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My 5 favorite photos from 2025

Welcome friends! As I say every year, it is my favorite post of the year! 2025 was, on the whole, a good year for Holly and I. We went to Japan together back in April and got to experience the cherry blossom season there - something I'd wanted her to see for a number of years. We also got to meet a gal there who has worked for me for about 5 years, but whom I've never met in person, which was a nice addition to a wonderful the trip (it was a work trip for me). Definitely a highlight of the year! My side of the family got together at Kiawah Island in the early summer for our annual...

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Night at the House of Fairies

Winter Milky Way Over the Bud Ogle Cabin

At Night on the Middle Prong

Revisiting the Cades Cove Methodist Church – Reflections on 16+ Years of Night Photography

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Picture Me, Loving You

It’s different, and maybe a little whacky, but it will hopefully have you intrigued! Check out the photo-narrative!

Life on the Farm

Dan and Holly bought a small farm in 2018 and building their “forever home” there now. Follow along here!

Project Car

Dan may or may not have an obsession with cars. Follow along with his dream car build up; a 1967 Camaro.

Night at the House of Fairies

Oh wait... those are bears. That's admittedly not the thing you want to hear while tromping through the woods in the middle of the night! Ha! I'm a big fan of the random things you find in the Smokies - especially when they don't have a lot of explanation. This...

Winter Milky Way Over the Bud Ogle Cabin

Happy Easter everyone! This week's Picture of the Week admittedly has nothing to do with Easter, though had I planned this a little better I guess I could have at least featured one of the churches I photographed over the winter. Oh well, next time! I do hope you...

At Night on the Middle Prong

"How would I shoot this at night?" - That's a question I asked myself a lot during the fall color season. What I found was that most often, it's a totally different way of seeing a scene (no puns intended here). For example, unless I'm shooting a sunrise or sunset,...

Revisiting the Cades Cove Methodist Church – Reflections on 16+ Years of Night Photography

Since I first picked up a camera back in the mid-90s, I have been intrigued with night photography. For some reason it has always fascinated me what the camera can "see" versus what we can see with our eyes. I have also tended to really appreciate dark scenes - and...

God was on the Mountain – Images from the Mojave

Welcome back - very briefly - to the daytime hours! As you've seen over the years, the purpose of my trips to Joshua Tree and the surrounding areas is to take night time images. That said, I still shoot plenty of daytime images as well, and it seems like every trip...

The Mojave Grinch

There are rock formations that you really have to use your imagination to "see" - similar to seeing shapes in the clouds - then there are those that are just obvious. Or at least I hope this one is as obvious to you as it is me. I was talking to my friend Mark this...

Roy’s Under the Stars

Some shots you just have to go back for. I can't remember which trip it was that first took me past the famous Roy's, but I remember I passed by at night, and I was tired. I drove by slowly and gawked as I passed, thinking to myself that the place was really cool and...

The Lucky Boy

Perhaps this is true of all the national parks, but it's especially true of Joshua Tree - the more you look around, the more you see. One afternoon on my last visit, I decided to just drive around on some of the dirt roads to see what I could find. I ultimately...

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