Some years, we get a lot of snow in Raleigh. This was the first good snow I'd seen in a long, long time. It was so powdery that wind was blowing it in waves across the street. Of course I'd be out in it with my cameras. This was shot on 35mm Kodak BW400CN. Kodak has axed this line, but I've got a small stockpile of it, not counting a roll in a Canon EOS 650. I really liked the way the snow looked in these rolls, even though many shots didn't quite come out like I hoped. Anyway, we were shut down for around 2-3 weeks total this year. Because in North Carolina, snow = armageddon.
This is an infrared capture of a tree growing just outside the original building standing at South Carolina's Oconee Station. While it was much too hot for a hike to the falls, as we were massively unprepared, we did get to see the inside of the original fort building of the station and the later-built house. Originally, I wanted to frame the photograph with the entire window frame, but that proved to be more difficult than I anticipated. Oconee Station is off of Route 11 in South Carolina, a 120-mile scenic route through the foothills of the Smoky Mountains. We only stopped at 4-5 places, and that 120 miles took us nearly eight hours, so if you take this beautiful drive, be ready to come prepared! Restrooms are rare...
I captured this at a car show in downtown Cary. One of the collectors brought down a gorgeous 1971 De Tomaso Pantera. The '71 Pantera was powered by a gigantic 5.8L V8 engine. While I didn't get to hear the vulgar utterances of that massive engine, I did take time to admire the blazing orange paint that this car wore. I've never gotten to see a Pantera in person before this day, so it was a pretty neat car to see. I'm particularly fond of how this picture manages to look more like a Ford stamp on a flat background than an actual photograph. To me, it looks like the Ford brand is floating above an orange surface.
