Stormy Skies at Sunset, Mather Gorge, Great Falls National Park, Virginia

I made this image a few weeks ago under stormy skies. It had began to rain in the middle of the day and although it appeared it would not clear up in time for sunset, I decided to take my chances anyway. I made this image on the Maryland side of the Potomac after climbing [...]

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West Virginia Photo Trip Part 5: North Fork Mountain

The North Fork Mountain Trail is a rugged 24 mile long path that leads from Judy Gap south of Seneca Rocks to the northern terminus of the mountain, Backpacker Magazine named this hike ” one of the most scenic hikes in the east “. Unfortunately, I was not able to explore the entire length of [...]

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West Virginia Photo Trip Part 4: Abandoned Chevy HDR & Intimate Woods

This is an image that took me by complete surprise. I was driving a dirt forest road behind North Fork Mountain in search of a trail head I wanted to explore for a possible entry point to the central section of the North Fork Mountain trail system. When I came across this abandoned truck in [...]

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West Virginia Photo Trip Part 3: Red Barn HDR

I wanted to share some images of this old red barn I found south of Canaan Valley on the first morning of the trip. I had finished up shooting sunrise in the state park and needed to head south towards Seneca Rocks to prepare for my afternoon hike at North Fork Mountain. I’ll get to [...]

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West Virginia Photo Trip Part 2: Canaan Valley State Park

I will be posting one to two images a day for the next week or so from my recent outing in the West Virginia Mountains. Today I would like to share two images i made on the second morning of the trip in Canaan Valley State Park. Late summer in the mountains is a great [...]

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Bear Rocks Sunset, Dolly Sods Wilderness, West Virginia

I am just returning from 4 days in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia. I left mid afternoon on Friday in hopes of making some new images for a book project I am currently working on. As always, the traffic around the Capitol Beltway and continuing on Rt. 66 was horrific, but I managed to [...]

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West Virginia Mountains for a few days

 
Just finishing up a few things here at the office before heading out for a few days of photography in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia. I am going to be shooting a bunch of stuff in the Dolly Sods Wilderness, North Fork Mountain, Seneca Rocks, Otter Creek Wilderness nad lots of HDR stuff of old [...]

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Abstract Photography Lecture at this years Claude Moore Park Photography Expo

I will be speaking at this years Claude Moore Park Photography Exposition on September 27th at 3:15pm. I will be giving a lecture on Abstract Photography Techniques. Click here for more information and directions to the Expo.

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HDR of Abandoned House on the Chesapeake Bay

A few more images of the abandoned house we photographed this past weekend while on the Chesapeake Bay Workshop. We had a blast at this place just outside of Blackwater NWR. I bracketed 7 images at .7ev for each shot. Post processing was done with Photomatix (tone mapping) and Adobe Lightroom 2.

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Chesapeake Bay Workshop Round Up and Image Gallery

We have just finished our Chesapeake Bay Experience Workshop and it was a great success. The participants were enthusiastic and fun and we had some unbelievable weather and light all three days. After our morning shoot on Saturday, we spent the afternoon going over HDR and Lightroom post processing and did photo critiques. We [...]

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