This is undoubtedly my favorite photograph of all time. It was taken in Iceland. The small icebergs are quite deceiving; the one creating those ripples in the center is as large as a full-sized car.
Here is another action photograph from Iceland. For all of these photos, including this one, I did not use a tripod—everything is handheld.
This is another action shot from the same beach in Iceland. Out of about twenty photos I took of this iceberg, only around four turned out usable. It was like taking a photo, cleaning the camera lens, and repeating.
This is a bridge in Iceland. It may be a simple photo, but I like it. I converted it to black and white, which closely resembles the original. The scene features grey concrete, grey clouds, and black volcanic rock.
I thought the sun might cause issues, but I only had a few hours to shoot the icebergs. So, I went against every photography rule and used the sun to my advantage. How many photos use the sun like this? Not many...
This is my final photograph from Iceland in this document. I like the contrast of the bright green against the volcanic rock. The white areas are geothermal steam vents. FWIW: There were Chinese tourists at this location. They parked rudely in the road instead of using the shoulder. Fortunately, no one was killed.
This location is just one mile from my house in Steel Creek, Alabama. For the most part, I did not adjust the color values much because it actually looked that vibrant.
This is part of a battleship anchored in Mobile, Alabama. I like the blue colors and the geometric lines.
I bought a new camera lens and decided to try it out by photographing the back of this plane. This photo was in my 'B Roll'—not bad enough to delete but not good enough to use—but someone thought it looked nice, so I am showing it here. The more I look at it, the more I like it.
A foggy walkway in Alabama. People really seem to like this photo, but all I notice are the various mistakes.
This was an extremely difficult photograph to take. It required a long exposure shot using a full-sized tripod, which I had to heavily contort to achieve this angle. The scene is a damaged spiral staircase at Fort Gaines, the Civil War fort on Dauphin Island, Alabama.
This photograph was taken from a bridge in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. It was before dawn, so I used a long exposure shot on a tripod.
I got wet to take this photo, but I did not fall in. This is the same bridge as in the previous photograph.
I definitely got wet to take this photo. I was standing about two feet in the water, which is sometimes the price you have to pay. This photograph was taken somewhere off a side road in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee.
This is a pre-dawn photo taken with a very long exposure. While you can't see them in this view, the high-resolution version allows you to zoom in and see small animal tracks running along the length of the log bridge.
One of my most surprising photographs. Although it looks sunny, I didn't even notice the bridge when I took the photo—it was barely pre-dawn. Only while processing the image did I discover there was an entire bridge in the frame.
This is another photo that people seem to like, although I think it is just okay. The leaves in the foreground made for a nice, simple shot.
Most people hate this photo, but it is one of my all-time favorites. Backstory: I was in Wyoming when I encountered a major snowstorm. The road ahead was already closed due to the storm front, but fortunately, I was just in front of it, so I was temporarily safe. To capture the shot, I held the tripod down on the hood of my vehicle as the wind was extremely high. Ultimately, this is what the edge of a major snowstorm looks like.
Fun fact: If you have to explain what any photograph is to the viewer, it is a bad photo. Now you know why I like it so much, but I broke the sacred photographer’s 'no backstory' rule in the process...