse anchors one end of a charming waterfront promenade; you’ll often see residents and visitors alike strolling past sweeping views of the mouth of the Susquehanna River and the northern end of the Chesapeake Bay. Wildlife is abundant here: Canada geese, a variety of ducks, herons, squirrels and other critters are always around. At the other end of the three-quarter-mile-long promenade is the city marina and Tydings Park, a hub of summertime festival activity.

     The town’s best-known landmark, Concord Point Lighthouse is a magnet for photographers...its scenic location and classically quaint appearance are hard to resist! What’s challenging is to figure out how to shoot the building in a unique way, so it doesn’t look like every other photo of it. I’d never seen an image of the lighthouse at dawn, so despite my so not being a morning person, I decided to give it a try very early one mid-June morning.

     Sunrise at Concord Point, shown here, is one result of my efforts. This image looks great in a matted triptych with two other images I shot the same morning: the War of 1812 cannon (just behind the lighthouse in this image) and a view of the Promenade heading away from the lighthouse, similar to this one.