my view of the Horne Creek Living Historical Farm
We stumbled across the Horne Creek Living Historical Farm while camping out at Pilot Mountain in the Piedmont of North Carolina. This historical treasure should not be passed up if you are exploring the area. I could have spent hours here making photographs but my time was limited. I enjoyed the farm very much. The staff was very informative and the location immediately had my mind wondering what it was like to live the life of a farmer at the turn of the 20th century.
A gallery featuring the music of Arabesque and my view of the old farm.
Horne Creek Farm Gallery
All photos shot with an Olympus E-P1 with 17mm prime. Processed in Lightroom 2.7 and the show was put together with Soundslides Plus. I processed some of the photos to look like some of the old photos present at the museum while others are pretty much out of camera.
wash basin, Hauser family farm house
An image from a recent visit to the Horne Creek Farm near Pilot Mountain, NC. This beautiful historic site is part of the NC Historic Sites system. I'll be putting together a complete gallery featuring the entire estate very soon, so please check back.
Can you imagine doing your nightly cooking and cleaning in that basin?
my favorite tripod
is a bicycle. Being able to combine two of my favorite pastimes is a real treat.
Ferrel Road, Chatham County, NC.
Grape vacation
My wife and I went on a wonderful vacation in northern California and I brought my new Olympus E-P1 camera with me to capture the trip. We cycled all over Sonoma and Napa counties, visiting many wineries, for four days. The Olympus E-P1 was a great camera for the trip. It's compact size made it easy to carry on the bicycle and image quality is very, very good (not my big Nikon good, but darn near). I found myself using the 17mm pancake lens the majority of the time. The results from this lens were terrific. Not having a flash only became a real issue for one photo (I really needed some fill). Otherwise, I just took into account that I was using natural light and also ran into the higher ISO's on occasion.
I had a great time working with the Olympus E-P1 and adapting my shooting style to this unique 'range-finder'. I did miss the view finder a couple times and I learned to frame out a little more because of it. One gentleman in San Francisco spotted the E-P1 while in line for coffee. We compared the E-P1 to his Leica M7. He was a prime only, film shooter and I would have loved to spend more time with him. The E-P1 is a keeper. Small enough to carry but the images are good enough to publish.
We had a great time riding all over the wine country. We met some cool people and tasted some really nice wines. I'll be posting more shots from this trip over the next week or so; please check back.
Conocybe lactea
These common mushrooms grow extremely fast in a damp bed of grass. As soon as the sun shines they begin to die and usually don't make it very long.
I laid down in the wet grass, while it was raining, to capture this with my Nikon VR 105 Macro lens.
More Blue Ridge Mountains
Combining photography while exploring unknown places has to be one of my most favorite activities. I have countless 'favorite' images that stem from riding my bike off the beaten path.
Off the beaten path.
Farmer's mantle.
Beech Grove, VA