The Stoney Creek area of Scott County, Virginia is home to three beautiful falls aptly called “Little”, “Middle” and “Big” Stoney Creek Falls – this is the middle falls. I posted a completely different shot of these falls last autumn that you can check out here. This time around the river was bursting and the water rushing at a phenomenal rate. The light was beginning to get brighter causing the brown...

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After a week of wet weather, local rivers are once again at full capacity. The rush of water has not only filled them to their banks but created some amazing rapids. Just a few weeks ago this spot had slowed to little more than quiet stream but it was a thundering torrent during my visit this past weekend. I also got in some abstract work with the 10-stop filter while at this spot that I’ll share later in the week. The river wasn’t...

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This weekend was marked by heavy cloud cover in our area which made for some great daytime shooting. What made it better, for me anyway, was the high winds that set in on Sunday afternoon. After spending the morning shooting streams in the mountains I decided to close out the day with some long exposure shooting by the lake. I’ve had a shot like this in mind since I bought my filter kit several months ago but the right circumstances of...

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Sometimes the smallest details are the very thing that come to symbolize and remind you of a place. To me these concrete mile posts are synonymous with the Blue Ridge Parkway because no matter how much the scenery changes they remain constant. This isn’t the only place where you’ll find markers like this but they are one of the first things that come to my mind when I think of the Parkway. Gear: Canon 60D, Canon EF-S 18-135mm,...

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One of the more intriguing names that I came across when researching stops for my long weekend on the Blue Ridge Parkway was Skinny Dip Falls. Obviously, the name is not meant to be taken literally since this is a very public area but it was definitely got my attention! The falls are actually made up of three distinct sections that are so far apart that they cannot be captured in a single frame. This footbridge crosses over the lowest portion...

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