A nice day at the old mill

I made it back to the old mill in Pigeon Forge the other day and managed to get some more beautiful photos. The big surprise was when I was leaving and a couple of nice looking Hot Rods showed up as they stopped in to grab some lunch. I've not posted the mill shots yet, But there are a few nice pictures of the two hot rods posted on my Flickr site. You can get to those by clicking the My photos link on the right side of this page or you can go to (www.flickr.com/photos/paul-clack/). By the time you get there I may have a couple shots of the mill up as well. This weekend will offer a opportunity to see a civil war reenactment in Knoxville. This will give me a chance to take some good action photos and capture the dress and lifestyle of people of that time. I'm looking forward to sharing photos from that event with you. As usual I'll leave a photo for you all to critique. This time I'm only leaving you one shot, so visit the flickr site to see them all.

Point N Shoot cameras

Two days after the Dogwoods Arts Festival Chalk Walk, We had a training Meetup on Lightroom 4 and the new changes. This class was also at the Market Square were I was able to see some of the finished chalk art. The only thing I had on me was my point n shoot camera. This just goes to show you that a point and shoot camera can take photos just as good as the big expensive ones. So if you don't have a lot of money but want to take up photography, Go for it. Here's another tip. Lets say you've taken your pictures but they just need a little adjusting. You don't have to spend hundreds of dollars to accomplish this either. There are a lot of free editing softwares out there. The one I've used in the past is Picasa from Google. I was able to do the basics with it and my photos came out looking great.
So it all comes down to your desire to take good photos that you want to share with family and friends. Practice the fundamentals and have a great time.
Here are a couple of shots from my Point N Shoot.

Dogwood Arts Chalk Walk.

What a wonderful day! Knoxville Tennessee's annual Dogwood Arts Festival is in full swing all month and today was the Chalk Walk in down towns Market Square. The day started out pretty nice and everyone was progressing well with their artwork. Suddenly we got hit by a downpour. The rain lasted a while and was coming down hard at times. They talked about doing it tomorrow but the weather finally cleared up. So some diehards stayed to finish their work, The rest will return tomorrow to finish. I will say that everybody there was smiling and just having a great time. This was one of the best Meetups I've been to. As I always do, I'll leave you all a few photos. But don't forget that you can see many more on my flickr site which is linked on the right side of the page. Remember to take those photos so the memories will last forever.

A little color.

While I was out the other day, I was looking around for some more photography opportunities since I always take my camera with me when I'm out. The sky started to get overcast so I really wasn't looking for any landscape shoots. Don't get me wrong clouds can often add a lot of contract to your photo and increase the appeal. But this just wasn't what I was looking for. I wanted something that reflected spring time. As I drove by a Home Depot parking lot and saw all the plants. I knew that this was what I wanted. As always I put some on the Flickr site but will share a couple of them here. I hope you enjoy these and have a wonderful spring.

Knoxville Museum of Art

We all got together for another meet up this last weekend at the local art museum. everyone had a great time and we had a lot of creativity out of the group. I don't think I've posted any on the flickr site yet but there will be some very soon. Our next meet up will be at Fort Loudoun on the 14th. This was a British fort from the 1600s. There will be the raising of the colors, Artillery drills and Musket drills. this should be a great photography opportunity. I'll leave you wit a couple of the museum shots and you can go to my photos on the right of this page to see more. As always, keep shooting and have a great time.

Photography's been great.

Well as the title says, Meetups and events have been great lately. This month I've been to the Museum of Art and Circle G Ranch. Circle G is a wildlife ranch with a petting zoo and a one hour tour over the grounds. As usualI have loaded some of the animal photos on the Flickr site that you can get to by clicking on my photos on the right side of the page. The Museum photos will be posted after April 7th. Here are a couple shots from the ranch.

Lost opportunity

Just when all the photographing is going wild, I whined up missing a great opportunity. For weeks I've been waiting to go to Fall creek falls here in east Tennessee. The meet up group went there and have submitted over 200 photos. I wound up with very little sleep and excessive pain so I could not get out to go. Well this was a big letdown for me, But I will not let my health stop me from getting to the next meet up. That's it for now sorry there is no photos to share with you this week. Keep checking in and I'll have some great photos coming up from the local museum.
Keep reading and keep shooting those pictures.