Weekly Photography Tips - Sunrises
There is a universal truth about sunrise photography, start early and stay late. The best color isn't always at the exact moment the sun...
Christopher Neal
- Nov 19
Weekly Photography Tips - Foreground
One crucial but often overlooked part of landscape photographs is the foreground. We tend to focus on the subject and what's behind but...
Christopher Neal
- Nov 12
Weekly Photography Tips - Clean Your Gear
Sorry I missed last weeks tip but the flu ran through our household and I had a very very full weekend on the Outer Banks fishing and...
Christopher Neal
- Nov 11
Go For Launch
I have been trying to catch a rocket launch for sometime now but it never seems to workout. When Sunday's Wallops launch was scrubbed I...
Christopher Neal
- Oct 29
Weekly Photography Tips - Rule of Thirds
The "rule of thirds" is a compositional guide used in photography that divides the image up into 9 equal parts using 2 horizontal and 2...
Christopher Neal
- Oct 27
Fall at Looking Glass Falls
I managed to beat the crowds to the falls Sunday morning and had it almost all to myself. It was cold but well worth it. After a few...
Christopher Neal
- Oct 25
Pisgah Forest Campfire
Sometimes I wonder if the weekend trips we take are worth the time spent. It's often 3-4 hours of driving and an hour setting up camp...
Christopher Neal
- Oct 23
The Great Rift & Dark Horse
I am often asked if you can actually see the Milky Way with the naked eye and the answer is yes. However you can't see it quite the way...
Christopher Neal
- Oct 22
Weekly Photography Tips - Speed
Photography is about telling a story and conveying what it was like to be there in that moment. As a photographer we typically get caught...
Christopher Neal
- Oct 18
Day to Night Transitions
Here at the end of Milky Way season the galactic core is now visible in the southwestern skies and is actually close enough to the...
Christopher Neal
- Oct 17
Piping in the Dawn
I've had some unique experiences out photographing nightscapes, wildlife, sunrises and sunsets and last week I had one that jumped to the...
Christopher Neal
- Oct 16
Drawing to a Close
Fall is in the air which means that the for me Milky Way season is drawing to a close. The galactic core is now vertical, has moved over...
Christopher Neal
- Oct 15
Weekly Photography Tips - Image Storage
When first starting out very few photographers give much thought to where or how images will be stored. You simply download them to your...
Christopher Neal
- Oct 11
SEMA Cowbranch MX October 8-9th
Whew!!! I have uploaded all the images that I flagged on my first pass. If you don't see your child please send me a message with his...
Christopher Neal
- Oct 8
Weekly Photography Tips - Bokeh
One thing that sets portrait photography apart from just grabbing snapshots of people is that out of focus background. So much so that...
Christopher Neal
- Oct 7
The Stormy Outer Banks
The Outer Banks of North Carolina is one of the darkest areas on the east coast and only a short 5 hour drive for me. I've started...
Christopher Neal
- Oct 1
Weekly Photography Tips - Keep Your Head On A Swivel
Photography seems like a relatively safe activity but to get the good shots sometimes you put yourself in potentially dangerous...
Christopher Neal
- Sep 30
Cataloochee Valley Elk Rut
Let me start with a disclaimer, all of my images were shot with a telephoto lens and at no time did I approach the elk. These are wild...
Christopher Neal
- Sep 17
Weekly Photography Tips - Shoot What You Like
I have always followed one main rule, I shot the images that I would like to see. I think "man I bet other people would love this one" or...
Christopher Neal
- Sep 14
150th Anniversary for Bodie Island Lighthouse
October 1st marks the 150th year of this light guiding the way on the North Carolina shore. My last trip out had just a bit too much...