Friday Night Jamboree
Friday night in Floyd, Virginia. My wife and I recently stayed in a cabin just off the Blue Ridge Parkway near the town of Floyd, Virginia. Friday nights in Floyd, the Floyd Country Store holds the Friday Night Jamboree that features traditional Appalachian music. Hera is an image of one of the local musicians, I’ll [...]
June 21, 2010
This past weekend my wife and I got out of Charlotte for some fun in Virginia. The images below are of cemetery roses lining a fence in front of an abandoned farmhouse on Route 669 near Roanoke, VA on the way to Bottom Creek Gorge Preserve. Click an image to enlarge.
December 19, 2009
Today’s image is of an interesting stairway that was in a bed and breakfast that my wife and I stayed at last summer on a trip to Virginia. The image was taken using exposure bracketing. Three consecutive frames were taken and the images combined in Photomatix. Some of the detail in the plaster and the [...]
December 17, 2009
We called it the 20th anniversary tour. In 2007 my wife and I celebrated 20 years of marriage with a trip to Utah and Nevada. One of the places we visited was Arches National Park near Moab, Utah. Today’s image is of Turret Arch, in silhouette at sunset. I particularly like this image because the [...]
December 15, 2009
Winter wonderland Here is a winter scene from LaCrosse Wisconsin. The image was taken a couple years ago on a visit back to the old stomping grounds. I’ve always enjoyed taking pictures of old barns and this one caught my eye. I brought new life to the image with some top secret photoshop techniques (hehe). [...]
October 20, 2009
Simpler times. View of a game table on the porch of The Claremont Hotel in Southwest Harbor, Maine.
October 17, 2009
In March of 2006 my wife and I made our first visit to Zion National Park. We were staying in Las Vegas and decided to take a day trip up to the park. We programmed Never-Lost to find Zion, thinking that we would end up at the main part of the park. Instead we ended [...]
October 13, 2009
Today my internal clock rolls over and begins a new year. Traditionally on this day my wife and I are either in Maine or out west somewhere hiking, taking pictures and just enjoying being away from it all. This year we’re stuck here in Charlotte so today’s image is from a happy place in my [...]
September 28, 2009
It’s the time of year when my wife and I usually have travel plans made for our anniversary . This year has been pretty challenging so our trip is uncertain. I thought I would drop a hint where I would like to go. Maybe she’ll see this -jim
September 27, 2008
Although I don’t consider myself a world traveler, I have enough images to last a lifetime. Here is another from Valley of Fire in Nevada. Elephant Rock. -jim
September 25, 2009
Is it winter yet? Yesterday was nearly 90 degrees out and today is supposed to be nearly as hot. I thought I’d post something today that may bring a little relief from the heat, at least in the mind.
September 24, 2009
Some of my favorite images from photoshoots are out-takes. They rarely are seen or used for anything but often will reflect on the personality of the subject or something funny that happened during the shoot. Here is Bebe (Bess) Baldwin from a shoot we did with her in the Valley of Fire near Las Vegas. [...]
September 22, 2009
If Hertz only knew… Ever have anyone tell you not to buy a used car from a rental company because you never know where they’ve been or who’s been driving them? GUILTY!! We when we go on vacation we like to drive what we drive at home so Volvo is always our first choice if [...]
