The cool nights, the breezy days, the fog over the lake, the maples and oaks changing color, and the feel and smell of a nice warm fire are just a few reasons why Fall is my favorite season of the year.  And yet it seems to last for such a short period of time here in the South.  From the time the weather begins to change from the hot, sticky weather until the last leaf has fallen off of the tree, seems to go by in the blink of an eye.  My son and I just returned from a whirlwind 3 day trip to Southwestern Colorado to photograph my favorite tree, The Aspen.  As much as I love the colors of fall in the Smokies and Blue Ridge Mountains, nothing to me compares to the changing of the Aspens.  Maybe it is the bright yellows (and sometimes orange) against the white trunks that create such a contrast that makes the trees stand out so much and seem to catch your eye and cause you to want to stand in awe and say "WOW".  Maybe I am wrong, but I don't think the Aspens look bad in any light.  I have photographed them at all hours of the day and from backlit to frontlit, to standing in the midst of a huge canopy of Aspens in midday sun, I am always amazed at how beautiful they are in any light.  My only regret is that I was not able to stay longer this year.  And as I talk to fellow photographers in Colorado who talk of the Aspens beginning to fade and fall off of the trees, I am Blessed in the sense that I am able to make that Journey to Colorado for the Fall and return home just in time for the changing of the seasons in the Appalachians.  It is a beautiful Season here as well, but different.  Unlike Colorado where the primary color of Fall is Yellow (the Aspens & the Cottonwoods), the mountains here are much more diverse in terms of variety of trees and color.  I don't know of a place where there is more diversity than the mountains that run from North Georgia up the spine through Tennessee, the Carolinas,Kentucky,Virginia & West Virginia and all of the mountains in the Northeastern U.S.  Every color imagineable can be found in all of the different varieties of trees as they showcase their beauty in this season we call Fall.  So get out and enjoy the beauty that is all around us, and thank our Creator for such a beautiful time of the year, for just around the corner is Winter.

 It is 6am as I sit here and write this article drinking a cup of coffee and waiting for the sun to come up.  Summer is in full swing here in middle Georgia as the temperatures have already reached 100 degrees on several occasions!  (Tell me again why it is I live in the south)  Most people who have lived here all of their lives, have learned to acclimate to the heat and humidity that the South and Georgia are accustomed to.  As for me being here the entire 43 years of my life, I have not yet learned to deal with it.  I guess you could say I just tolerate it!  I am not too much of a fan of the weather in the south.  The spring and fall (if we even have one) are always way too short, and the winter is so weird in the sense it could be 30 degrees one day and the very next day it could be 70.  And the Summer's are just so hot that even a dip in the pool or lake is more like taking a warm bath than a time of cooling off.  So what do we do when it is hotter than a cat on a tin roof on a mid summer day?  Well, for one you do most of your activities in the morning or evening and save the hottest parts of the day for being in the cool of the air conditioned house.  The only problem with this is that my family  (myself included) does not like to be inside very much.  We love the outdoor activities like hiking, biking, camping, kayaking/canoeing, golfing, and pretty much anything else that keeps us active.  We often tell people that we were born on the wrong side of the Mississippi river!  We absolutely love the weather of places like Colorado.  The spring,fall, & summer are some of the most beautiful times of the year and the winters are beautiful as well, but I would not want to be in a place where you have to shovel snow for 4 or 5 months out of the year.  But we have been Blessed to be able to travel to so many different places that we love to spend time together as a family.  People often ask why it is I like to travel so much and I believe it started back when I was a child and traveled with my parents to different places within the U.S.A.  That ignited a passion within me even as a young adult to travel to different places and see new sights and experience new things.  And so my passion for photography is also expressed through these travels with my family.  I never fail to have my camera at my side when we travel, and while most people love to sleep in while on vacation, I am usually up well before the sun comes up chasing the light.  But this is what I love to do and it is what I am passionate about!  Yet I choose to have my family with me on these excursions!  I have tried to go places without them and I have found that I miss them too much when I am away from them, so at the very least, there are always one or two of my children who love to go on these adventures with me.  Especially my oldest son Levi!  He loves to stay up late and arise early in the morning to hike out to some location to shoot the sunset or sunrise.  Maybe the Lord has put a passion in him that will one day become a career.  Or maybe it is just a time to spend out in God's Creation doing the things you love with the people you love.  Either way, I cherish those times with my children that we spend together and I thank the Lord for the opportunity to be with them when I can.  I know that time goes by so fast and in the blink of an eye they are practically grown up and on their own.  I understand that more than ever now as my oldest is 15 and my youngest turns 3 thursday.  Where do the years go?  I want to live a life of "no regrets"!  I don't want to look back and say "what if"!  I want to take every moment the Lord gives me to be able to love on my children and speak into their lives by choosing to spend time with them.  The key here is choosing!  It is a choice we must make!  Not for our sake, but for theirs!
     We have had a busy spring and just returned from the coast with some new images and a new puppy.  So as that responsibility of caring for an 8 week old puppy will surely slow some of us down this summer, I will be doing some trips with some of my children individually.  The first of which comes up next week when Levi and myself head to the mountains of NC and TN to catch the rhododendrons in full bloom from the mountain tops.  So as for now, check out my Gallery pages under Recent Images to see some of my latest work, and check back in the coming weeks to see some of the places we have traveled.  Blessings!      Kevin

 As I sit here and write this, fall is in full swing where I live.  The maples, beech, and hickory trees are displaying all of their beautiful colors with the oaks not far behind.  I had a busy fall with three weeks spent in Utah and southwestern Colorado with my family and four days spent with my two oldest sons in the smoky mountains.  Fall is definitely one of my favorite times of the year with spring coming in a close second.  I have not yet added the images from my trips so you will not see them here, YET!  The reason for this is I am a featured artist at a new gallery opening in town called 567.  The show is November 5 and I have been preparing for this for several weeks now and did not want to spoil the fun by displaying the images here first.  However, I will be adding a couple of new images a day leading up to the show this Friday evening from 6-8 pm.  So if you happen to be in this area, stop by and see some of my work and see what 567 Gallery has to offer in the middle Georgia area.  Thanks again for stopping by to see what's going on in my little corner of the world.

I have just returned from a ski trip to Colorado with 3 great friends and my brother.  It was an awesome time of skiing and fellowship while enjoying the beautiful Colorado scenery!!!!  But now that I am back home in Georgia, I am so ready for spring.  It has got to be the strangest winter I have ever experienced in Georgia.  We have had twice the amount of normal rainfall the past six months, snowfall a half a dozen times, and it has been very cold by Georgia standards.  Spring cannot come quick enough!  And unfortunately the weird weather has not allowed for much in the way for photo opportunities here in Georgia, and I have not had the opportunity to get out of town much.  I have a few photo trips planned for the next few months, so hopefully I will have lots of new work.  Thanks again and check back soon for new images.  Be Blessed!

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 As I sit here and write this, I can hardly believe that another year has come and gone.  I have just returned from a week long vacation with the family to Disney, and feel pretty wiped out.  I have so much to do I don't even know where to start.  I have been blessed this fall to go on some incredible travels with friends and family, and I must say it was a successful time in terms of photography.  I got to witness the fall out West and back East and spend some time doing some quality hiking in the process.  My new website has just launched, so please bear with me as I begin to upload images and information.  And I want to say thank you to all who have encouraged me on this Journey.  To God Be the Glory!!!!  Have a Blessed Thanksgiving and let us not forget to thank our Heavenly Father for His Provision, Grace, and Mercy.  Be Blessed!

                                                                                                                                                         By His Grace,
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