When you mention vacationing in Alaska, most folks envision being extremely cold, boarding a cruise ship to see glaciers and beautiful snow capped mountains. It's true, Alaska is all that but so much more! Our 49th state is filled with some of most breathtaking scenery, world class fishing, abundant wildlife for hunting and viewing, and [...]
I like landscape photography, mountains and animals. I kept seeing magazine photos of giant bull elk with huge racks, against a backdrop of mystical mountains. But I thought they were all in the Rocky Mountains and Canadian Rockies and therefore out of reach for an “enthusiastic amateur” like myself. Someday. Maybe. But then…I found out [...]
If you want to escape the sunset crowds at Clingman’s Dome, come back at midnight. The beauty of night photography is that there are no crowds. The downside is that you have to do it at night! Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the night sky is the Milky Way, at least from a landscape [...]
As we all know water can be a very powerful force and this was witnessed last week when a flash flood struck Greenbrier, Cosby Creek and Big Creek in the Great Smoky Mountains. Fortunately, no people were injured. I have spent a lot of very enjoyable times photographing these three streams and I’ve gotten to [...]
First, we want to thank the hundreds of people who have subscribed to the Smoky Mountain Journal of Photography in the few days since its lunch. It is a testament to the wonderful photographers who contributed their work to the first issue on faith and to the many people who love to photograph in the [...]
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