Welcome to my personal photography site. I hope you will enjoy looking at the images, and invite you to leave any comments. And I would be delighted to answer any questions about photographic technique or equipment used, places I've traveled and photographed, and lessons learned. I especially wish to thank the many dedicated Civil War and Colonial reenactors who I have had the honor to meet, and who have tolerated my camera's intrusion into their setting. They are true historians, both Union and Confederate, Tory and Whig. I also wish to acknowledge the efforts by the staff at Duke University's "Sarah P. Duke Gardens", North Carolina State University's "J.C. Ralston Arboretum", and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's "North Carolina Botanical Garden" for planting and tending to the many flowering attractions I have photographed for free. Finally, I need to thank the many vendors at the Raleigh Flea Market who allow me to document their collectibles for sale, even when I haven't always bought something from them in return.

For inquires about how to obtain a high resolution copy of any of these digital images, please contact me at one of the e-mail addresses shown below. Thanks to all for generating nearly 650,000 separate "photo clicks" to this photo web site since it was first established in April 2010.

All images are copyright protected, and may not be used for advertisement, publication or media broadcast without prior written authorization by me.

Most images shown were photographed with an Olympus E-3 or E-5 digital SLR, the newer micro four thirds Olympus E-M5 OM-D and the following Olympus Zuiko lens: 12-60mm, 50-200mm, 25mm, 50mm macro. In addition, I have also used several Olympus PEN series micro four thirds mirrorless cameras, to include the PEN E-P3, E-P2 and E-PL2. A few earlier images shown here were photographed with the Canon 5D, Canon G9, Nikon D200 & D300. As of June 2012, I have traded in all Olympus DSLR gear and switched over completely to the "micro four thirds" (or mirrorless) format, and now exclusively use the new Olympus E-M5 OM-D camera.

Steve Brantley
Carrboro/Chapel Hill, NC
sbrantley@orangecountync.gov


Places where my photography is currently featured or credited:

Book Covers & Newspapers:
“Scratch Beginnings - Me, $25 and the Search for the American Dream” by Adam Shepard http://www.scratchbeginnings.com/

HarperCollinsPublishers http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Scratch-Beginnings-Adam-W-Shepard/?isbn=9780061714368?AA=index_authorIntro_34859

http://www.harpercollins.com/browseinside/index.aspx?isbn13=9780061714368
http://www.bookperk.com/author/Adam-Shepard-36752

“Empowering People to Elevate Performance” by Adam Shepard http://shepardspeaks.com/home/

Media Photo Credits:
New York Post newspaper – Dec. 17, 2007
News article about Adam Shepard, “Dreamer Can Work It Out”, by Andrea Peyser http://www.nypost.com/p/news/item_UMG5YQWYBKTP62mH68D9oN

Web Sites:
Virginia Military Institute http://www.vmi.edu/

Civil War Album http://www.civilwaralbum.com/misc8/bentonville1.htm
http://www.civilwaralbum.com/misc3/bennett_nc1.htm

Civil War Journeys http://www.civil-war-journeys.org/whatsnew.htm

Bentonville – North Carolina Historic Sites http://www.bentonville145.com/photopage.html

The Charlotte Artillery
10th Regiment, North Carolina State Troops, Company C http://www.charlotteartillery.org/

28th Regiment, North Carolina State Troops
Yadkin Stars – Company I, Yadkin Boys – Company F http://www.yadkinstars.org/

30th North Carolina State Troops
Company K Mecklenburg Beaureguards, 86th Militia and Home Guards http://www.30thnct.org/

The Liberty Rifles http://www.libertyrifles.org/photos/index.html

Florida Reenactors Online News Magazine http://www.floridareenactorsonline.com/MayMag12010.htm

88th New York Co. B, 2nd Reg. Irish Brigade http://www.88thny.us/photo-gallery?album=10

Salient Points Blogspot http://salient-points.blogspot.com/2010/04/battle-of-bentonville-145th-anniversary.html

Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Bentonville-Battlefield-145th-Anniversary-Reenactment/134802681076
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1593592643
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bennett-Place-State-Historic-Site/331882245659?sk=wall

Her Majesty's Thunder http://hermajestysthunder.blogspot.com/2010/09/bull-city-rumble-2010-photos.html

Bull City Rumble 2011 http://www.tonup-nc.com/bullcityrumble.html

The Mot'Art Journal blog http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:kKnG0Mf5_MMJ:themotart.blogspot.com/2010/09/steve-brantley-photography.html+steve+brantley+photography&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a&source= http://www.google.com

China Gate Wenxuecity.com http://bbs.wenxuecity.com/myhouse/1755716.html

Peter West Photo http://peterwestphoto.wordpress.com/2011/04/12/okay-i-went-wide/

Photography Contest Wins:
Dewar’s Scotch “It Whispers” photo contest; Canon Camera; United States Armed Forces All Pacific photo contest