A Photo A Day

Feb. 23, 2012

2012-02-24T07:58:00.002-05:00

Good news, Melissa gets word she has her spring internship at the Charlotte Observer.

Feb. 22, 2012

2012-02-24T07:56:00.001-05:00

Co-worker John shows a high school student how a 4x5 camera works at a career fair.

Feb. 21, 2012

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Tacoma OS X

Feb. 20, 2012

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Buddy gets brave and comes closer to the snowman.

Feb. 19, 2012

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First snow of the year... we already have a 2 hour delay for school.

Feb. 19, 2012

2012-02-19T22:22:00.000-05:00

First snow of the year... we already have a 2 hour delay for school.

Feb. 18, 2012

2012-02-19T22:20:00.001-05:00

Last regular season game. The wide shot was Sam shooting after she stole the ball, dribbled the length of the court and shot.

Feb. 17, 2012

2012-02-19T22:19:00.002-05:00

Daisy hunts in the kitchen.

Feb. 16, 2012

2012-02-16T19:58:00.001-05:00

Photojournalist Victor Blue stopped by today and talked to my PJ II class and presented for 50 other students before helping edit student stories. Thanks Victor.

Feb. 15, 2012

2012-02-16T19:56:00.002-05:00

Back from the ride.

Feb. 14, 2012

2012-02-15T14:19:00.001-05:00

Grading day... The students did a great job on these picture stories!

Feb. 13, 2012

2012-02-13T21:55:00.002-05:00

Country Park in Greensboro has several of these berms for carving through. I never seem to be gutsy enough to carry a full head of steam into them, today I was glad I didn't.

Feb. 12, 2012

2012-02-12T18:32:00.002-05:00

The Clarks and I hit Uwharrie. I knew this trail had a couple of old still sites... We found this one, just a few metal drums, other odd metal bits and about a hundred glass jars.

Feb. 11, 2012

2012-02-12T18:31:00.004-05:00

Basketball

Feb. 10, 2012

2012-02-12T18:31:00.003-05:00

Dreaming of riding.

Feb. 9, 2012

2012-02-12T18:30:00.001-05:00

Final project requirements.

Feb. 8, 2012

2012-02-12T18:29:00.005-05:00

Old Salem... I didn't get to stay as long as I wanted, had to get back to the office!

Feb. 7, 2012

2012-02-12T18:29:00.004-05:00

Dropping off my print to Raleigh.

Feb. 6, 2012

2012-02-06T20:16:00.000-05:00

Chasing spacey for a POD.

Feb. 5, 2012

2012-02-06T20:15:00.000-05:00

Evening.

Feb. 4, 2012

2012-02-04T21:22:00.000-05:00

Saying goodbye.

Feb. 3, 2012

2012-02-04T21:20:00.003-05:00

The replacement frame for my broken Salsa Dos Niner, a used Surly Karate Monkey, a steel framed 29er... the cool part of the ride was through a controlled burn area in Uwharrie National Forest.

Feb. 2, 2012

2012-02-04T21:19:00.000-05:00

Driving.

Feb. 1, 2012

2012-02-04T21:18:00.000-05:00

RIP A.J. Capers

Jan. 31, 2012

2012-01-31T20:32:00.002-05:00

Basketball practice.

Jan. 30, 2012

2012-01-31T20:31:00.001-05:00

It's the flow of the lines across the bark that makes this one especially lame.

Jan. 29, 2012

2012-01-29T21:33:00.001-05:00

Sam attacked her first ride ever on singletrack! She did great and is looking forward to racing this year in a kid's only series!

Jan. 28, 2012

2012-01-29T21:31:00.001-05:00

I finally got to shoot Sam's game!

Jan. 27, 2012

2012-01-29T21:29:00.001-05:00

Sam was recognized for her character at school today.

Jan. 26, 2012

2012-01-27T08:19:00.001-05:00

The Florida debate....

Jan. 25, 2012

2012-01-27T08:17:00.002-05:00

A student of mine showed some freelensing photos she shot on her blog. Anna's on the links on the right, so I had to try it. I didn't nail it, but I will try it again.

Jan. 24, 2012

2012-01-25T12:09:00.001-05:00

A shooting lab at the Greensboro Red Cross for the Photojournalism II class.

Jan. 23, 2011

2012-01-25T11:56:00.002-05:00

Foggy Day.

Jan. 22, 2012

2012-01-25T11:52:00.004-05:00

It's been a long weekend... on the drive home I passed a Twin Cam Cosworth Vega. I had never heard of it, but it was a 1976-77 only car, the motor was built outside Buffalo and sold for only $900 less than a Corvette (guessing that didn't go over big)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Cosworth_Vega

Jan. 21, 2012

2012-01-25T11:52:00.001-05:00

Late at night, one of mom's cats.

Jan. 20, 2012

2012-01-25T11:51:00.001-05:00

The old train station in Cameron, SC

Jan. 19, 2012

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Dog

Jan. 18, 2012

2012-01-19T18:56:00.001-05:00

Every southeast outdoorsman's nightmare, a Cottonmouth wrapped with a Eastern Diamond Rattlesnake.... lucky for me they were in the zoo : P

Jan. 17, 2012

2012-01-17T21:18:00.003-05:00

One of my Northern Lights images was selected to hang in the state's community college building, so I started printing it today... at almost 5 feet tall ; )

Jan. 16, 2012

2012-01-17T09:21:00.002-05:00

Crap! What a bad day! I was enjoying my third day of mountain biking this weekend when this happened. Snapped the frame, clean break.... I am hosed!!!

Jan. 15, 2012

2012-01-17T09:20:00.002-05:00

After searching for a couple of years, I finally found a cheap kayak. Of course some work is required to "un-redneck" it.

Jan. 14, 2012

2012-01-15T09:43:00.000-05:00

Post game practice....

Jan. 13, 2012

2012-01-15T09:41:00.002-05:00

Friday night was the youth basketball night at the high school. The end of regulation was great, a last second game winning shot (missed) as time ran out, I loved this girl on the bench leaping in the air.

Jan. 12, 2012

2012-01-15T09:39:00.001-05:00

RCC's president honors Rick Smith during the opening of his show at the school.

Jan. 11, 2012

2012-01-12T17:24:00.000-05:00

Foggy drive home.

Jan. 10, 2012

2012-01-11T10:19:00.000-05:00

Bad POD I know.... but my first trainer ride of the winter. (Yes it sucked)

Jan. 9, 2012

2012-01-09T17:23:00.002-05:00

Playing with the macro lens in the rain (Sam's eye)

Jan. 8, 2012

2012-01-09T17:23:00.001-05:00

Sporting a 'cross beard.

Jan. 7, 2012

2012-01-09T17:22:00.001-05:00

Oops! two days in a row.

Jan. 6, 2012

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Sunset

Jan. 5, 2012

2012-01-09T17:20:00.002-05:00

Cleaning up the office.

Jan. 4, 2012

2012-01-09T17:20:00.001-05:00

Waffle House one more time.

Jan. 3, 2012

2012-01-06T15:37:00.005-05:00

Back to work. The school is celebrating it's 50th anniversary this year, and they decided the staff should be photographed making a "50" from a bucket truck, this is my 360 degree Hail Mary of the group from the center.

Jan. 2, 2012

2012-01-06T15:37:00.004-05:00

The North Carolina Zoo

Jan. 1, 2012

2012-01-06T15:36:00.002-05:00

Midnight and dinner. Happy New Year!

Dec. 31, 2011

2012-01-06T15:35:00.000-05:00

176000 miles on the Taco.

Dec. 30, 2011

2011-12-30T19:22:00.002-05:00

A video of a daylight ride.

Dec. 29, 2011

2011-12-29T21:59:00.002-05:00

A NASCAR themed day. We headed to Charlotte at the NASCAR Hall of Fame, then Charlotte Motor Speedway and it's Christmas lights display. The best part was the half lap on the track, I did take the car up against the wall in Turn 4, there is a lot more banking than I expected!

Dec. 28, 2011

2011-12-28T22:01:00.001-05:00

Night mountain biking in Uwharrie NF.

Dec. 27, 2011

2011-12-28T22:00:00.001-05:00

Dad opens the Christmas gifts from the girls and saying goodbye to Lynn.

Dec. 26, 2011

2011-12-28T09:56:00.000-05:00

Steph arrived, she she gets her own Christmas.

Dec. 25, 2011

2011-12-28T09:54:00.002-05:00

Christmas morning time lapse. First we open the stockings and then have breakfast before opening the gifts under the tree. I love the cat washing herself at :17 seconds. Tech note, I shot a picture every 20 seconds, so 3 a minute, then the playback is 9 frames per second, so each second of video is 3 minutes of real time.

Dec. 24, 2011

2011-12-28T09:52:00.000-05:00

A family portrait (and a silly one)

Dec. 23, 2011

2011-12-23T23:30:00.002-05:00

Clay and I got in a long ride around Country Park in Greensboro, followed by a turkey feast by Deb (it's starting to sound like the beginning to Alice's Restaurant, "I can not tell a lie, I put that letter under that pile of trash)

Dec. 22. 2011

2011-12-22T23:11:00.002-05:00

Card game at Clay's.

Dec. 21, 2011

2011-12-22T23:11:00.001-05:00

Spitz sleeps next to the tree.

Dec. 20, 2011

2011-12-22T23:10:00.002-05:00

Making fruitcakes with mom.

Dec. 19, 2011

2011-12-19T20:34:00.002-05:00

Mountain bike trails in Cheraw State Park. Very sandy.

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Dec. 18, 2011

2011-12-18T21:01:00.004-05:00

The North Carolina Cyclocross State Championship. I have not raced in a few weeks but figured the race was close enough, and I will pine for cyclocross all summer. My day started really bad, as I began a warm up lap on a frosty and muddy coarse I started a slide and stuck my leg out and caught my toe, twisting my knee. I had to really think if I even wanted to start I was in so much pain... but some stretching and light riding loosened it up enough so I headed to the start line. I decided to start in the back and see how I felt.... well it's a race, so after 1/2 a lap I just rode hard. The coarse was technical and wet, the signature was a "run up" (almost all the pictures) that could be ridden if you hit it right (I never did in the race) over a bridge and a steep ramp down. (the picture of the guy choosing to slide down on his butt)
I had a blast, I have no idea how I finished, my class results were never posted, I will update this later.

Dec. 18, 2011 (part 2)

2011-12-18T20:57:00.002-05:00

My data from the HR monitor. I was concerned (or impressed) a couple of times when I looked down and saw a heart rate over 180 bpm. But I am guessing I had an error, my lap averages were 189, 194 and 184, and a max of 228, 216 and 206 bpm, all seem high. But the speeds were correct.

Dec. 17, 2011

2011-12-18T20:49:00.001-05:00

Clay's (really Kay's) new ride arrived at my house.

Dec. 16, 2011

2011-12-18T20:48:00.000-05:00

Another last minute POD.

Dec. 15, 2011

2011-12-15T22:21:00.002-05:00

Sam sings her solo during the D.A.R.E. graduation.

Dec. 14, 2011

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More Bokeh.

Dec. 13, 2011

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Last night with all his boy parts.

Dec. 12, 2011

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Choke cherries.

Dec. 11, 2011

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Lava lamp

Dec. 10, 2011

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Driving

Dec. 9, 2011

2011-12-11T12:02:00.002-05:00

Not the picture I thought I would make today... but we stayed home after work.

Dec. 8, 2011

2011-12-11T11:59:00.002-05:00

Fried pickles.

Dec. 7, 2011

2011-12-08T08:39:00.000-05:00

Student.

Dec. 6, 2011

2011-12-08T08:38:00.000-05:00

http://rccphoto.blogspot.com/
Biocommunications Photography students presented Dr. Robert Shackleford, RCC President, with an autographed copy of their new book entitled “The Lumen Project: Building Working Relationships.”

Dec. 5, 2011

2011-12-08T08:37:00.000-05:00

New uniforms are in.

Dec. 4, 2011

2011-12-04T21:19:00.002-05:00

Christmas bokeh.

Dec. 3, 2011

2011-12-04T21:18:00.000-05:00

Leaving the conference....

Dec. 2, 2011

2011-12-04T21:17:00.002-05:00

The view from my room and my students share ear buds and laugh at something education I hope...

Dec. 1, 2011

2011-12-01T22:36:00.000-05:00

In Atlanta, time for a Blue Moon and work e-mail....

Nov. 30, 2011

2011-12-01T10:27:00.001-05:00

Last test of the 35mm f1.8 lens. Very fun lens to play with.

Nov. 29, 2011

2011-11-30T16:06:00.001-05:00

Testing a lens and fire alarm high jinks.

Nov. 28, 2011

2011-11-29T10:28:00.001-05:00

It's raining cat and dogs....

Nov. 27, 2011

2011-11-29T10:27:00.000-05:00

The birth week ends with a call from Nancy.

Nov. 26, 2011

2011-11-27T10:44:00.001-05:00

Fishmonger's in Durham. Long day on the road, dropped Steph off at BWI, then drove back to NC.

Nov. 25, 2011

2011-11-27T10:41:00.002-05:00

Philadelphia. Geno's Cheese Steaks, downtown, and the Franklin Institute.

Nov. 24, 2011

2011-11-27T10:39:00.001-05:00

The family meal, the birthday girls, a small selection of pie, and just the girls.

Nov. 23, 2011

2011-11-27T10:38:00.001-05:00

No stupid Tom Tom, Pennsylvania Ave. in DC is not the fastest way to Philadelphia the day before Thanksgiving...

Nov. 22, 2011

2011-11-23T08:22:00.000-05:00

Birth week celebration starts....

Nov. 21, 2011

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"home" in NC and hamming it up.

Nov. 20, 2011

2011-11-20T21:55:00.003-05:00

Tony wins the championship and I came in 14th. OK they were different races.
We visited my folks this weekend, so I raced in Charleston, SC today. The field was mixed with Cat 3 & 4 racers, then 15 minutes or so before the start, they announced we were racing as one class, Cat 1, 2, 3 & 4. That also meant we were racing Cat 1 time. The course was set up at Wannamaker Park and was a fast course with half on near putting green like grass and half in the woods on sandy singletrack. The 12-16th places had a fun race among ourselves, I was 12th at the start of the last lap, but lost three places on the hill run up, several us switched places on the lap and I caught 14th before the volleyball court sand trap, I choose to run it and blew by him and started my sprint... but I ran out of time to catch 13th... max heart rate was 189 bpm.

Nov. 19, 2011

2011-11-20T21:53:00.000-05:00

Sharing a 2007 Hunt Country Vignoles with my mom.

Nov. 18, 2011

2011-11-18T22:09:00.002-05:00

Today the Tanglewood Park Festival of Lights was open only to cyclists. We rode through 4.5 miles of lights and then hit Krispy Kreme store #2 for refreshments. KK was founded in downtown Winston-Salem, store #1 was torn down and moved to the location of #2, at least according to the employee... Funny story, the GPS when searching for KK, took us to the corporate HQs which doesn't sell doughnuts : P