This is an Asheville City Park. Called Carrier Park. It was a short NASCAR track until 1999, now the slightly banked track is for bicycles and runners. Good for either morning or evening light, pictured here with evening. There is a bridge up over making the center handicapped accessible, from which this photo is taken. Would be pretty easy to get permission from city for this spot.
This is the Wedge Brewery, on nice days, the entire area beyond the orange plastic chain is filled with drinkers. Good evening light, which is pictured here. Potential really cool shot if we can get cars up close and light building just after sunset?
Harvest Records and my crappy Honda. Morning light shot.
This picture does not really do the location justice, this was a free grafiti zone until recently, now the owner has been shamed into enforcing trespassing laws, but will give permission to use it... the wall is about 8 ft high and very colorful. Good access for cars, active train tracks to the right
This is the "Dirty Dancing" hotel at Lake Lure, NC. the street in front could possibly be used. They have not yet returned my calls. Upside to this is the hotel, downside is it is public streets, and would be more diffucult to control traffic.
this is from Lake James, which is a State Park. I am waiting to hear back from the Superintendant about use, it is about 1 hour east of Asheville. I am still searching for another lake. This one, if the park goes along, which I think they will... Last of the Mohicans was filmed here would be good to do early morning, then a short run up to the Parkway, which if it is open (weather/funding, whatever) could be a nice drive back to Asheville for a mid-day shoot.

I have been to Lake James, but can't find any of my images right now... there is at least 100 miles of shorline road there http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_James


This is the original Mast General Store in Valle Crusis, NC... about 1.5 hour north of Asheville on the Blue Ridge Parkway. They also have a big store in downtown Asheville, which was what we discussed on the phone today. I will dig up a pic of that ASAP.
And of course, we have downtown. City Hall on right, County on right.... this is evening light
if you wanted a music/lifestyle/night shot... this was with one hand held speedlight on stick, more lights would be very cool here. There is plenty of room for two cars, and have the crowd, which gets thicker mill around them. Would need security here, there is a scumbag element working each show, I belive the Orange Peel would cooperate. They have shows Wed and Thurs, and the crowd should be okay.
This is the downtown Asheville Mast Store, sorry about the fisheye, only lens I had with me at the time....this is early morning, we can get the parking people to reserve us spots in front for a pretty reasonable fee. ugly, but, as we disucssed...mid-day blah blah
the possible shut down of the parkway led me to find a place parkway like, and this is it. bearwallow Mountain south of town... close, a nice drive, lots of views like this, horse farms, fences, hairpin turns... pardon my ugly old honda, just there for scale this is evening light, could work good for early morning too, road is very deserted, we could hire one sheriff deputy and do car to car here easy
one of the hairpins on the way up to bearwallow mt.... we have access to a crane if you wanted to get like right over it this was with a 28, and I think it is the tightest hairpin around
more from the road up to bearwallow... evening light... still kind of brown here, should be greener at shoot time
dunno if you want a church, but this one is really nice and they seem fine to use it this is an evening shot
this bridge is over a nice rushing stream, lots of angles on it... I just liked the trusses, this is evening, morning would be okay here too
another nice scene along the road up to bearwallow
a better bridge in the confines of the Lake James area sunrise... there is a walkway on both sides allowing you to get at pavement level easily
view from Lake James towards mts, that is Linville Gorge, the break in two big ranges
boat ramp at Lake James
Marina at Lake James, lots of road/water shots in this area
Downtown Marion, NC.... very Mayberryish... some good storefront shots, lots of abandonded stuff everything is for rent or sale. sad
then up to the heights, Big Lynn Lodge just off the parkway
one of the cabins at Big Lynn Lodge
Twin Tunnels area on the parkway
can't guarantee it for our shoot, but this morning there was this crazy rime ice on the trees on the north facing slopes