Friday Still Life

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Grandma's thimble.

Old Grain Drill

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Old grain drill, Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Sawing Poplar

Neighbor Gary McMasters and his crew saw lumber on his vintage circular sawmill earlier this week. Gary custom saws for folks in and around Grays Chapel, North Carolina. Monday, they were sawing poplar for a local farmer for use as a floor in his barn loft. Scenes like this take me back to my childhood, when my Grandfather and my uncle ran a sawmill business with a mill very much like the one Gary uses.






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Red Chevy

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Detail of a 1956 Chevy from a recent car show.

The Old Plow

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The world is is a constant state of change, but some things remain the same on our farm in Grays Chapel, North Carolina. My Grandfather's plow still sits under a tree near his barn where he last unhooked it from his Super M Farmall sometime before 1960.

Study Time

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My daughter-in-law Christine spends the afternoon working on her graduate studies with the help of Juan Pablo.

In Your Face

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A male guinea fowl eyes me on our farm in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Harrowing Ground

Neighbor Michael Williams was using a large disk harrow yesterday afternoon to prepare land to plant barley for use as silage next spring for his family's dairy cows in Grays Chapel, North Carolina. He was working this year's corn ground. By rotating crops, he will maximize production without wearing out the fertility of his land.


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Old Cabin Still Life

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Still life photograph from an old log cabin. Randolph County, North Carolina.

Friday Casual Fashion Photography

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Commercial casual fashion photography. Lake Norman, North Carolina.

Hickory Mountain Weavery

Images are from an open house Sunday at Hickory Mountain Weavery near Ramseur, North Carolina. Jean Vollrath, a weaver and weaving instructor has just opened a teaching studio in an old post and beam barn on her historic property. Jean weaves, instructs and provides studio space in a group of log buildings moved onto her property by her late husband Greg Talbott. For more information call 919-742-3325.







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Fence Pickets

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Still life from my yard in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Fish Fry

Take a beautiful fall afternoon under the shade trees of a Southern home place, add a bunch of tables and about 150 family and close neighbors, and a fish fry breaks out. Neighbor Tommy Routh of Grays Chapel, North Carolina and his family carried on a twenty year tradition Saturday with their annual fish fry. Put on in honor of their parents, the get together is reminiscent of days past when friends and neighbors would gather for a corn shucking or a barn raising. Neighbors brought in desserts and side dishes, while Tommy, his brothers and family provided the fish, the fries and the hush-puppies. As Tommy said, "If you go home hungry, it's your own fault".






Tommy's mother.




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Porch

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Porch scene from near Ramseur, North Carolina.

Workwear Fashion

Workwear fashion images, from a commercial project.

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Working Sheep

Sheep dogs work recently at Rising Meadow Farms near my home in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.


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Mixed Greens

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Fall is the time when greens, a staple of the Southern diet, are growing in the garden. Shown is a detail from my son Tristan's patch of turnip, mustard and kale.

Hood Ornament

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Still life photograph of an antique auto hood ornament from a recent car show. This one sits on a restored Model A Ford.

Rising Meadow Sheep

Sheep rest together in the barn at Rising Meadow Farm near my home in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

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Spider Through the Door

A garden spider works her web and protects her egg case outside of our back door in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

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