‘wilderness’ Archives
Newberry Creek »
Newberry Creek begins not far off the Blue Ridge Parkway in the shadow of Mount Mitchell in North Carolina. It eventually meets up with and makes a contribution to Curtis Creek, which flows out of the mountains then through Old Fort, North Carolina. I went part way up Newberry Creek on day with my Mamiya 7II and 43mm lens. Due to recent rain the [...]
Blood Mtn. Panoramic Holga »
One of the fun things to do with a Holga 120 camera is to improvise a set-up that will allow the use of 35mm film. One day while on a day hike on Blood Mountain on the Appalachian Trail near Blairsville, Georgia I realized that the roll of film I brought along for my Holga was a roll of 35mn instead of the proper sized 120 medium format film. With [...]
On the Blue Ridge »
Since childhood the phrase "on the Blue Ridge" has echoed through my life from the voices of my grandfather and father. The reference is not to a town, or even the entire Blue Ridge mountian range. "On the Blue Ridge" refers to the Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area located within the Chattahoochee National Forest in north Georgia. Roughly, it is [...]
Lovinggood Creek »
Somewhere in the Chattahoochee National Forest among the North Georgia Mountains runs Lovinggood Creek. Some have fished a portion or two, most are not willing to thread a flyrod through its rhododenron thickets and steep terrain. Some of the hemlocks along this creek are among the largest I have seen.
Holga-woods »
I took the Holga camera with me on a recent excursion to photograph a remote mountain stream. The images are a far cry from what my Mamiya 7ii produces, but interesting in their own rite.
Jones Creek »
I have spent a lot of time over the last couple of years photographing remote wilderness streams. In the mountains the streams are the center of the life cycle. I have been working to document the habitat of the Eastern Hemlock, which is being decimated by a little critter from Japan called the Hemlock Wooy Adelgid (HWD.) These insects have been [...]
balance »
one of the things i have noticed in nature is the delicate fragility of the specific balanced with the amazing resilience of the whole
