Boone, NC is finally beginning to look like winter. Last week, most folks woke up to 6″-12″ of gorgeous snow. When Tenessia called me a few weeks ago to plan out a maternity shoot, I pitched the idea that we should mix things up and do something cold and snowy. I realize that tromping around...
I recently embarked on a new photo project with deep family roots. My mom grew up on the Eastern Shore of Maryland as a Nagel. Her father Brooks (Pop Pop to all the grand kids) was a farmer and grain mill operator in Preston, MD. A deep faith and an entrepreneurial spirit marked his life...
Perched on a mountainside at 5506 feet in elevation, Beech Mountain lays claim to being the highest incorporated town in the eastern US. That’s small potatoes compared to western US counterparts, but sometimes the numbers don’t tell you everything. For the past two years, Beech has hosted the 2012 Gravity National Championships. It’s the big...
Happy Birthday Cayman! Thanks for throwing the best Cinco de Mayo birthday party ever. We are all wondering if you still have any alligator cake left for us?
It’s perfect spring weather in the High Country. I had a blast capturing Michael and Allison in Blowing Rock as they remembered their recent engagement at the Gideon Ridge Inn. Beautiful!
Every spring some of my cousins get together for a weekend of camping and outdoor adventure. This year we chose the New River Gorge in Fayetteville, WV. Spanning the gorge almost 900ft over the New River, the bridge is a worthy attraction in it’s own right. Once a year, the bridge is legally open to...
At 5am I roll out of a painfully short night of sleep and into my dad’s waiting cup of coffee. Along with brothers Wes and Glenn, dad drives us down dark country roads until we arrive at Harry Nagel’s farm. A lineup of pick up trucks already flank the main barn. We park our foreign...
Dad worked up a great surprise for mom this year: He figured out a way to secretly get all three sons home to celebrate mom’s birthday. Here’s the family meal he pulled off behind her back. Way to set a high bar dad.
Sometimes it takes the cutting away of excess to reveal true beauty. Such is the Christmas tree. I recently had the opportunity to spend a day trimming a hillside of shaggy, future, Christmas trees. A sharp machete, a quick wrist, and an eye for symmetry are all that is required. You become butcher, artist, and...
