Stanley, Virginia

I am no expert, but for me, photographing the night sky is a challenge because the process is very different than what you would do in photographing a sunrise or sunset or maybe a mountain vista. There are much longer exposures, image stacking, iso variants, lens variants, and you need a clear sk...

If you’re new into hiking or looking for an easy hike that the whole family can join, Virginia is a great place for your next adventure. Located in the heart of the state is Shenandoah National Park, famous for the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains and gorgeous scenery. With the numerous hikes surro...

Spring is finally making an appearance in Shenandoah National Park with bright, neon green leaves of spring beginning to make their way up the mountainsides. Here are 5 hikes throughout Shenandoah National Park where you will find hundreds of little mountain wildflowers lining the hiking trails, ...

This has been a bad year for fall colors in the Mid-Atlantic, but my family and I decided to make the most of it and go camping the first weekend in November to try and photograph any fall colors we could find. On Friday, I loaded up the car so we could head up to Shenandoah National Park in Virg...

This fall here in Shenandoah National Park was beautiful and hiking Hawksbill Mountain was a pretty amazing experience. Starting at the lower Hawksbill Trail parking lot off of mile marker 45.5 on Skyline Drive, it’s a good hike up with a 690 foot elevation climb to the summit. While trying my b...

The trail to Doyles River Falls (Upper and Lower) makes for a grand adventure and leg-stretching outing as you journey along Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park. For details on getting to this hike, check out Elyse Clark's post here. Upper Doyles River Falls At 28' feet tall, this is a war...