Featured Image
Sunflowers are in full bloom at the Trask Family Farms Sunflower Maze at 3650 Blue Clay Road in Castle Hayne. Tickets are required to walk the 9-acre maze. Photo: Mark Courtney
Sponsor Spotlight
Follow the sun
About Mark Courtney
Mark Courtney is a freelance photojournalist and avid surfer and stand-up paddleboarder. He has worked as a photographer and photo editor for two midsized daily newspapers for more than 30 years. He has done freelance photography for publications including Sports Illustrated, Rolling Stone, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and other newspapers and magazines as well as corporate clients. He regularly paddles his SUP on the salt marshes behind Masonboro Island, Wrightsville Beach and Figure Eight Island.
