So last weekend I made my way up to West Jefferson NC, a small mountain town Northeast of Boone. One of the highlights of this city is Mount Jefferson State Natural Area, a park with trails and overlooks. I have seen Mt Jefferson from afar, but I decided it was finally time to see the … More Mt Jefferson Natural Area
I recently completed putting together a video from my past work combined with me talking about the beauty of nature! This was submitted for NPR’s ‘This I Believe’ but I wanted to go ahead and throw it on my blog. Check it out and let me know what you think!
This year for me has been the search of beautiful places. I love hiking and traveling, but this year I decided to go to as many new places as possible, which ended up with me seeing about 50+ parks across NC and VA. During this, I have found many amazing areas, from swamps near the … More Blue Ridge Parkway timelapse
So my last blog post was about my recent storm chase over the weekend in Indiana (https://exploringnc.wordpress.com/2013/11/19/high-risk-storm-chase-111813/). As a landscape photographer and explorer, I was ecstatic about being able to use this journey to find what beautiful spots Kentucky and Indiana have to offer. Nic Roberson and I started out our journey after a long … More Exploring Kentucky and Indiana
What a crazy and intense weekend! It all started out Friday when my forecaster buddy and I decided to look into the storm setup for the weekend. After deciding it was worth it, I moved some things around and we hopped in the car saturday to head to Kentucky. We camped out at Boone Station … More High Risk Storm Chase 11/17/13
I have had a crazy weekend full of photography. Saturday was by far the heaviest with the 2k Zombie Run in the afternoon and Galactic, a New Orleans funk band, at night. The Zombie Run was my first running event, and I wanted to stay with the action and so I ran with the crowd … More Galactic Live
So storm season has been relatively slow this year… but this has sparked a relatively new interest for me…fires! A few days ago I noticed some smoke coming up above the trees, and after a quick google, figured out that there was a huge fire at Greensboro’s Recycling Center. I have never seen so much … More Recycling Center Fire
So things have been kind of crazy recently in my technological world! My 2 year old Mac crashed during the night a few days ago and it was a complete hard drive failure! Fortunately most of my stuff was backed up until about a month prior…. but scary stuff, and lesson learned! ..Always back up … More Carolina Balloonfest
So I had an assignment to put together a stop motion video for school… and so I decided to break out the old army men and have a battle!
There are a few things in this world that will always distract me and capture my attention on a daily basic….the main ones are trees and clouds, but mainly trees. I am always looking in for beautiful trees in peoples yards, fields that I drive by…wherever I am. For whatever reason, they captivate me, and … More Trees of North Carolina
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