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Dreaming of the Blue Ridge Mountains

“Anchored”
Roan Mountain, TN

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These weather beaten rocks covered with lichen brace themselves as a summer storm approaches. They have seen their fare share of magnificent moments on this high bald on the Appalachian trail.

I’m heading back in 7 weeks to lead a workshop with Tommy White during the peak of the Rhododendron bloom. […]

By |May 8th, 2013|Landscapes, Mountains|0 Comments

Untouched

Botany Bay is an incredible region of untouched beauty. That is to say, it is untouched by man. As a Heritage Preserve it is a protected area, and it feels raw! It’s refreshing to go to a place like that and experience nature as it should be.

This shot was from our first morning […]

By |May 3rd, 2013|Charleston, Landscapes, Seascapes|0 Comments

The Mystique

Sullivan’s Island, SC

Staring across the bay, watching the dolphin play. The sun sets over the water and all is well.

For those interested, I processed this image a number of different ways to compare and contrast different techniques including straight HDR using Photomatix, Blending using LREnfuse, and single image ND Gradients. If you are interested […]

By |April 27th, 2013|Charleston, Landscapes, Seascapes|0 Comments

Free Print Giveaway

Introducing the Magic Ball Contest!

Update: The contest is over, thank you for participating.

I want to thank everyone for all of your support, I very much appreciate it.

To enter find the image that was used to create this Magic Ball on this site and then add a comment on the image saying that you’ve […]

By |April 26th, 2013|Abstract|2 Comments

Digital Processing Workshop

John MacLean and I would like your input. We have heard loud and clear that you want a workflow management and processing class. To that end we have setup a new Adobe Lightroom 4 workshop, but we need to figure out who is interested and what date you’d prefer. The plan is to have […]

By |April 24th, 2013|Uncategorized|10 Comments

Silver Run

Cashiers, NC

I’m really excited to be teaming up with
Tommy White to lead a Summer on the Blue Ridge workshop from Boone, NC. We will be exploring the Blue Ridge Parkway and Roan Mountains at the height of the rhododendron bloom. The rhododendrons will be spectacular, the sun will be warm and the early morning […]

By |April 22nd, 2013|Mountains, Nature|0 Comments

Morning Mist

John MacLean and I just finished up our Charleston Spring Workshop with our last session at Folly Beach. We found some spectacular spots and our group was adventurous, eager to learn and super fun. We really enjoyed it and can’t wait to see all of you again soon.

This image was captured out on some […]

By |April 18th, 2013|Landscapes, Seascapes|0 Comments

Contrast

The stark contrast of decay against life giving light and water is incredible. This was captured back in January when Colby Brown and Peyton Hale came down to explore the region.

Only 7 days left until we head back to this spot among others for the Charleston Spring Workshop with John MacLean.

Hope you […]

By |April 9th, 2013|Charleston, Landscapes, Seascapes|0 Comments

The Art of Seeing – Compositional Guideline #1 – Avoiding Clutter

Simplifying an image of the scene is one of the most difficult things to master and it’s always challenging to me. As a landscape photographer, I often observe a wonderful vista and hopefully glorious sky and immediately think about capturing as much of it as possible. However the best images are those […]

By |March 28th, 2013|Landscapes|0 Comments

Spin

“In our rich consumers’ civilization we spin cocoons around ourselves and get possessed by our possessions. ” – Max Lerner

An abstract from the other night when I headed out to shoot the lighthouse. Unfortunately the best sky was directly out to sea and not anywhere near the lighthouse and so I put together a […]

By |March 26th, 2013|Landscapes, Seascapes|0 Comments