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...
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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...
Photo of the Day: January 25, 2022
I was not prepared to photograph wildflowers during the month of January. I simply didn't think anything would be flowering at the Outer Banks in the heart of winter. Much to my surprise, however, whenever a warm day or two was in the forecast, the front yards of...
Potomac Heritage Trail (PHT) Spring Ephemeral Wildflowers Virginia
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...
Photo Essay: Virginia Bluebell Wildflowers
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...
Photo Essay: G. Richard Thompson WMA 2015
Thompson Wildlife Management Area is an acreage of property (4,000+) owned and operated by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries in Fauquier County, Virginia. Located about one hour west of the Northern Virginia suburbs outside...
From the Field: Virginia Bluebells 2015
Each spring around mid-April I rattle off several hundred frames that I never show anyone. Frames of Virginia Bluebells. There's really nothing in my landscape calendar each year that wrecks my confidence as a photographer more thoroughly than Virginia Bluebells,...