http://sestevens.com/photoblog Straight Outta Raleigh Fri, 24 May 2013 02:59:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://sestevens.com/photoblog/just-shut-up-and-shoot-2/ http://sestevens.com/photoblog/just-shut-up-and-shoot-2/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:16:20 +0000 Sterling http://sestevens.com/photoblog/?p=1754 I recently shared this anecdote during a photography tutorial with the Avent Ferry United Methodist Church in Raleigh. This stemmed from my first photography blog on Sept 2, 2007, eventually to be edited and sanitized for publication in ArtSync Magazine’s Spring 2011 issue, titled, “Shhh…Just Shoot! Upon the moment of my arrival, I immediately fell [...]]]> http://sestevens.com/photoblog/just-shut-up-and-shoot-2/feed/ 0 http://sestevens.com/photoblog/2012-in-review/ http://sestevens.com/photoblog/2012-in-review/#comments Wed, 26 Dec 2012 18:32:09 +0000 Sterling http://sestevens.com/photoblog/?p=1207 Thank you so much to everyone for making 2012 a fruitful, successful year. I’m truly blessed to have the best clients and supporters that I could ever hope for, to get to see, partake, and share everything I’ve been able to. These are my favorite photographic memories of the last year. Again, it’s been a [...]]]> http://sestevens.com/photoblog/2012-in-review/feed/ 0 http://sestevens.com/photoblog/dont-skip-arkansas-part-2-high-and-dry/ http://sestevens.com/photoblog/dont-skip-arkansas-part-2-high-and-dry/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:07:30 +0000 Sterling http://sestevens.com/photoblog/?p=1051 You read my previous two blogs from this trip, right? Of course you did, but in case you didn’t: October 2012 – Memphis, Tennessee Don’t Skip Arkansas, Part 1 – It’s really nice out there. I was pretty stoked to see the natural scenery in the Ozarks. The first location I stopped by was Petit [...]]]> http://sestevens.com/photoblog/dont-skip-arkansas-part-2-high-and-dry/feed/ 0 http://sestevens.com/photoblog/dont-skip-arkansas-part-1-its-really-nice-out-there/ http://sestevens.com/photoblog/dont-skip-arkansas-part-1-its-really-nice-out-there/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 02:23:42 +0000 Sterling http://sestevens.com/photoblog/?p=994 When I planned this latest trip, I knew I’d hit Memphis and Dallas, but noticed there was this state in-between: Arkansas. What in the world is in THAT state? So I asked my Facebook. After several people suggested driving through without stopping, many friends stepped in to make recommendations, which launched my planning for visiting [...]]]> http://sestevens.com/photoblog/dont-skip-arkansas-part-1-its-really-nice-out-there/feed/ 0 http://sestevens.com/photoblog/summer-2012-the-in-between/ http://sestevens.com/photoblog/summer-2012-the-in-between/#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2012 08:59:58 +0000 Sterling http://sestevens.com/photoblog/?p=855 Woohoo, my 101st blog post! When I began this blog I was purely an amateur fine art photographer who practiced architecture as my full-time job. Four years later I'm a professional photographer who does a bit of architecture on the side. The bittersweet part of becoming professional is that I rarely get to shoot all the things I purely shoot for fun. So on the occasion I have that chance, I certainly savor the moment. It's been a busy summer with many jobs and a lot of travel on the behalf of my clients. These are a few photos I've managed to capture in between.]]> http://sestevens.com/photoblog/summer-2012-the-in-between/feed/ 0 http://sestevens.com/photoblog/2011-in-review/ http://sestevens.com/photoblog/2011-in-review/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 04:07:36 +0000 Sterling http://sestevens.com/photoblog/?p=689 It’s safe to say 2011 has been the most frenetic year I’ve experienced since becoming independent. It was also the first time in two years I had the enough time to travel for leisure. I got to travel through 19 different states, visiting many friends and family whom I don’t get to see often enough. [...]]]> http://sestevens.com/photoblog/2011-in-review/feed/ 0 http://sestevens.com/photoblog/2-5-days-in-the-hills/ http://sestevens.com/photoblog/2-5-days-in-the-hills/#comments Sat, 22 Oct 2011 17:24:35 +0000 Sterling http://sestevens.com/photoblog/?p=658 I intended to spend 4-5 days in the mountains of west North Carolina. In typical fashion, I went up during weekdays to avoid insane weekend crowds; nothing seems so counter to the natural beauty of autumn colors than two hours worth of traffic backup along the Blue Ridge Parkway, you know? Unfortunately, due to how [...]]]> http://sestevens.com/photoblog/2-5-days-in-the-hills/feed/ 0 http://sestevens.com/photoblog/photography-on-a-cloudy-day/ http://sestevens.com/photoblog/photography-on-a-cloudy-day/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:54:58 +0000 Sterling http://sestevens.com/photoblog/?p=392 How many times have you ever thought to yourself, “It’s cloudy and looks like it’s about to rain, I’m not going to shoot today.” I’m not referring to dramatically stormy days either that litter the “most popular” fields in every social media art website, but to dreary overcast days that makes you just want to [...]]]> http://sestevens.com/photoblog/photography-on-a-cloudy-day/feed/ 0 http://sestevens.com/photoblog/june-2011-few-and-far-between/ http://sestevens.com/photoblog/june-2011-few-and-far-between/#comments Sat, 16 Jul 2011 17:09:14 +0000 Sterling http://sestevens.com/photoblog/?p=383 Well now that I’m back on the ground in Raleigh for the past few months, I’ve been concentrating on developing my business here. Which means not only are the “for fun” shots are few and far between, I don’t even bother looking at them until a month later. So these are from sometime in the [...]]]> http://sestevens.com/photoblog/june-2011-few-and-far-between/feed/ 0 http://sestevens.com/photoblog/the-burg-the-port-the-beach-the-ville/ http://sestevens.com/photoblog/the-burg-the-port-the-beach-the-ville/#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2010 22:12:45 +0000 Sterling http://sestevens.com/photoblog/?p=202 This blog basically covers some of my travel between October 23 and December 8, 2010 – Spartanburg, Shrevesport, Myrtle Beach, and Nasvhille. Ready? Here goes: SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA Trespassing at an abandoned truck stop across the street from my hotel: Abandoned IV (2010) SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA I hadn’t traveled to Shreveport since visiting with my parents [...]]]> http://sestevens.com/photoblog/the-burg-the-port-the-beach-the-ville/feed/ 1