by William Britten | Jul 5, 2012 | Featured Photos, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Dogwood Rain is one of my most enduring Smoky Mtns photos. This shot was taken along the Middle Prong in the Tremont area of the Smokies, which is one of my favorite locations. The photograph was taken in a light drizzle, umbrella in hand. With the rainy mist hanging...
by William Britten | Jul 2, 2012 | wallpaper
Another free Smoky Mountains computer wallpaper or screensaver. Also would be a good background for the iPad. The photo above was taken on Hyatt Lane in Cades Cove on a beautiful summer morning. This photo, and all other Smoky Mountains wallpaper, can be downloaded...
by William Britten | Jun 23, 2012 | Gatlinburg, History of the Smokies
These pictures were taken by Dutch Roth. The text from his journal below describes the fascinating history in the early days of Smoky Mountains tourism, when Gatlinburg was barely a destination on the edge of the mountains. “So many of our hikes used to begin...
by William Britten | Jun 21, 2012 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park
John Oliver was a pioneer who built his log cabin around 1826 in the Cades Cove area of the Great Smoky Mountains. The homestead is typical of the time with logs trimmed with a broad ax, fit together with dovetail corner joints, and the cracks filled in with a mortar...
by William Britten | Jun 16, 2012 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Photography Tips
Lately I’ve become hooked on black and white conversions. A couple of weeks ago I posted some black and white Smoky Mountains photos from Cades Cove. Today’s offerings are from along the Roaring Fork. In the digital era the camera’s sensor records...