by Josie Siler | Feb 12, 2016 | Behind the Photo Fridays, Photography
There’s a place with a grand story, a funny name, and a beautiful view. The Blowing Rock clings to the edge of a mountain overlooking a spectacular gorge filled with intense beauty and strange happenings. It’s a place of legend, a place where the wind...
by Josie Siler | Jan 29, 2016 | Behind the Photo Fridays, Photography
“Stop!” I yelled as I noticed the small pullover on the side of the road. My friend Erin slammed on the breaks and swerved to the right as her little blue Hyundai Elantra came to a bumpy and screeching halt. “Is Johnny okay?” I asked as my...
by Josie Siler | Jan 22, 2016 | Behind the Photo Fridays, Photography
There’s a place unlike any other. A place that will take your breath away. A place that smells like heaven and looks like something out of a dream. This place is in the most unexpected, well, place. You will find Hamann Rose Garden along a busy multi-lane road....
by Josie Siler | Nov 27, 2015 | Behind the Photo Fridays, Photography
Photography is a combination of talent, learned skill, and pure dumb luck. All three of those things came together the day I captured The Laughing Dragonfly. The year was 2013 and I remember it as the summer of dragonflies. I can’t remember another summer when...
by Josie Siler | Nov 20, 2015 | Behind the Photo Fridays, Photography
The time was almost exactly three years ago, and I was having a rough spell with my health – much like I am now. I got an early morning phone call that awoke me out of a foggy slumber. Who could be calling me at this hour? I answered the phone and was pleasantly...
