Banakas | Photography

Fort Loudoun as seen from the bottom of the hill inside of the walls.

This is a shot of Burgess Falls in Central Tennessee. On this particular trip, I didn’t have the time I needed to get to the bottom and get the shot I was really after. But becasue the park was closing, this area was not as crowded as it normally can be. This shot was taken   Read More …

Tennessee Countryside I was driving down one of the many back roads found around this area and came across an interesting field, surrounded by forests and nothing but rolling hills and horses. The sun was going down and I was able to pull off to the side of the road and take a few shots   Read More …

Fort Loudoun Barracks

The Hiwassee River flows 147 miles from the mountains in North Carolina to the Tennessee River. This river is a popular destination for whitewater rafter, whitewater canoeing, and kayaking. Depening on the water levels, the rapids range from Class I to Class III. This particular area of the river was interesting to me, as there   Read More …

On Saturday, I was speaking to my wife, who is currently in Thailand learning traditional Thai Massage for her business MASSAGE by Terrah Banakas, and I was telling her how I wanted to get out somewhere to get some photos of a sunset, since sunrises and sunsets just make great photos even more awesome. She   Read More …

This is a view of Fort Loudoun on a cloudless fall day.

The other day, I took my kids out to Fort Loudoun State Park for a walk around the fort. Upon walking through the gate to the fort, I saw this squirl run up the logs that create the surrounding wall of the fort. He hung out at the top as if he were on the   Read More …