Panoramas are not the best when viewing them online. Due to the limitations of monitors and web pages, panoramas typically look smaller than they actually are and lose a lot of the scope and scale of the shots. But here is a pano that I took a week ago Sunday. While out with Jerry Denham, Read More …
This is a continuation of a series of posts that I have been writing to help those that are new to photography to learn about the basic settings of their camera. Through these posts I hope to teach you the basic information on how the settings within your camera help to create the best exposure Read More …
Roadside Trees in Cades Cove — The Great Smoky Mountain National Park This shot was taken using a NIKON D5000 at ISO 400, f/10, for 1/250sec
This is a step away from my normal posts, but I found it interesting enough to share it with you. This evening I was spending some time trying some new techniques to some images that I had taken several years ago and came up with the “poster” that you see below. “Do not go where Read More …
This is one of the many horses that were out grazing the morning Jerry Denham and I made our journey to Cades Cove. Out of about 25 horses, this is the only one that took time out of it’s busy day of grazing and relaxing to come say hi to us. This shot was taken Read More …
Facebook is constantly making changes, some times we don’t agree with the changes, but most of the time, the changes are so little, they don’t seem to bother us, for the most part. Facebook doesn’t make it easy to find out about changes, until you either stumble upon them, or millions of people start complaining Read More …
For those that don’t know, Cades Cove is an area within the Smoky Mountains that was once a little community that had settled within this little valley nestled in the middle of the mountains. There is an 11 mile one-way road that circles the valley. Driving around the loop can take some time as everyone Read More …
ISO in photography, is the measure of the camera sensor’s sensitivity of light and is the acronym for the International Organization for Standardization. In older film cameras, ISO was also known as ASA (American Standards Association) but is no longer used when talking about photography with digital sensors. On your camera, your ISO can range Read More …
