Wolf Pen Gap, White County, Georgia. September 2000Photographed with a Hasselblad XPan and 45mm lens on Provia 100F. While there are a number of well known locales appropriate for landscape photography in this area I am always on the lookout for the quiet unknown locations that allow for the creation of unique images. This spot along State Road 180 was encountered because … [Read more...]

Clingmans Domeis the highest point inGreat Smokyand is located about a half hour drive from the town ofCherokee. There is an observation platform about a half hour's hike up from the parking lot but it's possible to get great sunset shots right from where you park. The view to the east is obstructed, so for sunrise the turn-out partway up the 7 mile road fromNewfound Gapis the … [Read more...]

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...]