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Happy Birthday Dad
Dear Dad, Few days pass where I don’t think about you. I often wonder were you alive if you’d... Read More
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The Person I Once Thought I Knew
“It is sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.” ― Henry Rollins The last several months have been... Read More
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Summer Storms in Pamlico County, NC
Julie and I were sitting in our remote office down in Pamlico County, NC. It was a typical sweltering... Read More
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Fire Hooping with Captain Zoey
A hippy, a photographer, and a carpenter walk into a back yard in Pamlico County with a coffee can... Read More
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Dinghy valves and the caps that accompany them
Captain Zoey Zaleta of Offshore Rafting So you think you know something about dinghy valves and the caps that... Read More
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Shrimping Season in Full Swing in Oriental, NC
Finally had a chance to get out and fly the drone around the harbor. It wasn’t the early morning... Read More
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Fish House Maternity Shoot
Fish House Maternity Shoot, Oriental, NC It only took her 7 months to start showing so before she brings... Read More
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The 2018 Croaker Festival Parade
Croaker Festival Parade 2018 Read More
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Brant Island Strings Live at the Croaker Festival
Brant Island Strings Croaker Festival 2018 Read More
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Croaker Festival Fireworks 2018
2018 Croaker Festival Fireworks Read More
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Kevin McNatt and his Penny-farthing
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You’re The Problem
But I Have a Solution “…school shootings are more influenced by social media than other mass shootings, however social... Read More
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Dear Scum Sucking Digital Marketer
This is a public service announcement to all business owners. Do not be fooled by your digital marketing agencies... Read More
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Leknes & Sakrisøy, Norway Day 10
Day 10 Leknes & Sakrisøy, Norway We turned in our camper van in Leknes and began the search for... Read More
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Haukland Beach and Nusfjord, Norway Day 9
Day 9 Haukland Beach and Nusfjord Haukland Beach and Nusfjord Slideshow Click any image for a fullscreen experience. If... Read More
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Nordland County & Langøy, Norway Day 8
Day 8, Andenes to Hovden Today, May 17th, was Norway Day and everything in Andenes was closed. Let me... Read More
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Traveling to Lofoten & Andøya, Norway Day 7
The Road to Andøya, Norway Today (March 16, 2018) we flew from Bodø (say it like Buddha) to Leknes... Read More
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Bergen, Norway Days 5 & 6
Days 5 & 6 in Bergen, Norway Over the last two days we’ve taken 44,388 steps and covered 21.7... Read More
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Bergen, Norway Day 4
Day 4 in Bergen, Norway Today we were up at the crack of 13:00… No official nighttime is... Read More
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Bergen, Norway Day 3
Day 3 in Bergen, Norway We left the clouds, rain, and gloom of Iceland and arrived to bright blue... Read More
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Reykjavik Days 1 & 2
Days 1 & 2 in Reykjavik, Iceland It’s the oddest thing. The sun was setting around 22:10 and it... Read More
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What I’m Taking to Norway
Packing Photography Gear for our trip to Iceland and Norway I couldn’t decide on whether or not I’d take... Read More
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Perigee Moon Oriental NC
November 5th, 2017 Images of the perigee moon, captured on November 5th, 2017 at Wiggins Point, just outside Oriental,... Read More
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Peer Acceptance
The joys of peer acceptance Dear Respected Photographer, The note that boosted my confidence as an artist was a... Read More
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The Lost Art of Attention
The Lost Art of Attention Dear Mr. Wordsmith, As you are well aware, the attention span of our population... Read More
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Sierra Hull Live at Tryon Palace
Live at Tryon Palace Pandora introduced me to Sierra Hull sometime around 2013. It was an upbeat, fast paced... Read More
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Making Photographs In Franklinton, NC
exploring former boom towns and how we move forward. Making Photographs in a North Carolina Boom (and bust) town... Read More
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How to Display Facebook Page Review Count Using PHP
using PHP and the Facebook Graph API Blogs deliver solutions to your problems The other day I had an... Read More
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Wells Fargo Text Message Scam
what it is and how it works What the Wells Fargo Text message scam looks like So there you... Read More
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Photographing the 2017 Croaker Festival
my approach to event photography My Approach to Event Photography Event photography is one of my favorite disciplines. My... Read More
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Promoting Pamlico County Artists
How to Promote Artists in Pamlico County This article is in response to a question I proposed in Natural... Read More
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How to Get Public Data from Facebook with PHP
This article will teach you how to access public Facebook data using PHP. In this example we will be... Read More
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Portsmouth Island Beach Camping
a photographic essay by Will Conkwright The last rustic island on North Carolina’s Outer Banks Julie and I are... Read More
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How To Choose the Best Image
People who know me well know that I’m a very decisive person. Belaboring decisions simply isn’t something I do.... Read More
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What Is Post Processing?
And how do I do it? Introduction to Post Processing A little while back someone not so deftly commented... Read More
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The 5 Best Places to Take Photographs in Oriental, NC
The Robert Scott Bridge Shooting from the Robert Scott bridge offers the photographer great subject matter morning, noon or... Read More
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5 Ways To Improve Your Real Estate Photography
Are you looking for actionable ways to improve your real estate photography business? In this article I share 5... Read More
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#MakeOrientalCoolAgain
I told several friends and supporters early on I will either be successful or get run out of town.... Read More
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The Millennial Manifesto
I wrote this post for my Facebook feed on September 11, 2014. Year after year is continues to maintain... Read More
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Hollywood Comes to Oriental?
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I walked into Port City Films. I arrived to Wilmington on an... Read More
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Crabbing with the Bruno Brothers
Roll Out at 5:30 am Sunsets are just fine by me and occur at a much more reasonable time.... Read More
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The Grand Opening of the Oriental Piggly Wiggly
“Gentlemen, we will chase perfection, and we will chase it relentlessly, knowing all the while we can never attain... Read More
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Using the Facebook Graph API, PHP and MySQL: How to Collect and Store Public Data in 5 Steps
using PHP and the Graph API. How to use the Facebook Graph API and PHP to gather public data... Read More
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Aero Bars and Group Riding
Are aero bars really a problem when riding in a group? I have playfully teased many of you for years... Read More
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Safe Group Riding Skills: Overlapping Wheels
If you want to ride faster you need to ride with a group. Group riding pushes your limits and... Read More
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The Rotating Paceline
a lesson in advanced cycling skills. How to Ride in a Rotating Paceline “Man! This rotating pace line is... Read More
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The Dilemma of the Small Town Monopoly
In the wake of Walmart coming to town, accelerating the demise of Oriental’s only independent grocer, I remain conflicted about... Read More
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An Engineer’s Approach to Riot Prevention
If you want to change the way people respond to you, change the way you respond to people. (And... Read More
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The Surface Talkers
“I’ll tell you what I would’ve done…” Of course you would, most of us would, because most of us know... Read More