Yearly Archives: 2017

Last week I had the opportunity to shoot photos in the Shenandoah National Park with my friend, Emily Carter Mitchell, a nature and wildlife photographer from Maryland. For those unfamiliar with the park, Skyline Drive runs a 105-mile north south path along the ridge of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. My friends were leaving to...

Early morning along Skyline Drive in the Shenandoah National Park did not disappoint. Fog was lingering in the valley as the sun began to illuminate the fall colors on the mountainside.    Some folks might think we had lost our sanity to leave in the dark, drive the winding mountain roads, dodge a few deer, and...

Early in my career as a photographer I worked for a local newspaper. One of my weekly challenges was capturing at least one photo that told a story about the community, school, or specials events. As a farmer’s daughter my favorite story to tell was at harvest time. In mid September I would start visiting farmers...

Every season of the year I make it a point to drive a few miles along country road not far from the farm. Pastures on one side and crop land on the other, a perfect picture of agriculture in the country. This year has been a bit different. As the crops in the adjacent fields are...