This is Mabry Mill just south of Roanoke on the Blue Ridge Parkway. I took this late last summer. Lori and Rachel were out of town visiting family, and I went for a drive on the parkway (Something we used to do all the time before I got into photography. I wish I would have gotten in to it sooner. I remember all the places we went, but didn't think to take pictures.)

I almost didn't go out that day because it was raining, but I decided to suck it up and just go. I'm glad I did because for whatever reason this image is one of my favorite landscapes I've shot up to this point. The rain actually made the scene better in my opinion. You can't really tell it is raining in the photo, but the scene is more saturated because everything is wet.

Here are a few shots from a senior portrait session I did a few weeks ago.

All of these were taken in the downtown area of Roanoke.

Check out my new website to see more of these and other images. Here's the link http://www.dustinmccollum.com

One from the snow storm last night. We got somewhere between 14 and 20 inches here. I don't know what the official count was. All I know is that I haven't been anywhere today. I've been told this stuff will probably be around the rest of the year. It may snow again next week so we may have a white Christmas.

Thought this one kind of looked like a postcard. Wish the bug zapper wasn't on across the street (I don't think the bugs were a problem last night).

I went walking on a trail off the Blue Ridge Parkway the other day. I was hoping to see some wildlife. Didn't see anything but a few squirrels. I didn't even get a shot of them. I made this shot just as I started.

One from the archives. This was shot outside the salvage shop in downtown Roanoke this past summer. Someone at some time spent a lot of time painting all of the detail on this wagon.

I've been wanting to try this for a while. I used some photos I shot of Center Hill a few months back. I'm happy with the results considering this is the first time I've done this.

These were taken a while back from Mill Mountain in Roanoke.

Center Hill opened last night for the Lloyd Dobler Effect at the Jefferson Center in Downtown Roanoke. The show was an "unplugged/storytellers" type of show. Find out more about Center Hill at http://www.myspace.com/centerhillband

Finally an update. Been really busy the last few weeks. Not a particular great shot, but I like the way the haze interacted with the setting sun.

I went down to the river the other day to do some shots of the water. I didn't think this photo was that great, but while shooting, a bird walked into the frame for the last 5 or so seconds and stood somewhere in the photo. See if you can find the "ghost bird." This shot was taken at an aperture of 32 with a 30 second exposure.

Yet another shot from the other day in between rain showers.

Another shot from Mill Mountain in between rain showers.

It has been raining off and on for what seems like weeks. On several occasions, the clouds covered the top of Mill Mountain. I finally made it up there the other day while the clouds where low. This is one of the shots I got.

This was taken the other day when I was over at Hollins University.

Shot in downtown Roanoke. Got a little barrel distortion with this one, but I still like it. It kind of gives it the feeling of being shot with a fisheye lens (maybe a little).

So these were at Hollins University. Almost all of the trash cans were decorated in some way. Many of them had recycling quotations written all over them.

So after looking back at this photo, I decided to do a little reworking and add a subtle soft focus effect. I think the results improved the photo a little.

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This was taken at Hollins University. This little guy came running across the field when I came up to the gate. He then kept hitting his nose against the chain as if he wanted to get out.

This was taken at Carvin's Cove, the reservoir for Roanoke. Seems to be a pretty nice place. There are a lot of biking trails, and you can boat on the lake.