Hometownsevier.com News Update featuring Zorb, Bungy Jumping, Skyflyer and Planking hosted by Jenna Bee. Filmed at the Track – Family Fun Center and Zorb – Globe Riding both located in Action Packed Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. CONTEST!!! Send in your planking photos and you could win an extreme prize pack!!!! Email us your planking photos to adam@thomasgrouponline.com or post them to our wall on Facebook and you could win passes for   Read More ...

There are a number of things that can improve your images while in the field and during post-processing of your files. Not every situation will allow you to use all of these suggestions and in many situations you will find it hard to use only a few of them. Most of this applies towards photographing still images where you have time to setup the shot. Using a Tripod Unless you   Read More ...

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Photoshop offers a few methods of sharpening images under the filter drop-down menu but there is a better way to sharpen your images.  Photoshops high pass filter can be used to sharpen your photographs and bring out the fine details in the image. To start, open an image in Photoshop that you would like to sharpen.  Duplicate the background layer and with the duplicated layer selected go to Filters->Other->High Pass.    Read More ...

Online stock photography websites have grown in the last few years as one of the easiest ways that photographers can get into to make a few extra bucks.  Because of this, the competition is getting pretty fierce.  The large stock photography sites now have several million photos online and they can be downloaded for just very cheap sometimes less than a dollar for a photograph. Since so many photographers are   Read More ...

For anyone who has seen her photography knows that Knoxville’s own Lori Hensley has taken what once was a basic photograph and has made it into a visual dream that tells stories of not only the subject and its contents, but what’s behind the eye of her extraordinary creativity. Lori’s photography enables unimaginable journeys, breaks the barrier between real and surreal, and is beauty at its finest through the lens   Read More ...

I’ve been learning more about real estate photography recently which is a whole other animal from landscape photography.  One common practice is exposure blending (HDR) which I used in this shot of my kitchen. To get this shot I metered the brightest point and the darkest point and then shot in 2 stop intervals to get a series of images that I could use for exposure blending.  The software I   Read More ...

Because of the recent time change for daylight savings time getting up in the morning to catch the sunrise just got an hour earlier.  Arriving at Clingman’s Dome before 7am and an hour and a half drive meant getting up pretty early in the morning.  I didn’t have a lot of time this weekend so I only spent about 40 minutes at Clingman’s Dome. The sky was mostly clear and   Read More ...

Clingmans Dome is one of the most popular spots in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and for good reason: the view is spectacular.  A good time to be there is before sunrise.  The fog rolls over the mountains as the sun comes up creating an amazing scene.  My first visit to Clingmans Dome was a good one as I walked away with over 150 shots to sift through later   Read More ...

A hike on Alum Cave Trail by Brad Proctor This past week I had the chance to visit the Great Smoky Mountains National Park once again during its most popular time of year.  The leaves are beginning to change especially in the higher altitudes which make for fantastic photo opportunities.  For this trip I decided to take a hike on Alum Cave Trail.  As one of the most popular trails   Read More ...