On our last day during the Mountains to Sea Workshop around the Great Smoky Mountains, we headed to Cades Cove to hunt bears and some gorgeous light. We got lucky catching lots of animals and several bears. There was tons of gorgeous light spilling into the valley as well.
After an excellent morning […]
I just got back from Boone where we held our Mountain Astrophotography Workshop. Despite cloudy and rainy forecasts our group stuck it out and where richely rewarded with almost totally clear skies for several hours on Saturday night. We had a blast capturing the stars and playing with different compositions and light. […]
There I was, out in the marsh watching and photographing an incredible sunset… I’d almost got stuck in the mud a couple of times and I was worried about the incoming tide and the encroaching darkness.
I remembered that my kids had taken my headlamp out of my bag and I hadn’t found it before […]
This fall I headed up to camp and photograph the fall foliage in Western North Carolina. Last year we went out to Colorado and Utah as a family and this year we decided to take some time and camp in the changing leaves. We hit a lovely family campsite called Honeybear Campground just outside […]
The temperature has been see-sawing all over the place right now. Down one week then back up the next. Today it was hovering around 80!! In December! Next week it’s going to be below 50. The following week I’m headed to Rhode Island, and the temperatures will be 20-40 degrees. Sheeeeesh! […]
“Intricate”
Rough Ridge detail, BRP, NC
A couple of delicate wild mushrooms grow vertically up the side of a tree clinging to the moss. Yes that green stuff is moss. These mushrooms are really really tiny. After some research on varieties of mushrooms I am pretty sure these are either deadly poisonous or have incredible psychotropic […]
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 […]
I headed out to the beach a few days ago in anticipation of a cloudy sunset hoping that the sun might peak through. When I got there a few rays of sun were just making it through the grayness and I kept my hopes up.
Even if there was no chance for a spectacular […]
While exploring the beach at Botany Bay Nature Preserve I came across several sea turtle tracks where the mothers had come up the beach looking for a place to lay eggs. In two places, I was dejected to find that the turtle had run into an obstacle and turned around. Here you […]
A few weeks ago, I made a trip out to Botany Bay Plantation Heritage Preserve on Edisto Island. It is a remarkable place as it is completely preserved, apart from the paths, dirt roads and sign in desk there is no sign of human life. On the beach the only sign of human involvement […]
