The Photograph of the Day is a panoramic view in Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. If you ever visit the GSMNP, make sure you plan a visit to Cades Cove with your camera. The possibilities here seem nearly endless — you can find wildlife, vistas, architecture, macros, close-ups, and textures. It’s a great place to exercise your compositional skills and stretch your...

Over the past two shows I’ve had so many requests for additional panoramas to match the ones on display, that I have put together another small batch of matching panoramas. Yesterday was Narraganset Sunrise. Today’s Photograph of the Day is Grotto Falls in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. This is a fairly easy hike with a rewarding cool (ice cold) pool to dip your feet into when you arrive. If you really want to cool off, a walk behind the waterfall is just the...

This cantilever barn is in Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I have heard two theories of why this barn, and others in East Tennessee, were built this way. The first is that the buildings were taxed based on their footprint, or how much of the building touched the ground. In this case, with the large building supported by two pillars, the footprint is very small compared to the actual building size. The other explanation is threefold. With the large airy top section, the feed stayed dry and did not rot. The large center could hold more farm equipment because there were no posts in...

Today’s Photograph of the Day is the same creek as Thurday’s Photograph of the Day. This time it is presented in a landscape version. This photograph is printed on archival canvas, stretched and ready to hang. You can order this photograph from my website at today’s extraordinary...

Staying with the mountain theme for today. Today’s “Photograph of the Day” is an ice cold creek in the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee. Check my website for prices and...