After three straight weeks of incredible conditions at workshops it has happened again, in the Smokies!!!  We had great color,  full streams, nice misty overcast, and fog.  Last night the forecast for snow got more serious and we all were hoping for enough to just at least dust the trees with some color left, we had no idea what a blessing was in store.  We got up this morning and there was very little snow in Townsend, but we got word from friends that all the major gates in the park were closed and locked so we knew they had gotten snow up high!  We decided to drive over on 321 and see if we could find anything.  By the time we got half way there we realized the snow band was heavy and just getting started near the park.  We drove through Pigeon Forge and out to Greenbrier where we found wonderful conditions.  We shot all morning and found 4 to 6  inches of snow even down low!  Hope you enjoy these as much as I did shooting them!

 

 

 

This has been a great group and wow, what shooting opportunities!  Next Stop Nelson Ghost Town!

 

Blessings,

 

the pilgrim

 

 

This morning we took our group to Treemont and the conditions and light were perfect again!  The group had a lot of fun shooting water scenes.  I get tickled at non-photographers who comment that they sure bet we wish it was a bright blue sky, sunny day!!  Little do they realize that a light drizzle and heavy overcast may be the best weather and light for shooting fall foliage.  Today’s light really worked but it is turning very cold int he Smokies.   They are calling for snow tomorrow!!!!  Can’t wait to see that, snow on fall leaves in the Smokies, wow, how good can it get!

 

 

 

 

If we get the snow, you will see it here!!!!

 

 

Blessings,

 

the pilgrim

 

*Photo Note:  everything this week – 18-135 Fuji zoom

 

Our Heavenly Father gave us glorious fog this morning that lasted, lasted and then lasted some more!!  I asked Him in prayer last night to give these people some thing glorious to work with this morning, it was the best, longest lasting fog I’ve ever had here!!!!  Thanks Father, no one serves up light like You!

 

 

 

Glorious, glorious outpouring of his Grace and Love.  What a morning….

 

Blessings,

 

the pilgrim

 

*Photo Note all images Fuji XT-1 and 18-135 lens

 

 

Planning workshops one year in advance can be nerve racking!  Guessing when the fall leaves will turn a year out is, at best, a educated guess!  I’ve done it well, and I’ve done it poorly!  This fall I ran workshops in Brown County Indiana, Acadia N.P. Maine, and now we are in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina!  It’s been a triple play, three in a row!  We had peak color in Brown County and then great just past peak, but beautiful in Acadia, and now the same in the Smokies!  I arrived in Townsend at 9:00 a.m. this morning and was able to scout some of our key locations and was thrilled that the color was holding!  Let me share a few images from the morning shoot!

 

 

 

 

I’d rather live by Grace than count on my own capabilities!

 

Blessings,

 

the pilgrim