These are my favorite images from 2019. Many are from the West, I was lucky to travel this year and love the national parks. To complete my first 365 project I also began shooting macro images for the first time and concentrated on black and white photography.
I drove by this spot a few weeks ago and missed an opportunity to photograph a large herd of cattle in the field. It was beautiful and I keep waiting and looking for them to wander back to create that idyllic image. While I was waiting, this sky shot opened up.
400 N. Main Street hosts the Henderson County History Center, the Mineral & Lapidary Museum and the Genealogical & Historical Society. Built for a cost of $125,000 in 1921-1923 and designed by Erle Stillwell.
443 N. Main Street in Hendersonville, NC is called the Hunter Building, originally built to house the Hunter Pharmacy around 1912. Growing up here I always called it the Morey Building as that's what the tinwork suggests. 2 story commercial building with McCarter Gallery on the corner.
Beyond the Lagoon on the way to Antler Village. Most of the time the sunflowers in this area are the big attraction but I liked the simplicity of the sky and mountains on this clear day in March.
Flat Rock Village Hall located at 110 Village Center Drive. Flat Rock has been built around a granite outcrop that was a site of Cherokee Indian gatherings. Large portions exposed on the grounds of the Flat Rock Playhouse can be seen right up the road from the Village Hall. Flat Rock incorporated in 1995 and is governed by a mayor and 6 council members.
Thomas Wolfe's Angel located in Oakdale Cemetery in Hendersonville, NC. Interesting to see how the history of Hendersonville and Asheville intertwine through the years. This marble statue was created around the base of the Jackson Building in Asheville where Wolfe's father had his shop. Have photographed this several times over the years, enjoyed how it pops with the darker sky from the infrared black and [...]
Rev. Peter Stradley constructed the building around 1845 and it became the first designated Post Office in Flat Rock, NC. Currently owned and renovated by Historic Flat Rock, Inc., the building provides office space upstairs for the organization and hosts a museum and cultural center on the first floor. Protected in perpetuity, HFR donated a preservation agreement with Preservation North Carolina to make sure its [...]
Images taken on the Meadow Trail at Biltmore. The first back towards the house, the second of the bridge over the Bass Pond. Hadn't spent much time on this section of the property, hopefully heading back this weekend if the weather and work cooperate.
Photographed this while on the Asheville Urban Trail overlooking the Eagle at stop #30. Interesting frame with the trees starting to fill out, the steeple, mountains and mural.
Stop #10 along the Asheville Urban Trail is marked by a glass etching, I believe it has been removed while work is being completed around it. Nonetheless I photographed the building that was completed rather than the original plan by E.W. Grove. The Grove Arcade is a historic commercial building built between 1926-1929. Architectural style consisting of Tudor Revival and Late Gothic Revival.
