Here’s a wider view showing the main part of the Cooleemee Dam with water rushing over it (Yesterdays image was to the left of this one.)
I may have mentioned in previous posts of photos from this location that this dam was originally built for an old textile mill. The mill has long since disappeared but [...]
I woke a little later then normal this morning and proceeded with my normal morning routine–put on coffee, feed the dogs (giving Foster his anti-seizure medicine), checking email and reading blog feeds. I’d decided yesterday if this morning was clear I’d drive over to the Cooleemee River Park (Bull Hole) and see how high the [...]
Have you noticed when out making photos you’ll seldom see wildlife until you remove a long lens and put on a shorter or extra-wide lens. Happens to me all the time. Just this morning I was shooting along the river and as soon as I switched from a 300mm zoom lens to an ultra-wide lens [...]
Sometimes I’ll reach a point where I’m questioning my photos and photography. I’ll feel a need for it to be about more then “well composed” images of people, objects and places. There needs to be more–a story, a purpose, something!
Now these types of questions are fairly normal for a creative process and while I certainly [...]
It was later in the morning as I pulled into Riverview Park and I knew the light would not be the best for capturing the dam and falls. I’d hesitated on photographing at all this morning what with my spring allergies being bad the last couple of days. However, I’ve also been feeling guilty [...]
Low Water at the Bull Hole:
I travelled to the near-by dam/river area (Bull Hole) this morning only to find that the water level had dropped significantly.
I was there about a week ago and water was overflowing along the entire dam. This morning, water was only coming from a couple of bypass gates at the bottom [...]
This morning I departed the house well before dawn to make the twenty minute drive to what has become one of my regular photo shoot locations. I’d promised myself to do a sunrise photo shoot there someday and today was the day.
The location is an old mill dam. The dam now produces electricity while [...]