Photographs like you've never seen before! That's quite a claim. Many visitors to my Gatlinburg Gallery near the Smoky Mountains, or who come into my booth at an art fair, exclaim something like "Oh my gosh! These look three-dimensional! They jump off the page....
Try the Sky Lift for Great Smoky Mountains Photos!
The Sky Lift in downtown Gatlinburg (near stoplight #8) offers great opportunities for dramatic Smoky Mountains photos. The ride itself is a fun activity, but the vistas of the mountains and the town of Gatlinburg are fabulous! The photos above and below are examples...
Roaring Fork Motor Trail Opens for the Season Today!
One of my favorite places in the Smoky Mountains opens today after the annual winter closure. The Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail is a goldmine for pictures. Pioneer homesteads, amazing moss-covered boulders, waterfalls, and trails. On a typical year, I will go...
Poster Preview!
I've been working on a couple of poster designs for the coming year. Have never done a poster before ... since there will be a print run of 1000 copies, I'll start with just these two. Of course the actual posters won't have the white border like these blog images....
Festival of Trees
Happy Friday everyone! I recently took a break from our craft fair and stopped in at the Gatlinburg Festival of Trees, at the Mills Center just after Thanksgiving. In the picture above you might be able to see my reflection in the ornament, with the trees all around...
Echoes of Autumn
It's Friday in Gatlinburg once again, and you know what that means. (enter the word "Friday" in the search box to the right if you're new around here) I love this time of year. I think of it as "echoes of autumn." The trees are nearly bare, but still there are a few...
Maple Cascade
Are we tired of these glorious autumn scenes? It will soon be over, but for now the feast for the eyes continues! This one is along the Little River in the Great Smoky Mountains, between Metcalf Bottoms and Tremont. And from the same area, the pleasing reflections...
Gentle Journeys
Can't get enough of the autumn roads in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The above scene was along the Roaring Fork Motor Trail just outside Gatlinburg. The one below is along the Little River Road between the Sugarlands Visitor Center and Cades Cove, just...
Twin Boulders
This picture holds a special place in my heart. In 2002 I began to think about Smoky Mountain photography as a serious endeavor, and Twin Boulders was one of the very first images that I printed in a large size. I was very proud of it -- the flowing water was captured...
Covered Bridge over the Little Pigeon River
The Smoky Mountain area is not known for its covered bridges. This one was built fairly recently. The bridge spans the Little Pigeon River just downstream from where it runs out of the Park in the Greenbrier section. It's a nice, peaceful spot for swimming or...
Remembering the Guinea Hens
The guinea hens above were relaxing on a bridge just outside the Big Creek entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I stopped to take their picture, and listening to their distinctive guinea hen cackling, I remembered raising some of these crazy birds back...
Best Lemonade in the Smokies!
Here's a tip for those hot summer days touring around the Great Smoky Mountains National Park: the best lemonade is over in Mt. Sterling near the entrance to the Big Creek section of the Park. It's a bit of an effort to get to this lemonade stand, but it could be...