Why I love Front Royal

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any years ago I began a series of Facebook photo albums about why I love Front Royal. Those eventually ended, but my love for this wonderful town and the surrounding areas did not. I still love living in Front Royal, Virginia.

In this post I will address the primary reason I love Front Royal—its people.

Front Royal Celtic Festival - June 19, 2010
Canon 50D camera, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM lens
52mm focal length
ISO 100, 1/160th @ f/4.5

The people of Front Royal, Virginia, are wonderful! They seem to fit my hopes for the world. They are responsible. They are fun-loving. They are beautiful.

Front Royal Wine & Craft Festival - May 15, 2010
Canon 50D camera, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM lens
35mm focal length
ISO 100, 1/200th @ f/6.3

The people in this post are my Front Royal neighbors—pretty much all of them. It’s a tiny town, but everyone here just seems to be the kind of people I love. They are free spirited, gentle, kind-hearted. And because they hold to a libertarian view of the world, they do not demand that others act in a way that suits them. I guess you’d say it’s a live-and-let-live place. And I love that!

Front Royal Wine & Craft Festival - May 15, 2010
Canon 50D camera, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM lens
46mm focal length
ISO 100, 1/80th @ f/7.1

I took all of the pictures in this blogpost at various events in Front Royal and Delaplane—one of our nearby towns. The Celtic Festival... the Wine Festival... the Strawberry Festival... the Festival of Leaves. All of these events are part of the culture and character of this town that I love so much.

Front Royal Wine & Craft Festival - May 15, 2010
Canon 50D camera, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM lens
64mm focal length
ISO 100, 1/200th @ f/3.2

When we first began attending these various events in our wonderful town, we sensed a spirit of community that has been lost in most towns across the United States. The people in this town genuinely enjoy one another. And it shows when they come together for a celebration. And this town has many celebrations. In fact—they never seem to end during the spring, summer, and fall. This town just loves throwing a block party. A whole-town block party!

Front Royal Wine & Craft Festival - May 15, 2010
Canon 50D camera, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM lens
135mm focal length
ISO 100, 1/250th @ f/8.0

I guess it’s also a wonderful place for a photographer. When you get this many beautiful, wonderful, accepting people into one location... the situation is ripe for photography.

Front Royal Wine & Craft Festival - May 15, 2010
Canon 50D camera, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM lens
24mm focal length
ISO 100, 1/200th @ f/10

Thank you, people of Front Royal, for making this such a wonderful town! I love you!

Delaplane Strawberry Festival - May 29, 2010
Canon 50D camera, EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM lens
200mm focal length
ISO 400, 1/125th @ f/18