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Nags Head Causeway Sunrise
It's general practice for me to be on location forty-five minutes to one-hour before sunrise. I can't know what's going to happen at first light. There's no app for that--and I wouldn't use it anyhow. Each morning I wake up and show up to read the conditions,...
Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse
Renting a home in the waterfront town of Manteo, North Carolina for several winters has been a wonderful experience. To be able to access subject matter without the car and at any time of day is beyond convenient; it's beautiful. The most obvious photo subject is...
Oregon Inlet Mudflat
When I parked at beach access ramp #4 along Cape Hatteras National Seashore on January 10, 2024 I had no ideas about what I might photograph, only that sunset might provide opportunity. What I needed was a walk. Walking clears my head and is often associated, for...
Whalehead Club
For several years I've been over-wintering in North Carolina's Outer Banks. There's a set of conditions that will always have me driving north towards this bright yellow Art Nouveau home at Corolla Historic Park: calm (no wind) and clear (no clouds). In my limited...
Basnight & Bonner Bridges
My mother always feared the Bonner Bridge! And for good reason. It was routinely ranked as one of the worst bridges in America. Like spoiled milk, the Bonner had long passed it's stated expiration date. By the early 2000's, the bridge--built in 1963--had long...
Photo Adventure_Jocassee Gorges 2023
Jocassee Gorges - Spring 2023The Southern Appalachian Mountains are defined by their biodiversity. To know this place--to understand the physical landscape--is to know the plants. This is what I've come to believe. Chasing the early spring bloom as a photographer is...
Story Grays Lilies Roan Highlands
Hiding Among Tall Grasses Gray's Lilies are globally rare wildflowers growing within critically imperiled habitat. I travel to the grassy balds of the Roan Highlands to visit the largest known population of these wonderful Southern Appalachian wildflowers. Late...
Year in Review: 2022
2022: Year in ReviewFirst with the good. It was a tremendously productive year. I processed, catalogued, and keyworded over seven hundred new images. Nearly two per day on average. In the field, I connected more intimately with the landscape. I found new (and...
Trip Journal: June 12-15, 2022
Trip Journal: June 12-15, 2022The Blue Ridge Parkway is America's longest linear park travelling 469 miles along the spine of the Blue Ridge Mountains from Shenandoah National Park in Virginia to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina. Overlook...
Trip Journal: June 9-11, 2022
Trip Journal: June 9-11, 2022 The Blue Ridge Parkway is America's longest linear park travelling 469 miles along the spine of the Blue Ridge Mountains from Shenandoah National Park in Virginia to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina. Overlook...
Blue Ridge Escarpment_04272022
Trip Journal: April 27 - May 4, 2022 The Blue Ridge Escarpment is a place of transition where the high mountains of Western North Carolina drop dramatically into the Piedmont of South Carolina and Georgia below. Steep elevational drops, high rates of precipitation,...
Trip Journal: April 20-26, 2022
Trip Journal: April 20-26, 2022The Blue Ridge Escarpment is a place of transition where the high mountains of Western North Carolina drop dramatically into the Piedmont of South Carolina and Georgia below. Steep elevational drops, high rates of precipitation, and...
PHT Spring Ephemerals 2022
Spring Ephemerals Along the PHTThe Potomac Gorge is a hotspot of biodiversity just upstream of the Nation's Capital, Washington D.C. Two ecoregions overlap at the fall line and a wild river runs through. I take multiple dayhikes along the Potomac Heritage Trail...
Oconee Bells 2022
Seeking "Perhaps The Most Interesting Plant..." Oconee Bells are rare wildflowers growing within the Jocassee Gorges region of Upstate South Carolina. Early American botanist Asa Gray spent a lifetime searching for Oconee Bells in the wild, largely unsuccessful. I...
Photo of the Day: March 5, 2022
Flexibility in the field is something I pride myself on. I shoot what the landscape tells me to shoot. No plan's so set in stone that I won't pivot and take advantage of natural gifts in my path. And on this evening, it was Cannonball Jellyfish. I walked past the...