NC Photography

I'm glad you're here! I'm excited about sharing my adventures with you. You probably already surmised that I'm a North Carolina guy. While I enjoy traveling around the world, my camera sensors are happiest when capturing magical Tarheel light. And I love to share that light with other nature photographers through my Photo Tours. Please check back regularly to stay current on my outdoor travels, photography tours, publications, and other photo pursuits. Please also visit my website, where you can browse stock photos, read how-to articles, buy cool stuff, and learn more about my photography and writing services. Thanks!

I’ve been trying to see and photograph the moonbow at Rainbow Falls for 25 years. A moonbow is different from a rainbow only in that the light being refracted and reflected comes from the moon instead of the sun. So most anywhere that you can see a rainbow, you can also see a moonbow if [...]

My friends make fun of me. They call me names. “Anal” is their favorite. I don’t really mind because, well, they’re nuts. They’ve totally lost their gourd and I don’t want to make their lives any more miserable by getting upset with them over petty little things. So I let them have their little fun [...]

My friend Donna Eaton has started a new Yahoo group that you should know about. It’s called “NC Waterfalls with Kevin Adams”. Donna participated in the Waterfalls of North Carolina Photo Tour last week and created the group when she got home as a forum for participants to share photos and information about waterfall photography. But instead of [...]

I’m back home now after leading the North Carolina Waterfalls Photo Tour last week. We had a great group of photographers and enjoyed some really nice situations. Donna Eaton made this photo during Thursday morning’s sunrise shoot. It was among the best sunrises I’ve witnessed from this location. Visit Donna’s website at www.donnaeatonphoto.com.
On Sunday morning we visited a [...]

This is a test. This is only test. If this had been an actual emergency, you would have been instructed where to distribute my photo gear and spread my ashes. What kind of test is this? Trust me, you’re better off not knowing what goes on in my little world sometimes.

This has not been a typical October for me. I usually spent most of the month in the NC mountains chasing fall color. But this year I’ve had some other projects keeping me busy in the first half of the month. I did make it up last week and enjoyed good shooting on a couple of [...]

I have a confession to make. I’ve been photographing for some 25 years, yet I bought my first roll of gaffers tape only two weeks ago. Now, let me first explain something to all you women out there. Tape is a man thing. Duct tape, electrician’s tape, masking tape–every kind of tape you can think of, we [...]

Hmm, let’s see if I can figure out my way around this blog after neglecting it for two months. 
It was never supposed to be this way. I was supposed to hit the ground running with everything–blog, website, Facebook, LinkedIn, carrier pigeon, and that string with cans on each end stretched between my bedroom window and my neighbor’s [...]

I’m not supposed to be sitting at the computer right now. I’m supposed to be sitting in a kayak on a remote Carolina bay. A couple of hours ago I should have been watching the sun rising in the east through a stand of pond cypress, while the full moon set in the west over [...]

Okay, I know I’m going to get blasted for this one. Try to be nice. I had a conversation recently with someone who had attended a workshop during which the presenter spent much of his time talking about the Sunny 16 rule, and how it was the Holy Grail of photographic exposure technique. What? Sunny [...]