Whitetop Mountain, Virginia is a favorite in this region for finding the perfect Christmas Tree during the holiday season. The Virginia Creeper Trail passes by several tree farms at it’s northern end as it makes it’s way up to Whitetop Station. This photo is of a tree farm located just south of Green Cove, Virginia (about 4 miles from Whitetop Station) as seen from the Virginia Creeper Trail. I spent several hours over the weekend...

St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Abingdon, Virginia. The image is a composite of 3 bracketed exposures taken about an hour after sunset. The temperature was a brisk 19F so needless to say I didn’t waste much time setting up and getting this captured! There was a street light immediately behind the camera position throwing the white balance off considerably and causing the building to glow a bright orange in the original RAW files. White...

Cold temperatures have frozen the surface of this mountain stream in Southwest Virginia. A break in the weather allowed me the opportunity to capture this image of a stream whose surface has been frozen by the recent cold temperatures. This particular stream is located in the Nordyke community in Washington County, Virginia. This image is compilation of 3 bracketed exposures taken at ISO100 and f/16 using an ND4 filter. I combined the exposures...

A lone pine tree stands out against a background of snow with several trees and a mountain range in the distance. Taken on Winter Solstice 2009, this photo evokes all of the elements of the season – evergreens, rolling fields of snow, the lack of detail in the cloud layers of a winter sky. Click Here To Purchase...