05/20/2026
Hello friends, I could use your support! My image “The One I’ve Been Hunting” made the cut of finalists for WNC magazine for the second consecutive year, and public voting has begun. Every vote matters, and with such a fantastic selection of images and photographers it will be a tough one. Since it is a public vote, those with a large following have the advantage. If you like my photo, it would be extremely helpful if you can take the 30 seconds (can vote once a day) for the next couple of weeks to cast your vote. All you have to do is click the link in my bio, input your email and choice of photo, and it’s done! You also don’t have to check the box to subscribe to the magazine’s email list if you don’t want to.
There’s some images on the list that I genuinely want to vote for over my own, but the exposure and prize for the winning photo would be a huge boost to my work as an artist.
The photo itself was from a blue blaze peak off of the AT in July 2025. I had captured thisWNC magazinemany times before, but the lighting and timing just never worked out the way I wanted. That afternoon, the fog was rolling in and i decided to make the short trek from my campsite out to this spot to see if I could capture something special. After about An hour of taking various photos of the surrounding mountains, the fog hit the peak I was camping on and it was just thin enough to allow a colorful rainbow around the sun to peek through and high enough to see the surrounding forest in the foreground. Said something to myself like ‘this is definitely going to be the photo I’ve been hunting for 3 years’… hence the title in chose for this one.
Congratulations to everyone in the finals and thank you to for selecting my photo again! Good luck to everyone and i can only hope the winner is an image that truly brings emotion rather than just going to the person with the highest social media following.
I’ll share some reminders on my stories for the coming weeks and if you enjoy the mountains of Western North Carolina do yourself a favor and subscribe to the magazine or pick it up locally at a store 😊
