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 met Bill Lea in 1992 while I was working on the first edition of my North Carolina Waterfalls book. I had stopped by the ranger station for the Wayah District of Nantahala National Forest to ask about waterfalls and Bill just happened to be in the room. When he learned that I was a photographer, he invited [...]

Some people don’t like my waterfalls book. They think I shouldn’t have given directions to all those waterfalls for the world to see. I wrote about this in the book, so I won’t get too deeply into it here. What I want to do here is talk about all those waterfalls that I DIDN’T tell [...]

I recently had to part ways with a few old friends. It’s never easy, you know, having to say goodbye to friends who’ve been with you through thick and thin, good and bad. A couple of my friends had been with me for nearly 20 years. I felt bad letting them go, especially since they [...]

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 [...]