Sometimes the unexpected happens and you just have to be ready. Sunday evening I drove back out to South Holston Dam to catch what was shaping up to be a beautiful sunset. I got a late start and found the sunset already dipping below the horizon by the time I arrived. I turned around and began making my way down the side of the dam to the water to shoot some long exposures instead when I was met with this scene. Everything had a hyper-orange...

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I have to admit that a power station isn’t exactly the most picturesque vista for a sunset but some of the most beautiful views of the evening sky can be seen from South Holston Dam. When the conditions are just right you get a spectacular range colors from the ground all the way to the sky. Occasionally, if the fog rising from the river is at just the right height it catches the color from the setting sun and glows a brilliant...

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Today’s shot is of South Holston Lake taken just prior to sunset and ahead of an approaching storm. This is one of my favorite go-to spots to shoot sunset especially this time of year. As the summer months approach, the Tennessee Valley Authority lets the water level rise by as much as 5-10 feet per week so the shoreline is constantly changing and creating new possibilities for compositions. Gear: Canon EOS 60D, Tamron AF...

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You never know what the day will bring. Zach Frailey, David Baker and I were trolling around Emerald Isle, North Carolina on a Saturday in March scanning the skies for any glimpse of something that might resemble a cloud when we spotted a smoke plume on the horizon. We drove for what seemed like miles before we finally found a place we could pull off to get a better view. All the while high winds were spreading this plume into a blanket that...

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Today’s post is an image taken from the lake side of South Holston Dam just minutes before the image featured in yesterday’s post Epic Storm. Because the dam sits between the lake and the setting sun, light dissipates much quicker so I had to capture this beauty before turning my attention to the storm cell forming on the other side. To look at this scene you would never suspect the level of atmospheric mayhem that was brewing on...

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