Following the storm earlier this week, the weather conditions have produced some spectacular sunrise and sunsets in Floyd County. This one was shot near Sandy Flats Road and tweaked in Photoshop.
Continue reading …Fall colors of The Saddle, as viewed from Rocky Knob overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Continue reading …Fall colors were sporadic this year because of the jumps between hot and cold and the on-again, off-again rainfall. In low-lying areas, trees remain green while the leaves are all but gone in the high elevations. Weird year. The last gasp appears to be this weekend as some effects from Hurricane Sandy will hit the [...]
Continue reading …Mabry Mill is the most photographed location on the Blue Ridge Parkway and among the top 10 most photographed locales in the United States. Longtime smokers remember the mill as the backdrop for Salem cigarettes television ads before an act of Congress banned tobacco advertizing on the public airwaves. Images of Mabry Mill appeared in [...]
Continue reading …The “Portrait of Floyd exhibit currently running at The Jacksonville Center has generated more discussion in the community than most shows that run at the old dairy barn on Virginia Route 8 just south of Floyd. The Center departed from its usual practice of using the Hayloft Gallery for shows featuring local artists and brought [...]
Continue reading …The Blue Moon of 2012 peeks through the trees as it rises over the football stadium of Floyd County High School Friday night during the Buffaloes’ pasting of Galax, 33-14.
Continue reading …The setting sun provides a back light to attendees at the 2012 high school football season kickoff game between Floyd County’s Buffaloes and Christiansburg’s Blue Demons Friday night.
Continue reading …One of the side benefits of my profession is that I get to shoot politicians for a living. With a camera, of course. Of all the photos I’ve shot of politicians around the world over the years, my two favorites were taken right here in Floyd and both involved former governor and now Senator Mark [...]
Continue reading …The sun peeks through after Monday’s rainstorms that soaked much of Floyd County and Southwestern Virginia. Taken from U.S. 221 at Bent Mountain.
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