Peaceful Twilight

July 24, 2011March 30, 2015 / Michael Glover / 10 Comments

This is a shot from my recent road trip in March. After driving across the Foothills Parkway from Townsend, Tennessee to Chilhowee I arrived at this location with the light fading fast. This beautiful lake was right in front of me! I pulled off the road because I knew I had to get a shot. When I stepped out of the car it was very dark and very quiet. All you could hear were the faint sounds of the night critters. Directly behind me was a dark shadowy wall of mountains. I setup my tripod to capture this scene. The air was very still and I knew I needed a long exposure to capture this the way it looked when I was there. I set my camera to 30 seconds and pressed the remote. When the image appeared on the screen after what seemed like an eternity, I knew I had what I wanted. I will never forget this night because it was so peaceful and I felt like I wanted to just stay there for hours and listen to the quiet! 🙂

My Busy Life

July 9, 2011March 30, 2015 / Michael Glover / 6 Comments

Just got home from an awesome evening of good wine, good food and great friends. I came home with a Third place ribbon for my “Unconditional Surrender” piece as the ‘People’s Choice Award’ at the Progress Energy Art Gallery. It was their 5th annual artist member’s exhibit. A show for all the artists to show off their individual works and specialties. There were lots of wonderful entries and I was honored to be chosen as one of the only top three awards given. It was a really fun and inspiring evening – wonderful people. I’m feeling on top of the world 🙂

HOPEFULLY – I’ll start keeping up with my blog more. Things have been very busy with my photography lately and I don’t seem to have time to fit everything in. I’m loving every minute of it!

I had an opportunity a couple weeks ago to be involved in a charity auction for abused and neglected animals. I was contacted and asked if I would donate a piece of my artwork to the Suncoast Animal League to help these little guys out. It was wonderful seeing so many artists come together to help out a great cause. The auction was a great success and a lot of animals will now be able to get the help and treatment they need. It was a wonderful night and I hope to be able to help out a lot more.

Little Boy Blue

June 15, 2011March 30, 2015 / Michael Glover / 4 Comments

At a wedding I shot recently, this little guy liked to “ham it up” whenever he saw the camera. This is one of my favorite shots of him. I noticed the way the sunlight was coming in through the windows and thought it looked perfect.

2011 Jeep Patriot

June 12, 2011March 30, 2015 / Michael Glover / 1 Comment

This is my new baby! It’s a 2011 Jeep Patriot that I just bought at the beginning of May. Been wanting to get a picture of it but I wanted to find the right background. I finally found the perfect spot Saturday June 11th. At the University of Tampa located close to downtown Tampa. I really liked the way the tree in the background framed the Jeep. I love the way the brick cobblestone street and the brick on the building tie in together. I have to say this is a fun vehicle to drive and after only having it just over a month I’ve put over 2000 miles on it! This is a 3 exposure HDR shot on a tripod.

An Awesome Road Trip plus a waterfall Part Two

April 28, 2011March 30, 2015 / Michael Glover / 4 Comments

This is the second post from my trip. Nestled in the mountains of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is this awesome waterfall Laurel Falls. It is accessible by a paved trail that takes you on a 2 mile round trip to this scenic view. I am still in the process of going through my collection of images from the trip so I will keep adding them here and on my flickr page as well. So keep checking back as I add to my postaweek2011 challenge.