Bodie Island Lighthouse | Outer Banks Black and White Fine Art Print

This photo almost didn’t happen.

I was on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, photographing a glorious sunset at the Bodie Island Lighthouse. Once the sun dropped, I packed up and started the quiet, slightly creepy walk back to my car in an empty parking lot. Then I glanced back at the lighthouse in the pitch-black night, and it called to me like, well, a beacon.

So I turned around, unpacked my gear, and made this image well after dark. I’d hoped for a sky full of stars, but a high layer of clouds kept most of them hidden. It wasn’t the shot I had planned, but sometimes the unplanned ones are the real keepers.

Available as an open or limited edition print, on paper or metal. Frame not included.

Shot on North Carolina’s Outer Banks.