For a city relatively close in proximity, I certainly don’t spend enough time in Charlotte! In March, I visited a few friends, had a commercial shoot, and during my spare time got off some snapshots downtown. I roamed around the city scoping future skyline shots for future visits and walked downtown a bit, focusing on the museum district, especially the
By early March, I was near the tail end of my contract work and determined to spend more time in North Carolina. To wrap up some of my travel: ROCKY MOUNT, NC I would like to spend more time in this town in the near future. There’s a nice historic downtown and plenty of industrial facilities I’d like to explore
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