• landscape,  National Parks

    Jim Bales Place

    April 10, 2009

     

    Jim Bales Place
    Jim Bales Place

    Housing sure has changed over the years. The houses I was raised in was so different than what I raised my family in and their houses are different also. We can go back each generation and see the changes in houses. A smile comes across my face as I look at this image of Jim Bales place in the Great Smoky Mountains. Probably too small for most Americans way of living: no running water or electricity, therefore no microwave, TV, desk lamp, hot water or crapper. Probably would stay on the market too long. And, where’s the 3-car garage?

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  • landscape,  National Parks,  Photography

    Lightpainting

    March 27, 2009
    Barn in Tetons
    Barn in Tetons

    Back in 2003 I took a DLSW workshop with photographers Moose Peterson and Vincent Versace and Dave Black. This workshop was taken in Jackson, Wyoming  and our shooting was done in the nearby Teton Mountains. One evening we were given an opportunity to experience light painting, something new to me at the time.  They took us out to this barn located on Antelope Road just outside of Jackson. I would venture to say most photographers will have a photo of this barn somewhere in their portfolio. Anyway, the image was made after sunset with our cameras mounted on a tripod and an exposure from 20-30 seconds. We all would press our shutters on the count of three then Moose would run around in front of us shinning these lights on the barn creating our exposures. If you are interested in some very good images using this technique please visit Dave Blacks site.

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  • National Parks,  sunrises

    Sunrise at Foothills Parkway

    November 20, 2008
    Sunrise Along Skyline Drive
    Sunrise Along Foothills Parkway

    I’ve found searching our archives to be a good learning experience to touchup a few of these images using the tools and experience we have learned over the past. In October of 2003 a friend and fellow photographer, Jeff Svoboda, and I made a week long trip to the Smoky Mountains. He had been there before and knew where to go and where to stay. If you have never visited the Smoky Mountains I suggest you put it on your list of places to visit. Taken along Foothills Parkway.

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