"Still"

"Yesterday"

I love being a photographer, and I really love the quietness and the stillness during a morning shoot. Even though I have passed by this scene countless of times, I don't mean counting fingers on two hands I mean virtually by the number of years I finally saw the painting by God's hand and the story it tells. The Outer Banks of NC not only is a beach community for an ever growing tourist wave it started long ago as small fishing towns and those salty ones who carved out their living shrimping, crabbing, and net fishing. As time passed others came and found joy and relaxation sailing, and recreational fishing as well. Here an old worn out sailboat sits atop the water as a fly fisherman's bait with out motion secured only by it's ties to a dock worn out by years of winter and summer elements, pointing towards the rising sun to warm it's bow once again.

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"A Face Only A Mother Could Love"

"The Stare"

This is an image I shot last summer which I just now have started to re-visit and edit. This is a local Brown Pelican which we have many colonies of these birds living year round. I got lucky on this one being he was hanging out on top of a dune in Pea Island as I was driving by. I think I spent close to an hour with this guy close up and personal, at one time he walked right up to my feet and followed me for a few feet before climbing back up to the top of the dune. Thus he made for a very close head shot.

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"Weather"

"The Field"

I very much love when the weather is active and creates drama in our skies. I saw this lone crop tractor and had to snap an image. When I was setting the shot up I noticed the power lines and told myself I'll take those out during editing but after I brought up the image I really like how the power pole helps lock the image together giving more to the story of this photo.

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OBX WINTER

"The Monument"

The Wright Bros. Monument in Kill Devil Hills has had more photo time than a super model.

Here is yet another image from a different angle and composition. To be honest it was the soft orange sky that pulled me in to take this shot tonight as I was passing by. With the temps in the low 30's and falling it was all I could do to hand hold my camera, good thing for IS on my lens.

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