Smoky Mountains Day 3

I thought today was going to be a wash after getting caught in a hail storm. I was about to give up and go back to camp with how late it was getting and I was almost out of gas. Luckily the storm passed quickly I was able to make it to a gas station with time to head up the mountain. I was able to get a few shots off of the sunset. I shot the last of the color slides that I brought with me. So for the rest of this week I am shooting black and white film.

Great Smoky Mountains Day 2

Today I took it a little easy. Didn't do much hiking had to have some time for my body to recover from yesterdays extravaganza. I also decided to work on a little personal side project of photographing folk artist with the works. Today I photographed a couple of wood carvers in Towmsend and Wears Valley. Tomorrow I am planning to get an early start get some landscape photos then I am going to head down to Pigeon Forge to photograph some quilt makers, and go to an art league to get some more leads on some other local folk artist. Tomorrow should be a fun day.

Great Smoky Mountains Day 1

Day 1 in the Great Smoky Mountains. I felt like taking a week and shoot film, so I loaded up my 4x5 camera and hit the road. It is a nice change to slow down and take my time. Unfortunately the long hike caring a heavy pelican case was a tough one. Images will be posted once I get them processed and scanned. When I get back home I will begin work on my first video tutorial. It is going to be on using channels and blend modes to edit images. Using this method will help you to start separating tonality from color when working with your images in post. It will also teach you a little known tool in Photoshop called Apply Image, and will be a brief introduction to using LAB mode for improving and enhancing color. Keep an eye out for that.

1st Blog Post Ever!!!

For my first post I figured I would just post some of my more recent work. Some of it is heavy Photoshop work, and a little of straight photography.

 A composite depicting the destruction of the Pennacle building in Nashville TN.

 Taken at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville AL.

 Belle Meade Plantation Nashville TN.

 Robert's Western World Nashville TN.

 Legends Corner Nashville TN.

 Random guy on the street in Nashville TN.

 Self Portrait 1, I was looking at a lot of surrealism when I made this.

 Self Portrait II, I didn't have a Halloween costume so I made one in Photoshop.