http://sestevens.com/photoblog Straight Outta Raleigh Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:29:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://sestevens.com/photoblog/behind-the-image-claxton-fields/ http://sestevens.com/photoblog/behind-the-image-claxton-fields/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2013 02:40:36 +0000 Sterling http://sestevens.com/photoblog/?p=1283 OCTOBER 10, 2003: Mom whipped her head around towards me slumbering in the back of the car and demanded, “Are you listening, Sterl?” I drowsily raised my head from the nest I made between the back seat and rear window enough to mumble, “Yeah sure Ma.” Seemingly satisfied with this less-than-robust answer, my mother returned [...]]]> http://sestevens.com/photoblog/behind-the-image-claxton-fields/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/1-5k-jaunt-part-1-exit-through-camden/ http://sestevens.com/photoblog/1-5k-jaunt-part-1-exit-through-camden/#comments Sun, 23 Sep 2012 15:47:45 +0000 Sterling http://sestevens.com/photoblog/?p=915 I recently visited my home state of New Jersey, pausing for a few stops along the way and back in a 1500 mile round trip. I was turned onto a renovated gas station in Elmer, NJ by another photographer and decided to take a side trip on the way to my parents’ house. Elevating over [...]]]> http://sestevens.com/photoblog/1-5k-jaunt-part-1-exit-through-camden/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/one-mans-trash/ http://sestevens.com/photoblog/one-mans-trash/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:05:48 +0000 Sterling http://sestevens.com/photoblog/?p=687 Last week I joined the Cary Photographic Artists on a shoot hosted by Wayne Dockery in Clayton, North Carolina. I’m rarely in Clayton and certainly haven’t explored it much but now I’m determined to do so more often. There are many rural treasures including this roadside heap of oxidized junk scattered into the trees. It [...]]]> http://sestevens.com/photoblog/one-mans-trash/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