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Photo of the Day: February 27, 2022
"And then, some morning in the second week, the mind wakes, comes to life again. Not in a city sense--no--but beach-wise. It begins to drift, to play, to turn over in gentle careless rolls like those lazy waves on the beach. One never knows what chance treasures...
Photo of the Day: February 26, 2022
When I was a boy--aside from the obvious ball sports like basketball and football--I spent my time with a bunch of matchbox cars that I liked to line up and organize every day. I'm not sure what I got out of that. I also had a bunch of marbles and crayons. I've...
Photo of the Day: February 25, 2022
As a kid, my family always went to the Outer Banks in the heat of summer. I came to love the Outer Banks during summer. First, it was simply spending all day long in the waves. Not coming out until my eyes were bloodshot and my skin sunburned. Then, it was...
Photo of the Day: February 24, 2022
The Scotch Bonnet is considered, by many, to be the holy grail of beachcombing finds in North Carolina. This little three-inch long, plaid checkered sea snail shell is quite a difficult find. Oddly enough, the Scotch Bonnet was deemed the official state shell of...
Photo of the Day: February 23, 2022
Did you know that sea pottery, or sea china, was a thing? I didn't! Sea pottery is shards of broken earthenware that has undergone the same process as sea glass: broken, tumbled, smoothed and spit back into the shell hash with the tides. When I first started...
Photo of the Day: February 22, 2022
I've always loved the potential of this shot. Sidelight at sunrise. Reflective when calm. A balance of urban environment and natural world. I think there is a spectacular frame just waiting at this location. What I don't like is everything about getting there and...
Photo of the Day: February 21, 2022
New home for sale: priced to move. Bargain. May have dings, dents, and considerable blemish to the finish. Spacious interior. Unconditioned space. Single occupancy preferred. Best offers only. Shark-Eye Moon Snail Shell found along Cape Hatteras National...
Photo of the Day: February 20, 2022
February means the end of winter for me: it signals the start of the great spring bloom. I don't much care for the daffodils that decorate suburban lawns and manicured gardens. I do, however, get very excited about the return of natives like trillium and bluebells....
Photo of the Day: February 19, 2022
Happy #stackersaturday! It always gives me a kick thinking about what is considered acceptable, honorable uses of ones time, energy and effort. And, on the flip side, what is considered wasteful, unproductive, and ultimately unacceptable. I've spent twelve hour days...
Photo of the Day: February 18, 2022
This was one of those poor-planning-lazy-wakeup-didn't-quite-get-to-my-location-on-time type of photographs! By the time we cruised around the circle in front of the historic Bodie Island Lighthouse, the sky was already doing its thing. I just pulled the car onto...
Photo of the Day: February 17, 2022
When I'm in Northern Virginia my go-to location is always Great Falls Park on the Potomac River. From the cascading waterfall to the cliff walls of Mather Gorge, there is always something interesting to find and photograph. On this particular winter morning, I found...
Photo of the Day: February 16, 2022
When I'm home during the slower winter months, my mother and I like to head over to Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in Vienna, Virginia. The gardens have a particularly vibrant display of annual Witch Hazel blooms. Witch Hazel is a deciduous flowering shrub that shows...
Photo of the Day: February 15, 2022
Pure seascapes are something I love to shoot. Nothing but the ocean and the sky. The interface between land and water; marine and terrestrial. Moving water is mesmerizing to me and so fun to shoot behind the lens. Add some good light and all the ingredients are...
Photo of the Day: February 14, 2022
Happy Valentine's Day, folks! When I lived in Upstate South Carolina I drove NC-107 frequently to access the Chattooga River and to get up to the Blue Ridge Escarpment. Silver Run Falls, a small waterfall near Cashiers, North Carolina, was just off the roadside. The...
Photo of the Day: February 13, 2022
After several successful winters, I was baited into extending my typical one-month stay into a two-month adventure including February. It didn't go well. January was a bust. Weather was cold and wet. My productivity was minimal. February was much the same. There...