L. Todd Spencer

Welcome Home Sailor

Goodbyes

Like Father Like Son

Vigil

Sacrifice

Decommission

Tears of Joy

American Military

Close To Home

Long Road Home

Reunited

Helicopter Fly In

Generations

Helicopter Sea Combat Homecoming

Good To Be Home

Home

Returned Home

POW MIA Flame of Hope / Veterans Day

88 year old, WWII veteran, Kermit Clark Wood

Portsmouth Fire

Norfolk Policeman Mike Lovely enters a home after a man reported an intruder hiding in his home. Lovely is back to active duty after he had to shoot and kill Jeremy Seifert who had shot and killed officer James Gilbert. 

Drowning at VB oceanfront, Coast Guard helicopter searches for a missing child.

White supremacist Rev. Matthew Hale of the World Church of the Creator had a meeting at the York County Library in Tabb Virginia.

Followers of The Rev. Matthew Hale from the World Church of the Creator walk down Hampton Highway being escorted by Police Officers as Protesters of the meeting were shouting their view points and holding up signs. 

Rehab

911 / Washington D.C.

911 / Washington D.C.

A vehicle fire blazes out of control on 464 heading into Norfolk Va.

Virginia Beach Paramedics on the scene of a man who had been stab at Atlantic Ave.

Chesapeake Police Officers Alan Farnham and Justin Mathews look through an over turned bus on Jarvis Road, in Ches. Va.

Norfolk fire fighters deal with high winds off the bay as they try to control a fire in the Willoughby section of Norfolk, Virginia.

Wrong Way 264

Members of the Norfolk Police Department's Vice and Narcotics Unit regularly work undercover to arrest prostitutes and men who solicit them for sex. In a sting, a female officer dressed as a prostitute.

Virginia Beach Police responded to a man barricaded inside a house.

Virginia Beach firefighters work to put out hot spots from inside a home off 11th street and Pacific Ave.

Police and Fire Department work the scene of a crash were one person died, a Chesapeake school bus were involved in the accident.

Investigators on the property owned by NFL quarterback Michael Vick, looking into a case about dog fighting. 

Flooding Virginia Beach

The Virginia Beach Police used mounted officer's to clear the sidewalk and take a man into custody on Atlantic Ave.

Officers and others pay their last respects before the start of the memorial service for Victor Decker who was a Norfolk Police Officer.

The widow of slain Norfolk Police Officer Victor Decker, Dawn Decker, receives a hug at the memorial service for her husband.

Protest Vice President Cheney

Melody Spraggin holds her son Mark Spraggin outside where Norfolk Police say two officers were involved in a fatal shooting. Melody said that the man was her uncle and she was waiting for information.

Tears stream down face of Bianca Heyward, during the candlelight vigil for Charles Humphrey.

Maria Pocceschi watches as the casket of her late husbands Rodney F. Pocceschi is lifted into the hearse. Virginia Beach policeman Rodney F. Pocceschi was killed in the line of duty.

Virginia Beach Police Chase ended in a shooting.

Peggy Hester talks about her friend and neighbor of George R. Schell, the owner of the single engine plane that crashed today. He and his female passenger were killed shortly after taking off. Hester said she had said goodbye to George around 9 A.M. as he and his friend along with two dogs headed to the airport.

Travis Scott

Pharrell Williams

Aerosmith

Joe Biden

Jesse Jackson

Donald J. Trump

Charlton Heston

Warren Murphy

Linda C. Goss

Mark Warner

George W. Bush

Michelle Obama

Steve Spielberg

Bria Kelly

Chris Rock

Mitt Romney

Presidential helicopter / Wright Brothers National Memorial.

Mrs. Reagan

Robert M. Gates

Joel Osteen

Sal Giunta

Bob McDonnell

Bob McDonnell

Louis Farrakhan

Tony Blair

Jake Clemons

James Brown

Salute to the Negro Leagues

Annika Sorenstam

Mark Reynolds, B.J. Upton, Michael Cuddyer, Justin Upton, Ryan Zimmerman and David Wright.

Mike Piazza

Eli Manning

Bruce Smith

Brett Favre

Steven Tyler

Steven Tyler

Eddie Van Halen

SZA

Don Henley, Glenn Frey

James Taylor

The Grateful Dead

Idina Menzel

Brothers Cancer

Eviction

Organ Donation / Her Sons Heart Saves This Little Girls Life

Faith In Priso

Witnessed Tragedy

Line Of Duty

NAACP / Fighting For Rights

Reeducated

Reviving A Community

Speech Lessons

The Right To Hunt

Witchcraft

Fan

Blue / Injured By Tornado

Off The Streets / Homeowner

Rights / Him and Him

Sherry Dennis's son, Devon, was 14 years old when he was struck by a car. He fell into a coma-like state and doctors predicted that he might never wake up.

Deirdre Stanley, had a hysterectomy last week, after genetic testing showed she was at high risk of ovarian cancer.

Former Senator John Warner, stands after a ceremony to lay the keel for the Virginia-class submarine John Warner.

Prom 

Husband and wife Andrew and Stacie Copion, who started a business called Secret Hopper.

Prom Night

Virginia Beach farmer Louis Cullipher

Bob McDonnell

Autism

Lorraine Wagner, vice president of operations at Stihl Inc. Wagner is responsible for all production operations at the company’s U.S. headquarters in Virginia Beach.

Muay Thai

Daniel A. Hoffler, Chairman of the Board for Armada Hoffler Properties and Gerald S. Divaris, Chairman / CEO of Divaris Real Estate Inc.

Ashley McConnaughy on the campus of the University of Mary Washington. 

Soaring, ODU Cheerleaders

P.A. VHSL Girls AAA Basketball State Championship

Over throw, Norfolk Tides

Marie Reichert of ODU defends the basket from Nancy Mulkey of Rice University

Winning shot in the 2020 Region 5A boys final

Snow Covered Branches

High Sea

Shelf Cloud Over Norfolk, Virginia.

I came across this group of onlookers nearly making a life threatening mistake with the storm-driven surf on the Outer Banks of N.C.. This photo dramatically illustrates the storm's power, as well as our fascination of that power, despite its danger.

Hell Freezing / Kill Devil Hills / Snowy Beach

God Light

Sandy Hits Sandbridge

1998 Norfolk skyline with possibly tornados.

White Christmas

Super Blood Wolf Moon, 2019

Gustav Sits Off The Coast

Lightning strikes as thunderstorms move through Virginia Beach

Hurricane Hermine VB

Wisconsin Snow in Norfolk

Prepared For Hurricane Earl

Thunderstorm Over The Coliseum

Hurricane Floyd

Pollen

Beach Fog

Hail Damage

Fighting The Wind

Intense Storm

Lynnhaven Fishing Pier after a storm.

Red Wing Park Snowfall

Thunderstorms / Urban Waterfall

Accumulates

Snow On Jockey Ridge N.C.

The milky haze is an effect from the western U.S. wildfires.

Hurricane Florence

Night Light / VB Pier

Summer

Flooding Owl Creek Boat Ramp

Heat Wave

2012 Lightning strikes near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel

Snow Rain Mix

Geese fill the sky as the sun sets.

Lunar Eclipse

Somewhere

Strike

Blue Angels Flag

F-14 Tomcats last flight

Jan. 31, 2018 Supermoon, Norfolk, Va.

High Speed Pass

Sunset Show

B2

Black and white image of a clear sky as the sun sets.

Precision

Parachute Teams

Sunset F14

F-14 Wave

Speed

Angels

Falling Angels

Skies The Limit

4

Night Rider

Refuel

Touch and Go

Smoked

Lt Amanda Lee, jet #3 is the first female pilot in the Blue Angels fighter jet flight demonstration squadron.

2006 1st Street

2009 Hurricane Bill 43rd Street

2011 1st Street Hurricane

2009 Lifeguard Morgan Wall Croatan Hurricane Bill

2010 OBX

20002 Morgan Knight 1st Street

2006 North End VB

2018 Bri Vuyovich Outerbabes Kill Devil Hills

2019 1st Street

2013 1st Street

2016 Croatan

2017 Morgan Knight 1st Street

2009 Hatteras Lighthouse

2011 1st Street Hurricane

1999 1st Street

2010 Surfers Healing

2010 Surfers Healing

90s 1st Street Early Morning

2019 Kill Devil Hills

1992 Film Virginia Beach

1992 Film Big Day Virginia Beach

2011 Paddle Out Navy Kraig Vickers

2006 North End VB

2008 Avalon Pier

2002 Morgan Knight 1st Street

2011 1st Street Hurricane

2012 1st Street

2012 Hurricane Sandy VB Fishing Pier

2012 Hurricane Sandy

2019 1st Street

2013 VB

2018 Outerbabes

2018 Outerbabes

2020 North End

2012 Hurricane Sandy

2012 Hurricane Sandy VB Pier

2005 Croatan Print

2012 Croatan

2024 1st Street

1995 Film Hatteras Big Day

Local surfer Pete Smith, credited with being one of the guys starting the surfing culture at the Beach. Photo of Pete along side the original wood door off the front of the old surf shop, (Pete Smith Surf Shop), on 28th street.

2014, Michael Dunphy of Virginia Beach, Virginia wins the Vans Pro Final at the 52nd Annual Coastal Edge East Coast Surfing Championships.

1980's East Coast Surfing Championships

2012 ECSC The Virginian-Pilot

2012, Filipe Toledo of Brazil, pulls off a 360 air, during the Vans Pro Mens semi-finals at the Coastal Edge 50th East Coast Surfing Championships.

2010, Amy Murphree, from Ca., surfing in the Women's Longboard Division during the ECSC.

2000, Morgan Faulkner, from Texas, works his toes off the front of the board as he tries to get a little cover-up on the inside during the Menehune Longboard Heat, at the East Coast Surfing Championships.

2005, Crowd on the beach watching some of the surfers in the water during the ECSC.

2013, Joel Tudor during the Coastal Edge ECSC.

2002 Sergie Ventura ECSC

2008 Mick Fanning from Australia

2008, ASP world champion Mick Fanning from Australia, does a 360 air in front of the ECSC crowd during an exhibition surf session.

1998,Taylor Sharp, age 14, Neil Nacchio, age 17, Mike Schirmer, age 16, and Josh Canady, age 17, checkout some of the best waves in the recent history for the East Coast Surfing Championships.

2004, Alek Parker gets some air during his Pro heat at the East Coast Surfing Championships.

2013, As the tide changes at 1st street in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the afternoon surf begins to improve during Coastal Edge East Coast Surfing Championships.

2009, Aaron Cormican of Fl., pulls off a 360 tail slide during the men's pro finals at the 47th Annual East Coast Surfing Championships. Cormican would win the ECSC pro men's title.

54th Coastal Edge East Coast Surfing Championships

2017 Pedro Todaro from Brazil

2009, Paul West and Wes Laine working the crowd during the ECSC.

2012, Kayla Durden of Fl., waits on the beach for the start of her Viridian Women Pro Heat, at the East Coast Surfing Championships.

2010, Paul West working his camera from the judges scuffling during the ECSC.

2012, Crowd gathers to watch the Miss Coastal Edge ECSC Swimsuit Pageant.

2000 ECSC The Virginian-Pilot

2012, A crowd gathers at the end of the 4th Street stage at the Virginia Beach oceanfront to watch the Miss Coastal Edge ECSC Swimsuit Pageant.

2011 The contest most go on, morning after Hurricane Irene officials setup to finish the Coastal Edge 49th Annual East Coast Surfing Championships.

2010, Some nice size waves for the 2010 ECSC

2009, Super Grom event during the 47th Annual East Coast Surfing Championships.

2010 ECSC

2005, Lindsey Bowman a 16 year old junior at First Colonial High School competing in both the long and shortboard competitions.

2014, Holmes Clarke gets covered up on a small beach break during the semifinal of the Grand Master event, at the worlds second-oldest continuously-run surfing contest, the 52nd Annual Coastal Edge East Coast Surfing Championships

2010, Evan Barton tail slides his board as he cuts back on a wave during his heat in the Junior Division at the 48th Annual East Coast Surfing Championships.

2008, ECSC, Morgan Knight takes 1st Place, Senior Women Longboard

2011, Coastal Edge East Coast Surfing Championships before having to close the beach because of a state of emergency due to an approaching hurricane.

2012 Paul West

1998 Hawaii's Brian Labbe

2011, Deepak Nachnani owner of Coastal Edge surf shops is widely regarded as the man responsible for the current boom of the East Coast Surfing Championships. Deepak gives long time local surf icon Pete Smith a hug inside the Coastal Edge surf shop.

2012, Aerial photo of The 50th Coastal Edge East Coast Surfing Championships

2014 ECSC The Virginian-Pilot

1996 ECSC Father and Son Surfers

1998 Three time World Champion Tom Curren winning the Men's Pro division title in the finals of the East Coast Surfing Championship.

2001 Bryan Hewitson from Florida

2000 ECSC

2001 ECSC

2007 ECSC

2005 ECSC

2007 ECSC

2005 Aaron Cormican

2016 George Alcaraz General Manager of ECSC

2012 George Alcaraz

2007 ECSC

2009 Bruce Willis

2007 ECSC

2010 ECSC

2010 ECSC

2007, 45th East Coast Surfing Championships

2010 Miss ECSC

2012 Aerial of the 50th East Coast Surfing Championships

2012 Pat Casey BMX Demo

2011 Addison Miles, Boys Amateur Final

2011 Deepak Nachnani owner of Coastal Edge surf shops.

2012 Vendor Village

2008 ECSC

2008 ECSC

2008 Tom Curren tries to save a cut back.

2012 Maddie Peterson of New Jersey

2012 (L to R), John Holland, Cecil Lear, Roger "Buddy" Riggs, Heather "Mimi" Munro, Lee Tolliver and Paul West were all inducted in the ECSC Legends Hall of Fame.

2009 Super Grom event Griffin James, age 9.

2017 Barron Mamlya of Hawaii

2012 Super Grom ,Charlotte Carroll, age 4, granddaughter of 60 year old surfer Heather "Mimi" Munro, (right), who was inducted into the ECSC Legends Hall of Fame.

2017 ECSC

2017 ECSC

2017 ECSC

2013 Coastal Edge ECSC

2011 Kolohe Andino gets big air.

2014 ECSC

2018 56th annual East Coast Surfing Championship

2015 Simon Tabron

2015 ECSC The Virginian-Pilot

2018 Nancy Salter

2019 Kailey Bogart from Hawaii, Amateur Women's Open

2019 Rory Reed

2019 Marc Bullard Amateur Legends Longboard Final

2016 Adam Kun

2019 Levi Slawson

2012 ECSC The Virginian-Pilot

ECSC 2017

2017, Barron Mamlya of Hawaii, kicking up a big spray during his Vans Pro Men's QS 3,000 heat at the Coastal Edge East Coast Surfing Championships.

2012 50th East Coast Surfing Championships

2017 ECSC Legends

L. Todd Spencer

The Bodie Island Lighthouse, 2013.

Currituck Beach Lighthouse

Moyock, North Carolina

Island Farm, Roanoke Island, North Carolina

North Carolina

Bodie Island Lighthouse

Remains of a shipwreck on the beach in Corolla, North Carolina.

Cyndy Holda with the National Parks Service, The Bodie Island Lighthouse.

OBX

The Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site in Rodanthe on Hatteras Island.

The Bonner Bridge, 2016.

Wright Flyer reproduction, Wright Flyer re-enactment flight, in the First Flight Centennial celebration in Kill Devil Hills. 2003

The Pack House Inn in Edenton, North Carolina.

Jockey's Ridge State Park in Nags Head, North Carolina.

The Pack House Inn in Edenton, North Carolina.

The Bodie Island Lighthouse, 2013.

Jockey's Ridge State Park in Nags Head, North Carolina.

Aquarium, North Carolina

The Whalehead Club in Corolla, North Carolina, 2012.

Decaying boat in the canal off 264 in Stumpy Point, North Carolina.

Sand fencing and newly planted dune grass along the beach road at mile post 4 in Kitty Hawk, N.C. 2013

The Bodie Island Lighthouse

Jockey's Ridge is called the ÒThe Living DuneÓ, 2012.

Jockey's Ridge State Park in Nags Head

Bodie Island lighthouse in Nags Head, N.C.

Avalon Pier in Kill Devil Hills, N.C. 2008.

Sand sculpture by Bagrat Stepanian and Pavel Mylnikov.

Cavalier Associates LLC, restoration of The Cavalier Hotel in Virginia Beach, Virginia. L. Todd Spencer / The Virginian-Pilot

Cavalier Associates LLC, restoration of The Cavalier Hotel in Virginia Beach, Virginia. L. Todd Spencer / The Virginian-Pilot

The Normile's two and half year old son Charlie passed away.

Staff at Virginia Dermatology and Skin Cancer Center start their day.

Dr Brian L. Johnson owner of Virginia Dermatology and Skin Cancer Center and Vielka D. Inman the surgical manager at the center prepare Pat Montani for Mohs micrographic surgery on her leg.

Vielka D. Inman the surgical manager at Virginia Dermatology and Skin Cancer Center performs Mohs micrographic surgery.

Dr Brian L. Johnson owner of Virginia Dermatology and Skin Cancer Center performs Mohs micrographic surgery on Walt Dettloff.

Virginia Dermatology and Skin Cancer Center

Cancer cells under a microscope at Virginia Dermatology and Skin Cancer Center. Dr Brian L. Johnson owner of Virginia Dermatology and Skin Cancer Center, reads the slides as part of the Mohs micrographic surgery.

Guy Inman a Mohs technician at Virginia Dermatology and Skin Cancer Center process tissue.

Vielka D. Inman the surgical manager at Virginia Dermatology and Skin Cancer Center performs Mohs micrographic surgery.

Virginia Dermatology and Skin Cancer Center

Virginia Dermatology and Skin Cancer Center

Vielka D. Inman the surgical manager at Virginia Dermatology and Skin Cancer Center hugs David Wright Jr. after David's skin cancer surgery on his hand, David's wife Lou Ann Wright stands to the left.

Laurie Clay Huntington's Disease

Jimmy's grill, the same one he has had for 35 years, stands under a window overlooking the street.

At Jimmy's Hot Dogs, change is not good. The customer cannot have it his way, he can have it Jimmy's way: with mustard, onions and chili. At least, for a few weeks longer. Jimmy and Efthymia Rellos are closing Jimmy's Hot Dogs, a popular local hot dog stand for the last 35 years. Here, Jimmy, who is 89 years old, works the grill in the window of his place.

Jimmy's usual, two dogs with mustard, onions and chili.

Jimmy and Mrs. Jimmy, (Effie), have run the business together for 35 years.

Most customers have been coming to Jimmys for decades. "Mrs. Jimmy" takes orders, but Jimmy already knows what his regulars want.

Jimmy and Mrs. Jimmy stick with the Greek mentality that if you like their food and eat a lot of it, you like them.

Lunch at Jimmys is a tradition, even for residents who have moved away. Whenever they visit the area, they visit Jimmys.

Jimmy's original cash register still totals the bill, $2.00 per dog nowadays.

Customers know closing day is near. They will all miss Jimmy, and his dogs.

The Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Team, takes care of a 325 pound Green Sea turtle at the Stranding Center, the team rescue the turtle, named "Tiki", from an entanglement in the waters off Dam Neck, in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

A rope had pinched off the circulation to her right flipper.

Wendy Walton, Lisa Wright, and Christina Trapani with the Stranding Response Team care for the 325 pound Green Sea turtle at the stranding center.

Wendy Walton with the Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response next to Tiki, a 325 pound Green sea turtle as the turtle is released on the beach of the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge. 

Tiki, a 325 pound Green sea turtle is released on the beach of the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Photograph of what is called a turtle crawl, it's hard for a sea turtle to sneak onto shore to nest, they weight upwards of 150 pounds. Since their legs are made for swimming the best they can do on land is a belly flop and crawl. The tracks they leave are quite distinctive. This crawl appeared at Back Bay national Wildlife Refuge were a nest was found.

Loggerhead sea turtle eggs on the beach at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge before being move to the Back Bay nursery site behind the dunes.

Loggerhead sea turtle eggs being move to the Back Bay nursery site behind the dunes.

Loggerhead sea turtle eggs being move to the Back Bay nursery site behind the dunes.

Loggerhead sea turtle eggs being move to the Back Bay nursery site behind the dunes.

Loggerhead sea turtle eggs being move to the Back Bay nursery site behind the dunes.

Patrick Hegge, was an intern with Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, here he works to help move a loggerhead nest to the Back Bay nursery site behind the dunes.

Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge moved a loggerhead sea turtle nest to the Back Bay nursery site behind the dunes.

Loggerhead sea turtle breaks through the surface of the sand at the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge nursery site behind the dunes.

Volunteers help biologist move Loggerhead Sea Turtle hatchlings down to the water edge at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, after the turtles hatched from the nursery site behind the dunes.

No. 62 half out of the sand, completely upright as it makes it way out from under the sand after 60 days at the nursery site on the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge. 61 loggerhead turtles had hatch ahead of it, now the small turtle would start it's beach crawl and 40 mile swim offshore.

I have worked with the Bay Back biologists, who help protect local sea turtle populations, for the last two years. Each season, they monitor nests along the Virginia coastline. When Tropical Storm Hanna threatened a Loggerhead sea turtle nest in the Sandbridge part of Virginia Beach, the biologists decided to excavate the nest. There were over 20 hatchlings under the sand, which were released immediately. Hatchlings usually emerge during the night. Previously, I had only photographed them using red filters. This time I enjoyed the rare opportunity of photographing them in daylight. Here one makes it way to the ocean.

Tattoo of a loggerhead sea turtle on the leg of Christina Trapani, Assistant Stranding Response Coordinator of the Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Program.

Dead sea turtle found on the beach in the sandbridge section of Virginia Beach, Virginia.

During the necropsy of an endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle, a small piece of latex balloon was found. Released balloons and other ocean debris can be harmful to wildlife when ingested or entangled.

Members of the Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Team take measurements of a dead turtle found on the beach, the turtle most likely died from a boat strike.

The CT scan of Wolverine, an injured loggerhead sea turtle being rehabilitated at the Virginia Aquarium in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The scan took place, at the Sentara Independence Advanced Imaging Center in Virginia Beach. The Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Team wanted to check the extent of the turtles injury.

This x-ray was taken of a loggerhead sea turtle that had an apparent boat strike to the head. After many neurological issues and nine months of rehabilitation, "Crack Head Fred" was released back into the wild with a satellite transmitter and is apparently doing well.

A turtle named Robin Leech being help by Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Team, a lethargic and emaciated loggerhead covered with barnacles and leeches, found floating in the Hampton River. The turtle died shortly after this photo was taken.

Wendy Walton and Maggie Cook with the Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Team, treat Atlantis, a loggerhead sea turtle in their care, with antibiotics at the stranding center in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Wendy Walton and Maggie Cook with the Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Team, help feed Atlantis, a loggerhead sea turtle in their care, at the stranding center in Virginia Beach, Virginia,

Crush of Ares a Loggerhead sea turtle at the Virginia Aquarium Marine Animal Care Center, in Virginia Beach, Virginia takes a look as the Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Team prepare some of the turtles that have been rehabbed at the center for release.

The Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Team weighing a Loggerhead sea turtle that was rehabbed at the Virginia Aquarium Marine Animal Care Center, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and is ready for release.

Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Team released three rehabilitated sea turtles today, into the Chesapeake Bay near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. Two loggerhead sea turtles and one Kemp's ridley were released.

Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Team released three rehabilitated sea turtles, into the Chesapeake Bay near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. 

Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Team released three rehabilitated sea turtles today, into the Chesapeake Bay near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. Two loggerhead sea turtles and one Kemp's ridley were released.

Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Team released a rehabilitated sea turtle into the Chesapeake Bay.