Category archives: Personal
Iceland | Reykjavik - Hotel Budir - Olafsvik
- We just cannot believe the luck we had being able to photograph a wedding in Iceland. Seriously- it was a dream come true! We'd been talking about coming here for years, and for some reason, each year something else would come up that made us unable to follow through wit [...]
May Snow on the Blue Ridge Parkway | Boone, North Carolina
- When I arrived in Boone the other week it was pretty warm out. Hot enough to wear shorts at least. But if there is one thing we have learned about being in the mountains, its that the weather is unpredictable. The day that it snowed- we had absolutely no idea what was coming. We had planned a backpacking trip up [...]
Rough Ridge Hike | Boone, North Carolina
- Rough Ridge is a hike that I actually found while browsing through Instagram. Its a really popular spot close to Appalachian State in Boone, North Carolina and its located right off the Blue Ridge Parkway. Finding the actual trailhead was a little illusive- as there are a lot of [...]
Hawksbill Mountain + Linville Gorge Wilderness | North Carolina
- Hawksbill Mountain is an absolute gem of a hike. I had a day all to myself as my business partner caught up on editing, so I decided to check out some hikes I had seen online. I was actually on my way from Boone to the Table Rock hike when I drove right past the parking area for Hawksbill Mo [...]
Hiking Linville Gorge | North Carolina
- Back in the day when I ran an outdoors group, I had the chance to visit many places across North Carolina. I had been to the Linville Gorge, Grandfather Mountain, and all around Boone and Asheville. Its been very fun re-exploring these spots many years later. It has been much too long sinc [...]
Hiking in the Smokies | Tennessee
This Spring, we were lucky enough to be able to spend 4 nights camping in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We love the moss, the little wildflowers, and all the wildlife we get to see each time we visit. We ended up staying in the Smokies through the weekend, so we asked a ranger [...]
Camping in the Smokies | Tennessee
- We love photographing in Great Smoky Mountains so much. This was our very first time camping in the Elkmont region just outside of Gatlinburg and it was very nice. The scenery on the trip in was stunning. And while the campsites in the Smokies were private and wooded, they did not have any hookups. In other wor [...]
Biking Great Smoky Mountains National Park | Tennessee
- Ahhhh the Smokies. Its been wayyy too long since we’ve been able to spend some quality time out here. We’ve been to the Cades Cove and Deep Creek Areas before, but this was our first time in Elkmont. We were lucky enough to get a creekside site at the Elkmont Campground. The sites here don’t hav [...]
Camping at Jordan Lake| North Carolina
- Anna and Kevin are some of our very first house guests! After spending some time in Grayson Highlands and Mount Rogers, we returned to Raleigh to camp and photograph a wedding at the Leslie Alford Mims House. We posted on Instagram that we would be camping out at Jordan Lake, when Anna and Kevin mess [...]
Hiking Mount Rogers | Virginia
- Mount Rogers is the highest peak in Virginia and its located within the Grayson Highlands State Park. Its a few hours from Boone and Roanoke/ Blacksburg areas. This day, we hiked all the way to the summit of Mount Rogers from Massie Gap after visiting with the Ponies in Grayson Highlands State Park. The r [...]
Hiking in Grayson Highlands | Virginia
Grayson Highlands State Park is a truly magical place. I have been here countless times in all seasons. Every time it looks different, but every time just as breathtaking as the last. What surprises us, is that few people really know about this place. Its closer to Raleigh than Asheville, so its an easy [...]
Chillin at Edisto Beach | South Carolina
- We stopped at Edisto Beach after a fun filled day at the Ersest F. Hollings Ace Basin National Wildlife Refuge. My friend has had dreams of setting up a hammock for nearly our whole cross country road trip, but consistent rain and chilly temps made that a less attractive option. But those palm trees [...]