Digging through my archives I came across several shots from this year’s annual Air & Auto Show that I had completely forgotten about. The skies that day were flat and grey which was great for reducing glare and diffusing the noon-day light but offered little in the way of background. I thought the best way to deal with this was to shoot tighter, close-in shots. I don’t shoot like this near enough and it was both challenging...

Today’s image is one of the last shots I was able to shoot on a quick weekend trip to Damascus, Virginia a few Sundays ago. All that remains of the beautiful colors of fall is the leaf litter along the banks of the river but the vibrant greens of the mountain laurel persist. While I’ll miss the colors, I’m excited to shoot these waters again with a fresh blanket of snow lining the shores. Now all I need is the snow! Gear:...

This is a different perspective on the same structure that I posted in Overflow a few days ago. With a little trial and error I was finally able to line up the direction of the clouds with the angle of the pylon. Other than a massive amount of spot removal (the wind was blowing dust everywhere) processing was pretty straightforward, after a few adjustments in Lightroom I passed the frame through Topaz Black and White Effects then Denoise....

This is an image that I shot a few weekends ago at South Holston Lake. The tower is actually a ‘head-on’ view of one of the enormous pylons that surround the overflow intake adjoining South Holston Dam. The entire structure is massive and is surrounded by a 10-foot fence topped with barbed wire and signs warning of a 250-foot drop to the bottom. The base of the intake is probably 15-feet high and there are at least six of these...

I’ve been meaning to start posting a monthly desktop calendar for some time so what better time to start than now! To start things off here is my favorite shot from the last month – Wall of Water. I’m providing resolutions of 2560×1600 and 1600×900, if you have other resolution suggestions just let me know in the comments. Enjoy! Click the links below to download! December 2011 Desktop Calendar...