First, I want to thank my Dallas friends for being such gracious wonderful hosts and dealing with my topsy-turvy schedule- James, Chanda, Haewon & Dan, Marcia, Steve & Cindy, Laura & Bob. It was wonderful to see and hang out with all of you even if it was for a brief spell. Next time I’ll try to make it a
Went with my friend Karin to the ’09 North Carolina State Fair on opening afternoon. Upon entering the gates was a very patriotic man on stilts. Speaking of patriotism, the refreshing thing about this year’s state fair is that it wasn’t in an election year! Thank goodness because last year was going to drive me crazy with the great flocks
Took a mini-road trip between Wilson and Greenville along old US-64, now ALT-64. This was the path I was originally traveling when I got stung by a raid of wasps. It’s past crop season so all of the fields are in various stages of dying. The tobacco barn is an intricate part of the North Carolina vernacular. Sometimes I wonder
Previous blogs from the trip: North New Mexico August 21-28 Part I Pro Gig Private 5500 s.f. Residence This blog is low on words – sorry, even I have my moments when I’m stunningly incoherent. I got to see some rural scenes between Taos and Cimarron. Halfway between Taos and Cimarron is Eagle’s Nest where this chapel at the Vietnam
The wonderful thing about traveling for work is that it can serve as a neat excuse to see other sights. The first few times I went to New Mexico was in 2005 and I fell in love with the area, inspiring a trip to Colorado and Utah a couple of years later. I got exactly 30 minutes of sleep before
One of the neat things about having Bennett Strahan as a client is that he’s also a former boss, so we already have a solid working relationship that’s spanned almost six years. Last month, I flew out West to document one of his designs, a 5500 s.f. residence in the remote desert mountains of northern New Mexico. In shooting it,
I was in Greenville, North Carolina to drop off one of my works for a show at the Emerge Gallery. On the way back to Raleigh I decided to take the rural scenic route back home. As an architectural professional with a client in the area, I was familiar with the region and rediscovered an abandoned house near old US-64.
Thursday, June 11 – Friday, June 12 I stayed in Pittsburgh for one more day. Oh…did I mention that it rained ALL DAY? It cleared up for about 2-3 hours enough for me get some overall city shots below: (click here for a larger view) From Pittsburgh I traveled through scattered showers down to Charleston, West Virginia where I couchsurfed
First and most importantly…HEY DAD! I hadn’t done a lengthy road trip since my Colorado/Utah trip in 2007 and this seemed ample opportunity to do so, and having one of my best friends get married seemed ample excuse to launch what totaled to 2369 miles of a glorious, breath-taking, unbelievable amount of … …rain. Just warning you, there’s a lot
Okay, I’m a little behind with these photo blogs. After publicly harassing him, Reuben decided to join me in a morning jaunt to Greensboro and Winston-Salem. It was fun, we talked a lot of photography and we’re certainly going to have to do it again. Shooting with others is certainly a different dynamic than going solo. And as always seems
Friday Thrifty (2009) I was going to originally leave Thursday but had too many household items to tidy up. I arrived into Savannah on Friday morning, crossed the Talmedge Bridge and immediately got in trouble with the Feds. Well, okay, not in trouble trouble – but if you’re coming from the north, you’ll notice the heavy industrial district on the
May 9, 2009: Raleigh to Goldsboro, North Carolina I had been planning a Raleigh-Goldsboro trip for a few weeks and asked my friend Reuben if he was interested in joining up. We used to work together and had been meaning to shoot together for awhile. However, with my job situation up in the air and an exam the upcoming Wednesday,