Ryan

I shot this with 20 year old TriX film and chemicals that have been out of date for awhile, I can't believe I even got an image. I love film.

Myrtle Beach

NC Zoo

Viva el Pedro!

a self portait assignment

here's to 30...

my big brother Ryan

for my friend...

USMC Graduation Parris Island

I had the honor of attending the graduation of USMC Lima Co on Friday at Parris Island. We are very proud of PFC DJ McCissick(top photo with fiance Stephanie) who is now a United States Marine.

Amtrak Station

First Friday

Atlanta Aquarium

Steam

It's a little steamy.

Alex

This is my little brother Al. He is a freshman at Pinecrest High School, and as his big sis' I am very proud of him for making the Pinecrest Golf Team.

Mexico

Dark entry

a walk through the snow

Max in Tallinn

Max, Tallinn, Estonia, December 2008

the ride home

On my drive home from Charlotte this morning. Pinehurst, NC

Eurofashion

Estonia December 2008

Max and family

Grandma Gala, Max, Aleksie, and Vlad

Anatoli, Grandma Maria, and Max

Max on bus.

Estonian epidemic

Billboard infront of the Estonian House of Parliament, Tallinn, Estonia, 2008

Lasnamae panoramics

Mustakivi bus stop pano, Lasnamae, Tallinn, Estonia, 2008

Rimi keskus bridge pano, Lasnamae, Tallinn, Estonia, 2008

Boo & Daisy

Boo and Daisy @ Angie's house. Virginia Highlands, Atlanta, GA 11/2008

Stone Mountain GA 11/2008

OBX

Hanging Rock

Well, I have to say I'm a little disapointed in myself. As a photographer, I really hate it when I just cannot capture with my camera the same feeling or beauty that I see with my eyes. From all the shots from yesterday this is the best, and it just doesn't compare to what I saw or what I know I'm capable of.
And here's one of Max that I like.

Summer Plums

It's been awhile since I've set up a studio on the front porch, but I just couldn't let these plums not be photographed.

A walk through the park...

Well, I finally took some time to try out my new lens. Max and I spent Sunday afternoon walking around the Sandhills garden at the community college. I'm glad we did.

My lovely mother

I processed this roll of film a couple of weeks ago, and had completely forgotten about this trip to the beach. I'm thinking it was October, and it was still surprisingly warm. I really like this photo of my mom, although she will probably hate it because her hair is messed up by the wind and her eyes are closed, but look at that amazing smile. This is who she is. Carefree, beautiful, sweet and always fun to be around. She is the can, will, and did person, while others just hope to get past can. I love you mom.

Shots from DC

Surfside Beach, SC

Thanks to my 4 year old nephew I was lucky enough to wake up before the sun came up. So I ran down to the beach to see if I could get a nice sunrise photo. Surfside Beach, SC 2007

My birthday present from Max

I love sunflowers.

Joyride.
Tallinn, Estonia
April, 2006

Riga, Latvia 2006

Living room, Greensboro, NC

Riga, Latvia

April, 2006

From the archives

I worked at the fair one weekend slinging corn with my friend Mindy, and this was taken on one of the slow nights because it was pooring rain.


I shot this about 4 years ago when I was still living in Seward, Alaska.

Max

This is my husband Max. I took this about a year ago at our neighbor's pool room. Asheboro, NC

It's a small world

I was recently at the Malcolm Blue Farm taking pictures for a friend and I met this guy. He went to the same photography school as me but about 30 years ago. Now he runs a Civil War reenactment camp where he and his friends enjoy sleeping in the woods and firing canons.

Just a flower from a fruit stand near Ellerbe, NC.

Graphic Design Stuff

Future photographer

I recently photographed a friend of mine's wedding. Here is the one photo I like from that special day.

The wind-up....

....the release.

This is Kole. He is my cousin's 3 year old son. He was showing me how cool he could jump. Colo, Iowa 2007

Alaskan Landscapes

These were shot in Seward, Alaska where I lived for 3 years. I shot these during my first photography class at the local community college. 2002

Commercial Fishing

These are a few pictures I shot while commercial fishing in the Gulf of Alaska. The photos are not great (I was using disposable point and shoots back then). Top photo: Pacific Giant Squid caught neat Yakutat. Bottom Left: F/V Green Hope, the trawler I lived and worked on for a year. Bottom Right: Salmon Shark, related to the Great White. I think these photos were taken around 2001.

I shot this on my old medium format a couple of years ago. It was taken in downtown Greensboro near UNCG.

Not your local grocery store.

Moore County, NC October 2006

I forgot the magic of film.

I processed a roll of B&W film last night that I had shot 6 months ago or so, and now I know why I hate my digital camera.

I love that feeling of not knowing what I shot or if it came out or not. This one did, although slightly underexposed but I'd take it anyday over what my 10D could do.

Bird Flu Experiment

I hate having my picture taken and much less publishing it on the web, but this was for science. And I did not get the bird flu. (although will try again next time in Europe)

Estonian Public Restroom

At first I couldn't understand why all of the public restrooms were lit by blacklight. It was so weird. I didn't want to seem like an idiot for asking, but after about the first month I asked Max, and he said it was to keep the heroin addicts from shooting up in the bathrooms.

Well, I guess it keeps the lines down at the bar.

F#*$ the World

I think we all have those days.

Although I still don't understand why they like to graffiti in English when they speak Russian or Estonian there. Maybe I'll spray paint the side of my apartment building with "Poshlo vse na huy!" which is Russian for the same.

Poshlo vse na huy.

Hitler fan

One of the larger Hitler portrait tattoos I've seen.
Viru Keskus, Tallinn, Estonia 2006

Concrete Desert

I shot this at a Christmas parade in Greensboro, NC a couple of years ago, and I'm just now going through the images. All the world needs; another parade picture.

Ship Welder

This is Wynona. I met her my first winter in Alaska at Cook Inlet Processing.(The fish plant where I worked on and off for three years.) She is part of a nomadic tribe that travels the world by jumping trains and hitchhiking. She once spent 3 months riding a bycicle through South America. She would live a whole year off of $3,000. Anyway when I took this photo she had just finished welding school and was working at the ship yard next to the plant in Seward.

Nastia

This is Nastia. She is Russian and lives in Lasnamae just a few apartments away from Max's old apartment. I remember this day last spring; it was so warm and beautiful. Max, Vlad, Nastia and I spent the whole afternoon on the porch drinking beer, talking and taking photos.

Tobacco Road

I shot this over the summer while working for the Pilot newspaper. Glenn and I were driving in the country near Carthage when we saw these guys working in the tobacco field. I'm so envious of people who grew up working off the land. I bet a cold beer never tasted better than after a long summer day in that field.

Love Valley, NC

This was taken in a little town called Love Valley, just a few miles from where my mom lives. 2006

Panoramic view of Tallinn

Tallinn, Estonia Spring 2006

A Night in Lasnamae

Hanging out with Russian friends and family in Lasnamae, a Soviet built suburb of Tallinn, Estonia. (I guess if there is a suburb in that city.) Most people think Russians only drink and smoke, but if you look at the photos we are talking also.

Iron... the only Russian dog I know. He loves people, food, and snow but will try to eat any other dog that crosses his path.

Music Man Stills

A still from one of the scenes from Music Man.

I shot these for The Pilot newspaper. They are stills from the play Music Man. I just used my 10d and my wide lens.

The Dance of Prey

I shot this a couple of weeks ago on my front porch. I don't have a macro lens so the quality is not the best. Something about the spider killing the bug was just really fascinating to me. At first I watched the spider entangle the bug in its web for about 15 minutes before I thought to take a photo. I guess it so interesting because it is the raw form of nature, the predator and it's prey. And how we all get caught in webs and sometimes catch others in ours.

After school delight. A Russian girl stops on her way home from school to swing on a cold spring afternoon. Lasnamae, Tallinn, Estonia. 2006

Angel

Sylvia Hipp at Malcolm Blue Farm Aberdeen, NC. 2006

She reminds me of an angel.