Sometimes you can find the most interesting and unexpected surprises by just stopping along the roadside. That’s exactly how I came across this spectacular cascade. I had followed a set of directions I found online to another waterfall and had passed this cascade on the way. On the way back I pulled off into a makeshift parking area to grab a snack and when I got out of my car I could here the unmistakable roar of a waterfall. I looked...

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Since the last day of my outing fell on a Monday there was very little tourist traffic so I decided to take advantage of this and make a marathon run of as many waterfalls as I could. I started the morning by taking a drive to Soco Falls located on the Cherokee Indian Nation at the southern most end of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. I had seen some impressive photos of this double waterfall online and was hyped to get my chance at...

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Many states have “Rails to Trails” programs that take unused stretches of rail road and convert them to trails for hiking and biking. Locally, the Virginia Creeper Trail is the best known and most successful example of this program. There are several bridges along the Creeper but few use the original structure left by the rail road, most had to be dismantled and completely replaced with new constructions. This is one of those few...

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Sunday morning I packed up my gear and headed out to shoot another set of local waterfalls. These two falls were the last on a list that I compiled several weeks ago but had not had an opportunity to shoot yet. Both falls are along the same stretch of river and are within a quarter mile of each other but they are in a section of our area where I had never been. In my research, I had found two different sets of instructions on how to approach...

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Sunday afternoon I packed my gear and headed out to shoot for a while. The weather forecast called for a slight chance of thunderstorms but the radar was clear for miles so all seemed good. Before I made it halfway to the location I had in mind the rain was pouring down! Out of nowhere a huge rain storm had bloomed and was making its way across the area. Once I made it to the location I sat in the car for another 30 minutes waiting for the rain...

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Saturday afternoon I packed up the Subaru and headed to the mountains for what I hoped would a quiet overnight camping trip filled with shooting. The weather reports called for a slight chance of a shower so I wasn’t too worried but about 4 miles from my campsite that changed in a big way! The mother of all mountain storms rolled in and sat down right on top of the enitre area. Driving rain, lightning and fog so thick I could barely see...

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