Downtown Winston-Salem

"A city is a place where there is no need to wait for next week to get the answer to a question, to taste the food of any country, to find new voices to listen to and familiar ones to listen to again." -Margaret Mead

Downtown Winston-Salem

The Nissan Building

Here is a little homage to my hometown. I felt like I needed a little switch-up from all of the outdoor/scenic type of shots, and decided to try out some cityscapes instead.

The Sail Inn Show

"The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought." - Sir Thomas Beecham

Matt Noakes

James Lanman and the Good Hurt

James Lanman and the Good Hurt

Little Hurricane

I attended a show in March at the The Sail Inn, in Tempe, during my stay in Arizona. I was also fortunate enough to be able to finally meet James, who also happens to be my best friend's cousin. It is a small world, and it was comforting to be able to hang out with someone with a common connection to someone I missed so much while I was away. Not to mention, all of the bands that played are incredibly talented.

Grand Canyon

"It's like trying to describe what you feel when you're standing on the rim of the Grand Canyon or remembering your first love or the birth of your child. You have to be there to really know what it's like. " - Jack Schmitt

This is from my drive back across the US. Instead of cutting straight east, I went north first to go visit the Grand Canyon for the first time. It was much bigger and grander than I ever would have thought was possible before I saw it. Unfortunately, I wasn't there at the prettiest time of day, but I still managed to get a few photos.

*Once again, please click on the image and view the big version!

South Mountain, Phoenix, AZ

"Am I willing to give up what I have in order to be what I am not yet? Am I able to follow the spirit of love into the desert? It is a frightening and sacred moment. There is no return. One's life is charged forever. It is the fire that gives us our shape." - Mary Richards

Here are two more panoramics from Arizona. They were both taken at South Mountain in Phoenix, Arizona. The above image was taken from the top of the ridge line shown below. This was one of my favorite hikes while I was in Arizona, and there were hardly any other people there.

This image was taken from the trail head.

Please click on the image to see a bigger version. It is hard to see the detail otherwise.

Four Peaks

"Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books." - John Lubbock

I have finally started the process of working on some of panoramics from Arizona. This is the first one. At the place I was staying in Arizona, I could walk into the street in front of the house and look north down the street and see mountains. One morning I woke up and checked the mail, looked north, and saw the mountains were capped with snow, even though it was 85 degrees down in the East Valley that day. So, I took a drive up I-87, and took the Four Peaks pull off to catch this shot of the low hanging snow-filled clouds over Four Peaks and other surrounding mountains.

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Fun and Work in Flagstaff

“How do they taste? They taste like more.”
- H.L. Mencken

Here are some pictures I took while on assignment with Mark. I have been assisting a lot, and not shooting too much, except in my free time. I am embracing the opportunity to learn, but I am getting great delight when I do get the chance to go out in the world and explore it with my camera. Pictures are still the only way I've found to remember experiences vividly, and the longer I live, the more I am aware and thankful for this.

Amber Ale

Pizza Makin'

More Pizza Makin'

R2D2 oversees the brew master

Randall

This is Randall, from Flagstaff, AZ. He works for the National Forest Service, and spends 2-3 weeks at a time up on Mount Elden, just northeast of Flagstaff. He was extremely funny, and was a great subject. Not to mention, he was fun to talk to. Flagstaff was beautiful, and really cold. It had just snowed the day before Mark and I arrived, and still had quite a bit left on the ground the entire time we were there.