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Richmond, Virginia UrbEx

I recently revisited Richmond, Virginia to shoot an office space on behalf of one of my clients, the Mohawk Group. You may remember my last visit to Richmond included tripping through the old Interbake Cookie Factory. Good thing too, because as the economy recovers, a flood of these dilapidated buildings that have been sitting abandoned for years on end are

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North Carolina Airplane Photograp – wait, what?

Well, I can safely scratch off “jumbo jet” from the photography bucket list. I was recently hired by Contour Flight to document one of the Boeing 767’s in their fleet before it took off from RDU airport. The next group flying out was the New Jersey Devils hockey team and they wouldn’t let me stowaway for a free trip home.

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Just Shut Up and Shoot!

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 in love with National Arches

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Behind the Image – One Chicago Moment

Photography does not need to be mere documentation that concludes a series of transpired events and it’s certainly much more than depressing the shutter and reflecting exactly what’s in plain sight. It’s an artistic craft that often requires patience, anticipation, and design. We really do “paint with light”.

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Behind the Image – Claxton Fields

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 to pointing out farmhouses and

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Dallas Area Architectural Photography – Red Meat

Finally, the last blog from my road trip through Tennessee, Arkansas, and Texas. If my vegetarian and vegan followers will forgive the metaphor, but this is blog is 100% red meat – nothing but architecture, baby – no filler. Actually, you’ll also need to forgive me for the literal interpretation because that’s exactly what I ate a TON of while

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Don’t Skip Arkansas, Part 2 – High and Dry

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 Jean State Park, which has

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Don’t Skip Arkansas, Part 1 – It’s really nice out there.

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 the northwest part of the

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October 2012 – Memphis, Tennessee

So I recently took a two-week road trip that I will completely present out of order. The first stop is Memphis, TN in which I stopped briefly on the way in and stayed for a weekend on the way back to Carolina. My friend, Jerry Coleman graciously hosted me and it was great to catch up with him and meet

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1.5K Jaunt: Part 2 – G’night Philly and Baltimore

This is part two of my recent sprint to New Jersey and back. You may see my previous blog at: Part 1 – Exit through Camden So after spending the day in luxurious Camden, I hopped over to the Philly side. As I crossed over I received my first phone call from a potential client I had been speaking with

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