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...
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...
When I started landscape photography I was pretty damn naive (perhaps I still am). I wanted to catch every sunrise and every sunset without fail. I figured, I'll simply outwork everyone else. I'll be up early and out late; I'll walk further on the trail, or I'll...
The dominant landscape of my hometown region is not natural but urban. Northern Virginia is right on the border with the capital city of Washington D.C. When I'm not packing a tent and overnighting in the Southern Appalachians or along the Carolina coasts, the...
I grew up in Northern Virginia, a classic bedroom suburb of Washington D.C. Here, the dominant landscape feature is the Potomac River. Just fifteen miles upstream of the Nation's Capital, the Potomac River approaches the fall line: an abrupt geologic transition...
One of the back burner projects I've always wanted to tackle was a photo essay of the spring ephemeral wildflowers along the Potomac Heritage Trail (PHT) in Northern Virginia. As the Corona Virus began to tighten its grip in March of 2020, I found myself in Northern...
Each year, a small gap in my travel schedule allows a return to my hometown of Northern Virginia to witness and photograph the Virginia Bluebells. Much of the early spring hype is focused on the nearby Japanese Cherry Trees in downtown Washington D.C., where visitors...