Cades Cove On the north side of the park liesCades Cove, a lovely area of open pastures and preserved homes and churches, now filled with grazing deer, and choked most days with lines of cars touring its narrow tree-lined lanes. Cades Cove, Great Smoky National Park. September, 2000Photographed with a Hasselblad XPan and 90 mm lens on Provia 100F It's possible that … [Read more...]

America's Most Beautiful Highway? TheBlue Ridge Parkwaywhich runs for 469 miles between the states ofVirginiaandNorth Carolinais arguably one of the country's most scenic roads. It runs along the ridge of the southernAppalachiansand connectsShenandoah National Parkin the north toGreat Smoky Mountainsin the south. Though not a National Park itself, it is administered by … [Read more...]

Clingmans Dome Sun. Great Smoky Mountains NP. September, 2000Photographed with a Rollei 6008 and 300mm Schneider lens on Provia 100F.For details on how this photograph was made (and almost wasn't), clickhere. "Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery." — John Ruskin The Story During September and October 2000 I was working out of … [Read more...]

Brasstown Bald Lookout, Union County, Georgia. September 2000Photographed with a Hasselblad XPan and 90mm lens on Provia 100F. The highest point in the state ofGeorgiaisBrasstown Bald, located about 45 minutes from the town ofHelen. This photograph was taken from the parking lot looking westward, about a half hour before sunset. There is a fantastic observation platform … [Read more...]

Great Smoky National Park and The Blue Ridge Parkway During the third week in October, 2000 my friend and fellow landscape photographerSteve Kossackand I spent three wonderful days photographing fall colour inGreat Smokyand along the lower end of theBlue Ridge Parkway. Though I'd been photographing the area for a couple of months prior due to an enforced stay in Atlanta, I … [Read more...]