Photographs

Flying a drone is a hobby of mine. I like what altitude does to a familiar place — the inlet I've driven past a thousand times turns into a shape I've never seen.

Aerial summer panorama of the Lynnhaven Inlet, where the river channel and green salt marsh meet the Chesapeake Bay under a blue sky — Where the River Meets the BayLynnhaven Inlet, VA Beach

Aerial view of surfers at first light off Virginia Beach — two silhouettes waiting on a glassy Atlantic as the sun clears the horizon — Dawn PatrolVirginia Beach

Vertical aerial panorama over the rocky point near Santa Teresa, Costa Rica — reef shadow and jade Pacific on the Nicoya Peninsula — Nicoya, from Above
Santa Teresa, Costa Rica

Aerial panorama of a tidal creek meandering in tight S-curves through bright green salt marsh near Williamsburg, Virginia, with a wide brown river beyond — Written in Waternear Williamsburg, VA

Top-down aerial of a blue dredge boat tending a line of orange buoys at the mouth of Rudee Inlet while a boat runs up the channel — Keeping the ChannelRudee Inlet, VA Beach

Tall aerial of boats anchored in a line along the edge of the Lynnhaven Inlet sandbar on a summer Saturday, swimmers in the shallows and the Chesapeake Bay beyond — Sandbar Saturday
Lynnhaven Inlet

Aerial winter panorama of sandbars and shoals exposed at low tide, with a flock of birds resting on the flats and the Lesner Bridge in the distance — What the Tide RevealsLynnhaven Inlet, low tide

Flat water and a sky doing all the work. Twelve minutes later it was grey again.

Wide panorama of a flat, calm tidal river at sunset, the sky's pinks and golds reflected in the still water — Slack TideLynnhaven River / The Narrows

Aerial winter panorama of golden salt marsh and winding tidal channels, with the Lesner Bridge and the bay on the horizon — The Marsh in Winter GoldPleasure House Point

Vertical aerial at sunrise — the sun clearing the Atlantic horizon, waves breaking on a dark beach and jetty below — Six AMVirginia Beach Oceanfront

Vertical aerial at dusk — violet and pink clouds over the Atlantic, waves washing the beach beside the Virginia Beach boardwalk — The Violet HourVirginia Beach Oceanfront