Normal people spend New Year’s Eve in some metropolitan area counting down to the upcoming calendar year. I am clearly not normal and spent it in central Tennessee and western Kentucky. The biggest surprise of my venture into photography is an affinity towards the rural condition and this was the first real opportunity I had in a couple of years
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 as a teenager. There’s a
Previous fair blogs: 2009, Part II 2009, Part I 2008 On the first evening of the fair, I was to meet up with several people with one of my photography meetup groups to walk around the state fair. I got there a bit early, in time for sunset, and shot some photographs of Dorton Arena and the fairgrounds. October 14,
Seriously, how behind am I? In early October I went with the Triangle Photography Club Meetup to Duke Gardens. I needed a break, stayed for about an hour. It was the first real opportunity I got to shoot my new 24-70mm L (which is now my longest range lens – and by the time you’re reading this…no longer new). Many
I’ve never been to Kansas. My stereotypical impression was that it was flat and there was nothing there. I flew into Wichita with Chad, who I think to liven up the tundra went Beastie Boys all up in Kansas, imitating the sound of turntables before we even got off the ground. “Wichi Wichi Wichi WICHITA!” to which I’d respond, “Whachoosayin’
Some takes from this past Saturday with the Triangle Photography Club and Raleigh Outdoor Photography Club. (I’ve obviously been watching too much John Rosenthal photography) At the state capitol, I played a bit with the tilt-function on my lens, so the entire image isn’t exactly sharp. Oddly enough, I think the subtle difference helped bring more attention to the entablature
My early June trip was a combination of performing architectural + real-estate photography mixed with some fun, traveling through Columbia SC, Charleston SC, Savannah GA, Macon, GA, Atlanta, GA, Athens GA, and Greensboro GA. Oddly enough there was some sort of friend or associate in every city I had a building to shoot, including meeting my very first collector in
I’m very happy to tell you the First Friday opening, serving as benefit and exposure to the North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence went incredibly well. With the July 4 weekend coming up, we weren’t sure what the official response would be, and I was pretty nerve-wracked about the whole thing. Your response was AMAZING. There wasn’t an official count,
Recently completed a major trip through South Carolina and Georgia, both for work and pleasure. My big stop was in Charleston, South Carolina where I photographed the Chamberlain Residence, conveniently located near downtown. This was a major house and garage addition designed and completed by my old boss Bennett Strahan and former colleague Phillip Jefferson when we were with Strahan
David Strevel and I served as leaders for the Capital City Camera Club‘s low-light architectural outing to the North Carolina Museum of Art. You may remember I scoped it out few weeks earlier. I’ll share some of the advice I offered the club in a later blog. The session was scheduled to start at 6pm – but the formerly sunny
May 5 Went to Durham to take an evening shot of the Carolina Theater at the “blue” hour. The tricky part was this shot was getting the proper ISO without making the tubes that form the glowing sign completely indistinguishable. Thankfully, the 5DMkII handles high-speed like a champ. Shot at F9, 1/13s, 1250 ISO. May 8 A few days later,
Got to scoop out the new addition to the North Carolina Museum of Art for the first time this weekend. I skipped the opening last weekend in order to avoid the crowds. Pretty neat addition, I’ll be checking it out more in the near future. Yes. That is a ginormous metal tree in front of the addition. Photos from one