After the destructive flash flood last Saturday night in Ellicott City, Maryland, our hearts are broken

Ellicott City, MD | Photos from the HartyEllicott City, MD | Photos from the Harty ©Photos from the Harty www.photosfromtheharty.com @photosfromhart One of the many things that we have in common is that when we first began photographing, this was our favorite spot to shoot. Ellicott City had everything. Main Street had a row of little shops, a cute bridge, and if you walked down further toward River Road, you would find yourself in nature with tons of trees, and streams leading into the Patapsco River.

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​Sara has developed dozens of rolls of film taken in this cute little town, starting in high school and continuing through her Masters degree, when she began using both digital images and 35mm film.

Ellicott City Ellicott City Ellicott City Katie (who photographed all of the beautiful images in this blog post) transitioned from digital photography to film in her senior year of high school and frequented Ellicott City for projects or even just to wander and soak up the cute little antique stores, coffee shops, and all the beauty surrounding her.

Ellicott City fueled our creativity more than any other place

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From photographer meet-ups and client meetings at Bean Hollow, to shopping at Sweet Elizabeth Jane and all of the other amazing small businesses, to photographing friends up and down Main Street, Old Ellicott City continued to be Katie's favorite place.

In the blink of an eye, it was destroyed; and we don’t know what to do, other than share a bunch of the images taken over the years, in this adorable historic town.

Ellicott City Ellicott City We hope they are able to repair this adorable, historic town, and that we’ll be strolling down Main Street with our friends sometime in the not-so-far in future. 

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