Photo By: Scott Hotaling

Website – http://www.lightofthewild.com

Biography – I’m a professional landscape photographer based in the southern Appalachian mountains of western North Carolina. Exploring and documenting the many unknown areas in the region is my primary passion with a camera.

Image Description – Brutal conditions were the name of the game on this particularly frigid morning in the Roan Highlands along the Appalachian Trail. Ambient temperature was just above 0°F and the wind chill was nearly 20 below.

Location – Roan Mountain Highlands, TN/NC

Photographic Gear – Canon 5D + 17-40 L, 2-stop Graduated Neutral Density Filter

Image Editing Software Used – Photoshop CS3

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By: Melissa Shumard

Biography: Enjoys Painting, and taking Photos

Website – N/A

Image Description – Kasey, my Horse in Pasture Vermont

Location – Vermont

Photographic Gear – Hp Photosmart

Image Editing Software Used – PhotoShop CS4

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Photo By: Mark Schueler

Biography: I am a North Carolina photographer who enjoys shooting all things, but especially portraits and urban or rural decay–I love photographing people, or the interesting and sometimes strange things they leave behind.

Website – http://www.markschuelerphoto.com

Image Description – It is rare to get this much snow in North Carolina, and this year marks the first time we have had a White Christmas in my region in almost 70 years. I like how the snow simplifies a composition, and adds in new lines, textures, and geometry to a familiar landscape.

Location – Durham, NC

Photographic Gear – 1DmkIII + 24-70 f/2.8L

Image Editing Software Used – Lightroom and CS4

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Photo By: Jon Wood

Biography: I’m a nature photographer from SW MN

Website – http://www.jonwoodphoto.com

Image Description – Finally warming up

Location – Marshall, MN

Photographic Gear – Canon 5D Mark II

Image Editing Software Used – N/A

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By: Mike Darga

Biography: Michigan Based Photographer

Website – http://mikedargaphotography.com

Image Description – The lighthouse was covered in ice from the crashing waves hitting the pier through a winter storm. What a beautiful site to see!

Location – St. Joseph, Michigan

Photographic Gear – Canon Xti, Canon 17-85mm

Image Editing Software Used – Adobe Photoshop CS3

By: Nate Lindstrom

Biography: I live on Minnesota’s North Shore and try to get out and shoot as often as possible.

Website – http://natelindstrom.com

Image Description – I find owls to be disturbing and was a bit taken aback when I glanced out the window to find him peering in the house as if to ask “Hey. What’s going on?”

I went out to investigate and “fight or flight” kicked in, both of us choosing the latter.

Location – Northern, MN

Photographic Gear – Sony A700, Sigma 70-200 2.8

Image Editing Software Used – Adobe Photoshop CS3

By: Dotty Weber

Biography: I work full-time so I can afford my hobby or more appropriately called my obsession, photography.

Website – http://wesdotphotography.com

Image Description – Taken during a very cold snowy winter which is an unusual thing in our area. It was so cold the ice in areas took on a bluish tint.

Location – Columbia River Gorge in Oregon

Photographic Gear – Canon 20D

Image Editing Software Used – Photoshop CS5

Photo By: Scott Hotaling

Website – http://www.lightofthewild.com

Biography – Landscape and adventure photographer. Mainly based in western North Carolina but I get all over.

Image Description – After over two feet of fresh snow fell in the high country of western North Carolina, the storm finally broke on this particular morning and the sunrise was quite a show!

Location – Devils Courthouse, Blue Ridge Parkway, NC

Photographic Gear – 5D + 17-40 L + 3-stop Hard Grad. ND

Image Editing Software Used – Photoshop CS3

Photo By: Mike Ethier

Biography: Iam 53 year old Canadian photographer who shoots mainly nature.

Website – http://maynard.eyefetch.com

Image Description – Artic wolf shot in Quebec Canada

Location –Quebec Canada

Photographic Gear – Canon 40D 70-200mm Canon lens

Image Editing Software Used – Adobe Elements 7

Photo By: Scott Hotaling

Website – http://www.lightofthewild.com

Biography – I shoot dramatic, wide-angle landscapes. Winter is my favorite season to shoot… I think that’s why I like to climb mountains — it’s always winter up high!

Image Description – Sunset light reflected in calm pool after a winter storm dropped 28″ of snow in the western North Carolina mountains.

Location - Great Smoky Mountains National Park, NC

Photographic Gear – Canon 5D + 17-40 L