Midnight Snow

It's been snowing like crazy around here. There was a lull in the snowfall last night so I took advantage of it with a tripod and some boots. I walked around our neighborhood in Northern Virginia to take some long-exposure shots . Thirty seconds is a long time when your feet are frozen.

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As of me writing this, it's blizzard-like conditions out there and they are saying that we could be getting another 8-10 inches on top of the 10-12 inches we got late last week.

Downtown Upstairs

I don't know why it stood out to me, but I really like the scooter at the bottom of the stairs.

Taken in downtown Winston-Salem, NC while I was down there for business.

Using only available light and waiting until there was no car or person walking by, I snapped this at an excruciating 1/25th of a second, handheld. Like some sort of Russian sniper.

Rest Stop Self Portrait

I had a legitimate reason for stopping at this location at 11 o'clock last night, but this is the only part of that journey that I will share with you.

This is a 30-second exposure, with me standing there for about 20 seconds or so.

Drive-By Storm

This one was taken out the driver-side window while traveling south-bound on Interstate 85 last night. 4-second exposure with traffic going the opposite direction, and I got lucky.

Lightning on the Highway

If my wife knew how many times I almost died in order to get this shot, she would kill me.

Over The Ocean 2 of 2

I was playing around with two off-camera strobes, with slow shutter speeds. The venue was unique in that the only significant lighting on stage was LED lights, so the colors were super vibrant and changed instantly.

Over The Ocean 1 of 2

I was playing around with two off-camera strobes, with slow shutter speeds. These are some of my best friends in Virginia. I really miss being around them. They sounded great, looked awesome, and smelled even better.

Sunlight on the Shoes

This is a photo of my friend Stephan's shoes. He was standing in the middle of the beam of sunlight that the skylight above was casting down. This photo was taken in the same building as Dugg Dugg as he was showing the space to the guys from CLT Blog.

Dugg Dugg on 36th St

Success! Dugg Dugg last night was awesome.

If you're in Charlotte, and you weren't at Dugg Dugg last night, you missed out. Dugg Dugg is NoDa's newest, quite possibly biggest, and definitely friendliest art gallery.

I was asked to set up lights for the event, and of course ended up taking some photographs as well. This one is a long exposure from the middle of the street. The location of Dugg Dugg is on the block of 36th street where hardly anyone walks unless they are parking in front of it, but last night, it was nearly impossible to miss.

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20 Seconds of North Davidson

I took this 20-second-long exposure photo last night on the corner of 36th Street and North Davidson Street in Charlotte. This is less than one block from Dugg Dugg, the brand-spankin' new art gallery set up in an old abandoned cotton mill. Festivities start TONIGHT at 7pm. Music, Art, Creatives. Win, Win, Win.

Snow My Goodness

Well, it finally happened. I'm not really surprised that it snowed, I'm more shocked that the weatherman said it would snow, and it did.

People get pretty retarded here in the south when it snows, even if it's a light dusting. Tonight's snow was prefaced with a couple days of rain to get the roads nice and slushy for the Monday morning commute. My guess is that schools had already canceled, and businesses planned to shut down before the first flake hit the ground.

I love me some snow, but I like snow where you can't see the grass beneath it. I guess I'm living in the wrong part of the country to hope for that. I think I'm sounding bitter. Maybe it's because the only working vehicle we have is a motorcycle.