North Carolina (Fairview)
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Panorama photographs taken in Fairview, North Carolina.
Late at night in one of the most well-used kitchens I've ever known.
Ever since I was a teenager living at the Hickory Nut Gap Farm I've loved the view from the ‘Big House’ porch. It hasn’t changed a bit...
On Hickory Nut Gap Farm, turning organic apples into fresh cider by crushing, pressing and filtering the juice from the freshly-picked fruit.
Inside the structure of a three-storey timber home, partly built, set tucked out of sight in the woods of Hickory Nut Gap, Western North Carolina.
Collecting eggs in the Hickory Nut Gap Farm henhouse. The chickens were very inquisitive - one even jumped onto my arm as I was taking the shots and decided it liked the vantage point.
Don't look at this panorama if you have a phobia about chickens!
The old library room in the Big House, Hickory Nut Gap Farm in the mountains around Fairview, North Carolina. This has been a study and library since it was built.
Viewing the array of trucks outside a gas station near the Hickory Nut Gap area of Fairview.
Starting out on the hike up Tater Knob, part of the Hickory Nut Gap. The landscape is exceptionally beautiful here.
Part-way up the side of Tater Knob, part of the Hickory Nut Gap ridge. Because of the extremes in lighting between the shaded rock face and the bright sky this was shot as bracketed pairs, which was a little challenging as the tripod was perched precariously on a sloping rock with hardly any room to stand.
Looking out from a rock not far from the top of Tater Knob
Taking a break at the top of Tater Knob before heading off down the easier side to come back through the Hickory Nut Gap pass.
Not long after dawn in the vegetable plot behind Will and Susie's house in Fairview. The morning dew is rising from the ground as the air warms up.
The front drive at the Hamilton’s place in Fairview.
Music night at Pat and Becky's place. Three mandolins (one with a guitar-like body), a guitar, a double-bass, a fiddle, and a quilt being stitched on the side...
One lunchtime at the Flying Cloud organic farm proved to be a little more special than normal, as it was Larry's birthday...
Fairview's art studio, first as a working studio and then as a small gallery...