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I started taking photos while growing up in Florida, using my father's Canon AE-1. I'm now in Durham, NC, and I've moved into the world of digital. Nature photography - whether landscapes or macro - has long been my passion, and you will find it featured prominently here. Yet my photography runs in many directions, as you will also see from these pages.

I hope you enjoy my photos. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me.

Brian

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Shiner, TX : Last summer my brother took an internship with the Shiner Brewery in Shiner, TX, and I took a trip with my dad to visit him. The physical brewery itself is called the "Spoetzl Brewery," with the history documented in one of the photos below. All Shiner beer is made in that plant. During the internship, Shiner provided housing for Paul and the other intern: at the beautiful and historic Kral Family homestead, about three miles outside of town. Many of these pictures are from the homestead, and a number of them look back towards town. Shiner is interesting for having been founded by German and Czech immigrants, and that shows in their traditions of beer and meat...and also in the magnificent Catholic church they have built, which stands out on the horizon from far away, making Shiner look a bit like a European village in the distance (it's not, but it has its own charm). Paul now has a permanent position with the Shiner brewery, but no longer lives on the Kral homestead.

Shiner, TX

Last summer my brother took an internship with the Shiner Brewery in S ...

Updated: Jan 04, 2009 10:09pm PST

Maine 2008 : Photos from the trip to Maine with my dad in July of 2008, staying with our good friends the Viens at their camp on Great Pond. We visited Owl's Head, Rockport and Camden; we then rented a floatplane from Twitchell's, on the Androscoggin near Lewiston, to go up to Tim Pond north of Rangeley, and to operate on Great Pond. A wonderful trip.

Maine 2008

Photos from the trip to Maine with my dad in July of 2008, staying wit ...

Updated: Jan 03, 2009 5:54pm PST

Big Sur, March 2008 : Taken while driving from Carmel-by-the-Sea to San Simeon on the Pacific Coast Highway, on a beautiful day in March. At Big Sur, we stopped in the Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, and I hiked a trail to the top of a small mountain, to a place called Buzzards' Roost, where I was able to get some good views of the much taller nearby mountains. This country is incredibly beautiful.

Big Sur, March 2008

Taken while driving from Carmel-by-the-Sea to San Simeon on the Pacifi ...

Updated: May 09, 2008 12:33am PST

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Places

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Brian E. Coggins, Ph.D., Durham, North Carolina.
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