Faces, Places, Spaces #15

Spaces

Sunrise, near Deep Gap, NC

Canon 7D, ISO 400, 20mm, f/13, 1/10

Places

New York Subway Orchestra

Canon 7D, ISO1600, 32mm, f/5.6, 1/200

Faces

Christmas Baby

Canon 7D, ISO 160, 54mm, f/5.6, 1/160

I hope you enjoy the blog and the photographs and if you do, please let others know. Always feel free to contact me if you would like to connect or comment.

Thank you for viewing

Peace,

John

The "Short Picture Stories from Noble Coast Photography" blog is part of Noble Coast Photography. Located in Denver, North Carolina Noble Coast Photography features portrait photography and photography of natural and urban landscapes.  More work can be seen at the following sites: NobleCoastPhotography.com ,  Noble Coast Photography on Facebook, Noble Coast Photography on Flickr, and Google+

Faces, Places, Spaces #6

Faces

Great Grandmother

Canon 7D, ISO 100, 24mm, f/6.3, 1/250, strobe

Spaces

Roaring Fork Falls, North Carolina

Canon 7D, ISO 100, 35mm, f/11, 6.0

Places

Street Musician, San Francisco, CA

Canon 7D, ISO 640, 35mm, f/5.6, 1/800

Faces

  Meeting people, listening and learning about their lives 

Places

Simple stories from the towns and cities 

Spaces

Gifts from Mother Earth 

I hope you enjoy the blog and the photographs and if you do, please let others know. Always feel free to contact me if you would like to connect or comment.

Thank you for viewing

Peace

John

The "Short Picture Stories from Noble Coast Photography" blog is part of Noble Coast Photography located in Denver NC. More work can be seen at the following sites: NobleCoastPhotography.com ,  Noble Coast Photography on Facebook, Noble Coast Photography on Flickr, and Google+

Blue Ridge Life

When planning the Blue Ridge Parkway in the 1930's, the idea was to maintain a rustic pioneer look. Today, as you travel along the Blue Ridge Parkway you find beautifully preserved cabins and farms that let you understand life as it once was in the mountains of Virginia and North Carolina.

With the sun shining and the autumn leaves filled with color, it was a great day to photograph these historic sites.


The Mabry Mill was constructed in 1903 and is one of the most popular attractions on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Mabry Mill

Old shed and wagon at Mabry Mill site

 

 

Puckett's Cabin was home to the famous mid wife, Orlene Puckett (1844-1939) and her husband John. Travelling through the Virginia country side, "Aunt Orlene" lived to 102 and helped deliver over 1000 babies. Most amazing, Orlene was unable to have a child of her own. Orlene gave birth to 24 infants and none survived. Yet the + 1000 births she assisted, all survived! 

 

 

Puckett's Cabin

 

Puckett's Cabin

 

 

Built around 1880, Brinegar Cabin was home to Martin and Carolyn Brinegar. Inside the cabin is Carolyn's original loom that she used to make clothes for her family.  

 

Brinegar Cabin

 

Brinegar Cabin

 

 

The Jesse Brown Cabin was built around 1840 and was home to several families for close to 90 years. In 1905 the cabin was relocated to this small valley near Tomkin's Knob.

 

 

Jesse Brown Cabin

Jesse Brown Cabin

 

 

 

 

Thanks for viewing the Blog and have a great week!

 

 

John

 

 

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Craggy Dome

Living in North Carolina has a natural advantage that I truly enjoy.  Being close to the Atlantic Ocean you can enjoy the beauty and pleasures of the North and South Carolina coast with it's sandy beaches. However if a mountain hike is something that you enjoy, you can easily travel along the Blue Ridge Parkway and virtually find a new place to explore any day you visit. North Carolina makes it easy to find nature's beauty.


Craggy Dome located at mile post 364 on the Blue Ridge Parkway has over a 6100 foot elevation and is home to unique vegetation and breathtaking views of the nearby rugged "Great Craggies" mountains. Standing on the bald Craggy Dome, and surrounded by short mountain shrubbery I was treated to a bright blue Carolina sky reflected on the mountains and into the valleys. Another beautiful Blue Ridge vista to treasure!

Thank you for viewing the blog and have a great week!

John

Web: www.noblecoastphotography.com

Phone: 704 905 9403

Email: noblecoastphotography@gmail.com

Photographing the Autumn Colors of North Carolina

It's quickly gotten cold here in beautiful Denver, NC. So before we suddenly find ourselves into winter, I'd like to share some of this year's fall foliage photos. These photos are part of a set that I took on a beautiful October day in the Smoky Mountains http://www.visitsmokies.org/ . I don't believe there are many better places in the world to view the natural beauty of autumn colors than what you find in the mountains of North Carolina along the Blue Ridge Parkway http://www.blueridgeparkway.org/  .

On this day before the sun had risen, I drove up a mountain rim to a favorite spot of mine named Wiseman's View http://appalachiantreks.blogspot.com/2008/07/wisemans-view.html . When you look out east from Wiseman's View you can't help but become part of the great vista of sun rising up over North Carolina. It's a wonderful place to go watch the sun rise any time of the year but on this day the autumn colors made it spectacular. After I completed photographing the sun rise, I drove back down the mountain and to the Blue Ridge Parkway. I made several stops along the Parkway and captured more colors of the season.

Enjoy!

Thanks for viewing the blog and I wish everyone a great week!

Peace,

John

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