Photography

The primary focus of my photographic work in the past decade has been landscape, macro, and texture photography.

When I was young, my mother bought a B&W Polaroid camera. To instantly see a picture was pure magic to me. After the rest of my family grew tired of the novelty, I rescued it from disuse. At about 8 years old, I started experimenting with instamatics. Then in high school, I managed to buy a low-end 35mm film camera — a sturdy Vivitar I loved. I enjoyed years of shooting mainly B&W. At the time I also attended The Poynter Institute, where I studied photojournalism and got field experience in how to shoot and compose. After college, I bought my beloved Nikon 35mm. Later I transitioned to digital. I now use a Canon DSLR. I still miss film, yet the immediate experience of digital is rather like the magic of our old Polaroid.

Here is a sample of my landscape, macro, and texture work shot during my digital nomad years (2012-2024).

landscapes

Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville, NC

Coast off Pemaquid Point Lighthouse, ME

Pass-a-Grille Beach, FL

Avon, Outer Banks, NC

Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville, NC

Merchants Millpond State Park, NC's coastal plain

Looking Glass Falls, Pisgah National Forest, Brevard, NC

Pea Island, Lower Outer Banks, NC

Stone Mountain, GA

Owls Head Lighthouse, ME

Pea Island, Lower Outer Banks, NC

NaNa Dune, “the Beach Lady,” FL's tallest dune, American Beach, Amelia Island, FL

Gulf Stream and Labrador currents meet at Cape Point, Hatteras Island, Outer Banks, NC

Off I-75, Perry, GA

Watauga Lake, Appalachian Mountains, Hampton, TN

Avon, Lower Outer Banks, NC

Grand Ridge, Olympic National Park, WA (barely visible Mt. Olympus beyond the Ridge)

I prefer to shoot alone because I shift into a 'zone' where all I perceive is through the lens, taking me to other worlds. My favorite is 'small worlds' — what we pass by unnoticed in our busy lives.

small worlds (macro)

Sea foam bubbles (w/my reflection in each), Crescent Beach, FL

Beach Rose (Rosa Rugosa), coastal Maine

Arizona Red Shade (and bee), Pinnacle, NC

Cape Point, Hatteras Island, Outer Banks, NC

Cicada, Pinnacle, NC

Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, GA

Rodanthe, Outer Banks, NC

Fern frond, Earleton, FL

Variegated Cockscomb flower, Pinnacle, NC

Moth, Earleton, FL

Pea Island Beach, Outer Banks, NC

Hawksbeard seed, Pinnacle, NC

Arizona Red Shade, Pinnacle, NC

Monarch butterfly, Pinnacle, NC

Stone Mountain, GA

Camden Hills cliffs, Tenants Harbor, St. George, ME

Curious 1.5-in female Praying Mantis, Pinnacle, NC

Sharon's rose, Gainesville, GA

Garden ornament, Gainesville, GA

"Shoot the curl," Pinnacle, NC

Mushroom, in a forest outside Pinnacle, NC

Wolf Spider, in a forest outside Pinnacle, NC

Cactus flower, Decatur, GA

Wee spider, under a concrete barrier over raging whitewater, Olympic National Park, WA

Cape Point, Hatteras Island, Outer Banks, NC

Common Buckeye butterfly, Winston-Salem, NC

Zinnia, Pinnacle, NC

As I travel again in the western U.S. in 2025, I intend to pursue the convergence of art and photography as I incorporate more of my photographic work into my paintings in the next few years. This might include experimenting with aerial and abstract photography.

texture and pattern