Catskill Fall Photographers Weekend

24Nov11

After a much needed blogging break following my West Virginia trip here (finally) are some images from the Catskill Photographers Weekend that I led in October. Having been there several times before I tried to choose some images that are a little different from those previously posted. We visited familiar places and a few new […]

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Tags: autumn, Catskill Mountains, Catskills, fall, foliage, Greene County, mountains, New York, New York State, photography, waterfalls

A Wonderful Trip

08Nov11

On our last full day in West Virginia we woke up early … early enough to make the 1 hour drive up to Bear Rocks in the Dolly Sods Wilderness area for some night shooting, before the sun came up. I had a hard time getting it together in the dark, climbing around on the […]

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Tags: autumn, Bear Rocks, colorful, Dolly Sods, fall, fine art, landscape, photography, scene, scenic, sunrise, west virginia, WV

West Virginia Reflections

06Nov11

One of my favorite shoots on our Canaan Valley trip was to a small lake just in time to capture morning’s first light. The sunlight, autumn foliage and reflection came together to create a stunning scene. I couldn’t stop shooting! Aside from the big picture there were many abstracts available in the still reflection. I […]

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Tags: autumn, canoes, foliage, lake, leaves, nature, photography, reflection, west virginia, WV

Better Light

03Nov11

More West Virginia Barns While meandering with the group one afternoon we spotted a couple of interesting barns along the road. Displaying less than optimal light at the time, we decided the scenes would look better with morning light. So, on our third morning, after our shoot at a lake we remembered the barns. Hoping […]

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Tags: autumn, barn, fall, farm, landscape, photography, west virginia

Meandering

02Nov11

West Virginia’s Back Roads There were times during our trip to West Virginia when we did not have a specific plan so we ‘meandered’ the back roads for whatever caught our eye. I looked up ‘meander’ in the dictionary and a definition was ‘to wander at random’. We encountered an abundance of beautiful scenery along […]

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Tags: abandoned, autumn, barns, donkey, fall, old, photography, west virginia, WV