“When you take pictures of nature with passion, nature poses for you more passionately!”
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Each summer, I spend a great deal of time photographing in the sunflower fields. I find it increasingly more challenging to walk away with a different image than
“The happiest lot on earth is to be born a Scotchman. ”
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Grandfather Mountain has become a very special place for me. I have attended Grandfather Mountain Camera Clinics and many Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography Weekends since becoming a photographer. I also had the honor of presenting one year at Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography Weekend. So many magical memories have been created there.
Yesterday was the first time I attended
“You’re wonderful. Unique. I love you.”
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It just doesn’t feel like summer until I spend time in a sunflower field. Friday was my first trip to spend time in the fields.
I talked a great friend and fellow photographer into meeting me at
“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.”
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One of the things I want to instill in my students is the importance of using imagination. We had a wonderful time using
“I’ve come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that’s as unique as a fingerprint – and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you. ”
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One of the things that I want to instill in my students each year is the importance of individuality. I love to get to know what makes each of my students
“You have to be unique, and different, and shine in your own way.”
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My personal project, 900 Days of School, has led in many directions I never imagined when I started the project two years ago.
Last year, I
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
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Two years ago, I began a five year project, titled 900 Days of school. In this project, I decided to take one
“Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.”
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Some things are meant to be savored. Last summer, I traveled with two very close friends to France. Our trip lasted two weeks. In those two weeks, we explored many places in Provence. By far, my favorite place visited was
“Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.”
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Each June I like to make my way to Roan Mountain when the rhododendrons are blooming. This past weekend, I had something to pick up in Boone. Since Roan mountain is in the area, Randy and I decided to make a quick trip to Roan Mountain.
We knew that rain was in the forecast. Some things, like blooming rhododendrons,
