Frozen Fog Great Smoky Mountains National Park

The interesting thing about a very cold winter in the Smoky Mountains is the possibility of fog freezing on the trees. It usually happens in the morning hours so getting up early is required. I love morning light so that is not a problem for me. Notice the fog did not cover all of the trees because the wind moves the fog randomly. In the mountains the wind can be very unpredictable. I shoot it with my 4x5 Golan camera using Fuji chrome 50 sheet film.  

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Little River in Black and White

This photo was taken with my 6x7 Pentax using a tripod. Fuji chrome 50 film was used with a 50mm lens set at f-22 with a exposure of 2 seconds. With this camera I always had to lock up the mirror in order to keep the image sharp. I scanned the transparence then used photoshop to convert the image to a black and white by using only the green channel. I then converted the image back to RGB so I could add a warm red tint to the image. The 6 x 7 format made it possible to go very large on prints. This image was displayed at Deer Park Inn for about a year and was sold at galleries in Asheville North Carolina.

Reflections in Downtown Maryville

This photo was made during the Basic Photography class I teach at Pellissippi. We had an urban field trip in downtown Maryville working on night photography skills . I used a tripod with a 1.3 second exposure f-25 ISO 3200.

Shadows on University of Tennessee Campus Knoxville

Reflections on University of Tennessee Knoxville Campus

Chattanooga At Night

Chattanooga Warm Evening Light

Leaves Traveling Down a Small Water Fall in Knoxville Tennessee

Red Barn and Thunderheads Blount County Tennessee

Looking Out My Wind Shield a Jet Flies Up

Sitting in The Middle of The Street University of Tennessee

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