Banakas | Photography

This shot was taken using a NIKON D5000 at ISO 200, f/25, for 1/160sec A Cataloochee Sunrise – The Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Normally I only post one image inside of a post, but this time I decided to share a gallery of images from the Freaky Friday Fright Night put on by the City of Farragut, Tennessee. [print_gllr id=6487]

This shot was taken using a NIKON D5000 at ISO 200, f/5.6, for 1/80sec Hayett Road Cades Cove, The Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Face Changing Face-changing or “bian lian” in Chinese, is an important sub-genre of Chinese Sichuan opera. Performers wear brightly colored costumes and move to a quick, dramatic music. They also wear vividly colored masks, typically depicting well known characters from the opera, which they change from one face to another almost instantaneously with the swipe   Read More …

I’m Still Here As the title says, I’m still here. I’ve been very busy over the past few months, but that doesn’t mean I’ve been slacking on the photography. I’ve been working on a few projects and trying new things in photography. As you know, if you’ve been following me for the past few months,   Read More …

I have just released my first calendar. Available now for purchase is a beautiful 12 month 2014 calendar. The calendar consists of images that I have taken from around the East Tennessee area over the past several years. Think of this as a hand-picked collection of some of my favorite images from around East Tennessee.   Read More …

This shot was taken using a NIKON D5000 at ISO 200, f/5, for 1/60sec This is a shot of “The Tree” found in Cades Cove. I know that sounds pretty vague considering there are beautiful trees all throughout Cades Cove and the Smoky Mountains. But this tree is in a field just past Hyatt Lane   Read More …

Udvar-Hazy Center Udvar-Hazy Center near Dulles Airport in Chantilly Virginia, is part of the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum. For Purchase All my shots are available for print and purchase. Please contact me at banakas@banakasdesigns.com for more information.