Awesome Trucks

Back on the 18th of May I drove out to Pigeon Forge TN, to see the "All Ford Super nationals" The focus was on Fords F100 series trucks yet there were other cars there as well. It was a warm dummy day and that helped show some of the reflections from those perfect paint jobs. I spent a few hours there and still did not see everything there was to see. As my regular readers know by now, It's all about photography for me. But, Classic cars are a fascination of mine and they always have been ever since I could walk. Well this was great for me to enjoy both of my passions at one time. It's gets even better for me because there are a couple more car shows coming up soon. Once again I'm going to share a couple of my shots with you again. But, as I always say "Please go to the My Photos link on the right and see a large variety of my work". Or Copy and paste the link. http://www.flickr.com/photos/paul-clack/

Reenactment

This past weekend was another great opportunity for some action photo shots. Here in the Knoxville area they had a Civil War reenactment. It showed how they dresses, set up camp, and the way they battled back then. As usual I had a great time making it to another wonderful outdoor event that was unique. There was one down side to this whole thing and that was the pain I had to endure by the end of the visit. I was only there for two and a half hours, But that was a very long time for me to be on my feet these days. Yesterday I received a shot in the back and will have two more rounds of this. The goal is to make the back pain more bearable while lowering the amount of pain relievers that I must take. So that's enough of that. Back to the reenactment. There was so much going on that I managed to take 225 photos while there. This gives me a great number of choices when it comes to finding good photos to post. So here we go as usual I am going to add a couple of pictures here for a sample and if you want to see more, you can click on (my photos) on the right side of this page or follow this link. www.flickr.com/photos/paul-clack/. Thanks again for visiting my passion for photography page.

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.