Travel means meeting the locals and eating what they eat. And if you are in East North Carolina and do not stop for some whole hog BBQ at the Skylight Inn, are you even living? Go eat what Sam Jones is serving, continuing a multi-generational family tradition.

Morgan and Jake enjoy a good drink - so they naturally followed the old Southern tradition of “burying the bourbon.” Check out this post to learn more - and if it worked for them at their venue, The Views at Sunset Ridge!

An old liturgy - the Chrism Mass - took on a new look today at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Knoxville in this time of COVID-19. As one of the photojournalists for the Diocese, I captured images that show a unique period in diocesan history.

Coronavirus cannot stop the Fighting Irish of Knoxville Catholic High School! Graduating seniors were honored with a parade on campus with faculty and family cheering them on.

Meet George who tried to blow up a safe, but instead blew up a country club, and now tells you his story of his time as an inmate at Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary. Images shot on a medium format Bronica S2A with Kodak Tri-X film.

Weather can sometimes be a guessing game and/or a roll of the dice in the Smokies. But the weather gods favored Lauren and James and gave them a window of sunshine for his marriage proposal to her atop Andrews Bald in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park - read their story!

I do street photography to keep shooting reflexes and eye tuned for use at weddings and other events. Today was Knoxville’s Pride Parade - right down Gay Street - and I went downtown to see what I did. Let me be your eyes.

I was honored to have produced the photography for the campaign material for TN House Rep. Bill Dunn in his re-election. A man of integrity and compassion to serve the people, truly!

While on assignment in Charleston, SC, I went to Folly Beach and met a kite surfer, Nick Ellyn.  So I shot him, just because . . . 

Street photography does not have to be on the literal street.  Sometimes it is on the Atlantic Ocean.

I do not like heights but wheat do you do when the Lord calls and you're crazy enough to listen?  Read about my climb to the top of Sacred Heart Cathedral in Knoxville.

I was happy to oblige when my friend, noted photographer Jill Geisler, called me to ask if I could take some pictures of an adoption.  I got to meet the Burket family and attend a joyous occasion.  Who doesn't love seeing a new addition to the family?

Is the rodeo a dying show?  I hope not.  It is a long standing tradition down by country folk.  Enjoy this #FlashbackFriday back to July 2015, when I went to go check out the Red Gate rodeo in Maynardville, Tennessee.

My photos of the Reed Family of Gatlinburg that were used in East Tennessee Catholic, with a link to the article.  It is a good lesson in gratitude and knowing what is important when disaster strikes.

The Diocese of Knoxville is building a new cathedral, Sacred Heart, under the leadership of Bishop Richard Stika and with the help of Merit Construction in Knoxville, Tennessee.  Recently, Bishop Stika went up some 100' to inscribe his episcopal motto on the beam of the cathedral's dome.  The workers of Merit Construction gave him great respect for this, but they deserve their own respect, too.