“A very little key will open a very heavy door.” ~Charles Dickens
OneTen
… a photographic journal
Painter’s Canvas in Blue – Asheville Alleys #4
It did not strike me until a couple of days after editing this image that the mops and mop buckets mimic the idea of brushes and bottles of paint against the canvas. Sometimes images take on different points of view over time and with multiple viewings. The artistic alleyways of Asheville are so much fun to explore.
Painter’s Delight – Brushes, Bottles, Canvas
Hidden Gems – Asheville Alleys #3
“Eating, and hospitality in general, is a communion, and any meal worth attending by yourself is improved by the multiples of those with whom it is shared.” ~Jesse Browner
Reservation for Four
Hidden Gems – Asheville Alleys #2
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” ~ Albert Einstein
Special Delivery
Hidden Gems – Asheville Alleys #1
Downtown Asheville is known for it’s eclectic art, shops and micro breweries, but a short trip through the back alleys reveals even more. Old architecture transforms a typical shortcut into an artistic stroll. Shooting these unusual scenes and colors gives me a real charge. Each is unique in its own right, and gives me the opportunity to capture things others may not see or interpret the same way.
Corner Meet-Up
Blue Ridge Parkway – Craggy Gardens Overlook
Today I returned from a relaxing weekend with my best friend Carl. He moved north of Asheville, NC only a few weeks ago, so it was great to see his now home and experience a weekend of true mountain life. He lives only miles from the Blue Ridge Parkway, so we did our fair share of shooting there on Friday. The atmospherics were ever-changing and phenomenal, given the summer weather instability. Fog was moving through the valleys all weekend, but by far the most amazing sky occurred Saturday night near Craggy Gardens. This literally flashed in the blink of an eye and was gone before we knew it. Enjoy!
Descending Skies near Craggy Gardens – Blue Ridge Parkway (North of Asheville)
Red Skies at Night near Craggy Gardens – Blue Ridge Parkway (North of Asheville)
Lake with a View – GTNP
“The lake and the mountains have become my landscape, my real world.” ~Georges Simenon
I admit, mountains appeal to me much more than lakes. The combo, however, is hard to argue with. 🙂
Tetons Range from Signal Mountain Marina
Rabbitbrush Near Gros Ventre – GTNP
The skies in Grand Teton National Park change by the minute, and they often produce sunrise and sunset spectaculars day-in and day-out. But, one of the other reasons I love this park, photographically speaking, is the breadth of textures from valley to summit. The rabbitbrush covers much of the floor through the main valley area, and its small yellow flowers in spring give it extra “pop”. This sunset was a trifecta – an incredible sky, textured and colorful goodness in the foreground, and sharing it with friends and wife!
Rabbitbrush @ Gros Ventre – GTNP
Late Morning Bloom in Sepia – Mt. Moran
Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet. ~Jeremy Bentham
Mt. Moran – Morning Bloom in Sepia
Explosion of Grandeur
Bison are huge mammals, weighing 2,000+ pounds. Yet the grandeur of Yellowstone skies sometimes dwarfs even the largest of its inhabitants.
Free Roaming Bison in Yellowstone
US Highway 26 – Antelope Flats Area
Captured while scoping out a sunset shoot; main highway through the park near Antelope Flats.
Curvaceous
Mt. Moran Turnout on Teton Park Road
Final morning in the park … and FINALLY had clouds for a change! The Balsamroot flowers were coming on strong … a perfect foreground for a sun-speckled morning!
Mt. Moran Turnout – GTNP