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,
This is my last bit of photography before buckling down for my next exam. Those of you familiar with my stunning lack of progress with my exams should be shocked. It boiled down to either seeing where this photography thing is going while the iron was still hot or completely give it up for the sake of knocking out my
There is only subject matter that I face with more trepidation than shooting people. …And that is flowers – I mean, really – I couldn’t possibly make them interesting with a gun to my head. So…I’m not natural at photographing people and this being the first attempt at shooting a person in almost a year I was very nervous. Fortunately
Wednesday, March 18, 2009: East North Carolina My boss Andy and I were out in east North Carolina on a project. I had a few minutes of downtime and couldn’t resist taking a non-work related photo – what can I say, I’m an addict. Highway 64 (2009) Friday March 20 – Saturday March 21: North Georgia I had put in
Spring fever I think has bit me with the photography bug. So with spring in full bloom I felt inspired to get off my rear and do some photography around downtown Raleigh. Some of it was revisiting familiar subject matter (like the spiral staircase), but others was shooting new architecture and urban scenes I hadn’t approached before. After ten years
Finally in North Carolina, the weatherman gave what thousands of spam messages sitting in our junk mail folders could not – the extra few inches that everyone craved. Growing up north I never got excited about snow, except once in awhile, we’d get a delayed opening or a day off. As I became a teenager it was frigid white stuff
I think this is one of those things where the trip was enjoyable despite my lack of photography prowess during the trip. Planning the trip was a pain. I had been planning this thing for a couple of months and due to the fact it was only three days, knew I only had time to see a few people. I
So until this year, all of my State Fair photos were taken during the day. This was the first time I ever went to the fairgrounds after sunset. Visit #1 I went on Tuesday night with a group of people I play volleyball with on Friday evenings, including Chris, Lisa, Karin, Ben, and Shannon. It wasn’t as cold as we
Saturday It was an overcast morning and I left for Southern Pines around 9:30 a.m. to pick up some photography for a group show that I was in the previous month. Earlier in the week, on Monday, I called the art gallery to ask if they would be open on Saturday so that I could pick up my work from
So it took me about two months after my trip to finally post about it – sue me, I’ve been redesigning my site among other things! I invested in a 10-22mm lens and 100mm macro lens this spring. I’m still undecided whether I’m going to keep them within my arsenal or not, even after this 10 day trip. The 10-22
Texas was good. Birthday was good. Basically did Austin, San Marcos, and Dallas. Half of the people I saw were reallllllly sick, but we made the most of it anyway. Good times with good friends. Ate all the food at all of the places I used to love to eat. I took a total of about 150 pictures. Which for