The Best Of 2023
(Or, looking back through my images over the past year to find needles in haystacks) When I wrote my "year end" blog a year ago, the...
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Robert Stephens
Dec 7, 202316 min read
Barnstorming
(or, some guy driving all over the place to find and photograph historic old barns) (Above: a "See Rock City" barn just inside the...
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Robert Stephens
Jul 10, 20232 min read
At (A Little Past) The Halfway Point
(or, it's taken me seven months to write a new blog. Phooey.) The promise of a new year. Yes, it was only seven months ago that the slate...
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Robert Stephens
Dec 30, 20227 min read
Keeping The Fire Alive
I've been at this photography thing - at least on a paying level - since January 2011. And staying motivated during those fledgling,...
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Robert Stephens
Jun 12, 20223 min read
Springing Into Action (Part 1)
I wasn't going to let this spring go by like I had in recent years. So if that meant "driving 'til I drop," 5:30 wake-up times, and...
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Robert Stephens
Dec 21, 20217 min read
My Favorites Of 2021
Some years are just better than others. That's an unavoidable, universal truism, of course - not only in my field, but life itself. It's...
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Robert Stephens
Sep 26, 20213 min read
So Far (Part Deux)
Ahh, spring. After the stark, dark desolation of winter, those first spring blooms are like manna from heaven. If you haven't read my...
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Robert Stephens
Sep 19, 20212 min read
So Far...(Part One)
Okay, I'll admit - I should be checking in a bit more than annually, or even semi-annually... But here we are in September - when the...
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Robert Stephens
Dec 20, 20208 min read
The Best Of 2020
Okay - as we all know, there wasn't a whole lot that could be considered "best" in 2020, but let's keep things positive here. For when it...
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Robert Stephens
Feb 2, 20205 min read
Enduring All The "Seasons"
To order your copy of "Seasons," click on the pic below: Seven years is a long time, and a lot of seasons - especially when it comes to...
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Robert Stephens
Jul 23, 20192 min read
Catching Up
So it's been a minute. Okay, a looooooooooong minute, since your faithful reporter has checked in with a blog, updating my recent...
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Robert Stephens
Dec 19, 20188 min read
My Favorites Of 2018
I went into 2018 with the thought of "different." I also went into 2018 with the thought of "Geez, Robert, don't break your other arm,"...
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Robert Stephens
Dec 2, 201812 min read
Mom's Homecoming
It doesn't seem possible that it has been five years since Mom's passing on December 2, 2013. But alas, that much time has passed since...
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Robert Stephens
Nov 19, 20186 min read
Looking For Fall (Without Falling Over) Part Two
Autumn has not been very kind to these mountains the past few years. There were the horrific wildfires in 2016 that left much of my area...
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Robert Stephens
Nov 12, 20184 min read
Looking For Fall (Without Falling Over) Part One
So (until now, anyway) I skipped over what I did over the summer. That's because, in a lot of ways, this summer felt like a "lost...
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Robert Stephens
Jun 26, 20188 min read
Looking For New, Part Deux
So the first part of my spring found me trying hard to avoid repeating myself (See my prior blog "Looking For New"), tossing a spanner...
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Robert Stephens
Jun 17, 20185 min read
Looking For New
The never-ending winter (which seemed like a real life version of "Groundhog Day," with Yours Truly playing the role of Bill Murray)...
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Robert Stephens
Mar 26, 20187 min read
Going With The Snow........er, Flow
My intention for this past Saturday was to head up to Boone for the private reception for all the finalists in the Appalachian Mountain...
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Robert Stephens
Jan 7, 20188 min read
Winter Break
On a rainy Friday, just before Christmas, in a singular, freak moment that night - I slipped on wet concrete, my feet giving way from...
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Robert Stephens
Dec 11, 20177 min read
The Best of 2017
And just like that - in a flash - another year has come and gone. It's absolutely true - the older you get, the faster that life seems to...
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