Sunrise University of Tennessee

Water Drops From Rain On Car Window

I used extension tubes on my normal lens to capture the macro world on my window.

Sunset in Shopping Center Parking Lot Maryville Tennessee

Heavy Frost in Cades Cove

Snowy Bridge at Night To University Commons Knoxville Tennessee

Shadows and Street Lights Knoxville Tennessee

Sun Sphere and Convention Center at Night Knoxville Tennessee

Saxophone Musician in Market Square Knoxville Tennessee

I actually turned this black and white photo into a drawing using the filter in photoshop Find Edges. This does not work with most of my images but this image had the right amount of simplified lines to pull it off.

West Prong Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Red Out of focus Christmas Lights

Any time you put a light source out of focus it will ballon up in size. This works well when doing close up work with the sun in the background. Remember that you have to take the camera off auto focus in order to do this trick.

Graffiti Color Saturated Wall Knoxville Tennessee

Stink Bug Painted With a Small Flash Light

It was late in the evening just starting to get dark when I noticed a stink bug on a bright red dogwood leave.  There was not much light to really see detail.  I thought maybe a flash light could help. I painted the bug with my  small flash light with the camera set on f-18 at 5 seconds and ISO 100. Check out the antennae the only thing that shows any movement in the long exposure. Of course I used a very sturdy tripod and hoped for no wind.

Christmas Tree Lights Through a Mug

Starry Night in Blount County Tennessee

Photo Information- Camera on tripod 15mm lens f-5.6 at 25 seconds with ISO set at 2500

Painting with a Flash Light in My Lighting Class at Pellissippi

Tremont West Prong Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Night Shot on My Street with Flashlight

Early Morning on Melton Hill Lake with Geese

After Photography Class at Pellissippi

In the Rain Closing Time at Sullivan's Maryville Tennessee

Closeup of Dew in Cades Cove

Spring in Knoxville

West Prong Tremont Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Mill at Cades Cove Great Smoky Mountains National Park

West Prong Tremont Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fern Coves Cade Great Smoky Mountains National Park

The Smithsonian Castle Through the Gates in Washington DC

Woman With Umbrella Market Square Knoxville Tennessee

Parking Lot Pellissippi State Knoxville Tennessee

White House Knoxville Tennessee

Little Girl on Grand Piano

I matched the warm existing light with a studio strobe  with a warming filter  to reveal more detail of the piano.

Sun Setting Behind Trees in Back Yard

I alway say you do not need to go far to find subjects worthy of photographing. Jut get off the couch and go outside with your camera.

Milky Way Foothills Parkway Tennessee

The Milky Way from Foothills Parkway  is one of the best places to star gaze in Blount County because of the absents of street lights.

Interior of John B. Begley Chapel Lindsey Wilson College Columbia KY

I used my Go Pro Black edition in order to get a wide angle view inside this beautiful chapel in Kentucky.

Cades Cove Spring

Cades Cove in the spring under stormy weather. Great time to be there with a camera.

Teaching Breaststroke at the University of Tennessee

Breaststroker Brad Craig is surrounded by swimmers' legs at UT. Repeated shapes of legs and lane rope with the effect of a long lens (200mm) compacting information (lane ropes in background seem to be very close together)  helps to make an interesting image.

Volunteer Ave. On the Campus of the University of Tennessee

Ford Mustang RED

Sky Reflections on a Chevy

1959 BUICK

Swim Photo Stops action

What I like about sports photography is you capture something not seen normally as you watch. In this image high shutter speed stopped the action to reveal a roaring moment.

More Great Clouds in the Sky Over Coulter School in Maryville Tennessee

Evening light with stormy sky is an great combination when looking for interesting subjects with a camera. Just watch out for lightning.

The Sky Tonight Was Beautiful

Being outside with a camera on a night like tonight is wonderful. I watched the sky for about about 2 hours and kept shooting this light and cloud show. 80 mm lens white balance set for daylight.

Man Made Structure in Wesley Woods

Downtown Maryville Tennessee

I set my tripod at a low angle ISO 200. White Balance Tungten, f-22 at 30 seconds.

View From Maryville College Bridge

I used a tripod on this one. It was a 3 second exposure which recorded the taillights and headlights of traffic on Lamar Alexander Parkway. The long exposure captured the light trails while leaving the cars  invisible. The camera's white balance was set on tungsten and the ISO was 200. 

Maryville College Walking Bridge in the Moon Light

In the fall of last year I took my photography class on a field trip through Maryville. This image was made on the Maryville College Bridge over Lamar Alexander Parkway. I used a tripod with a 15 second exposure which gave me enough time to paint the bridge with a flash light. I set the camera at ISO 200 and used the tungsten setting for white balance.

Purple Light and Shadows Downtown Maryville

I used a tripod. Settings- f-8  1 sec. ISO 100 White Balance Tungsten . The crazy color came from the window lights from a store front.

Palace Theater Maryville Tennessee

Nothing better than a cool night in March to shoot in downtown Maryville with my Pellissippi Photography class. My camera was on a tripod 15mm lens, ISO 100, f-8, 2 seconds, white balance tungsten.

White Balance Custom for Canon

Links that may help you set your white balance when using a Canon D-SLR

http://cpn.canon-europe.com/content/education/masterclass/custom_white_balance.do

http://www.ehow.com/how_2258690_set-custom-white-balance-canon.html