This was taken from inside Ducks Cliff, high above the Elk river and Elkhurst Road in Clay county WV. Sometimes when the color ain't quite right you have to go black & white.
...Middle School girls (the Lady Lions) volleyball team won the WVCAT championship today in Parkersburg. The girls defeated Greater Beckley Christian School 2 games to 1 to claim the title.
This was my daughters first year playing for the school. She had great time with the team this season.
Bruce Harrold has been a fixture around the Saint Albans Fire Department way longer than I have. He grew up near the fire station on Walnut St. and now lives downtown near station 1.
...bit of color left in the mountains today. I got these shots at the Woodbine picnic area on the Cranberry river. That top picture is 6 different exposures that were blended together with Photomatix Pro to make a High Dynamic Range photo.
Went to Cranberry today to try to catch the last of the colors. I walked around Summit Lake and saw a big golden trout just hangin' out on the bottom. It wasn't around where any fishermen were but when it saw me walkin' around it took off. It looked like a pretty good size, maybe a foot.
Both of these pictures are panoramas, so click if you want a better view.
I took this photo from the parking garage across the street from the library. I got the idea from Rick Lee. Mine was taken from a higher floor and a different angle. I think I like his better. I'm gonna try to get a shot of this scene this winter with snow covered streets and sidewalks. That would be cool;-)
My daughter and I went to the Art Walk in Charleston this evening. The Charleston Camera Club has a wall of photos on display at the Art Emporium on Quarrier St. I've already had one call from a guy that wants to buy a copy of my Charleston skyline panorama.
I've been a professional firefighter for a while now. I started at the Yeager Airport Fire Dept and have been with the City of Saint Albans Fire Dept. 20 years. Being a firefighter is the best job in the world. I've also been a photographer since I was a kid. I started with a Kodak Brownie and I built my own darkroom when I was in high school. I've got a bunch of other hobbies, (running, mtn. biking, camping, hiking, computers) but photography is the one I enjoy the most.