During a trip last year to a cabin located in Roan Mountain State Park, my family and I took a hike to Laurel Falls on Pond Mountain This shot was taken using a NIKON D5000 at ISO 400, f/10, for 1/200sec
I don’t think this waterfall has a particular name, not one that I can find anyway. This is a waterfall that can sometimes be seen to the right of Bald River Falls. This is a very tall waterfall that cascades down the very steep mountainside. This waterfall falls into a small pool and then trickles Read More …
This is the final post in my series on the basics of The Exposure Triangle. So far in this series, I have discussed the basics of what The Exposure Triangle is, and two of the three points of the triangle, ISO and Aperture. All that leaves is the final point to the triangle, the Shutter Read More …
Giddyup This shot was taken using a NIKON D5000 at ISO 200, f/6.3, for 1/20sec
This is a small fall from part of the larger known Conasauga Falls. It’s always a given that in the list of shots to take while at a water fall, is the whole waterfall, but often overlooked are the different sections of the waterfall. Each section has it’s own personality. They flow and react differently Read More …
Lakeside Tree Today is the first day of real winter weather in East Tennessee. We’ve experienced three full days of nothing but rain and today is the fourth and final day of just dreary weather all around. While the kids are out of school tomorrow due to the snow that has fallen in and around Read More …
Dragging the Shutter This is by no means to be a technical article on how this all works, but I just wanted to spend a few minutes talking about a photography technique, sometimes called “Dragging the Shutter”, but also know as “Rear Curtain Sync”. This is a technique that can help with in some circumstances Read More …
I was just going through some very old photos that were taken with a point and shoot camera, prior to getting my current setup. I came arcoss 5 images of Burgess Falls in Central Tennessee and noticed that they were shot for the sole purpose of combining them into a panorama. So I fired up Read More …
