Photography | Our Marriage Adventure

Cades Cove – Pigeon Forge, TN

October 3, 2012 By Stephanie

If y’all were checking out our Facebook page (if you haven’t you totally should) a couple of weeks ago you’d know that Alex and I took an anniversary trip to Pigeon Forge, TN. One of the places we were able to stop was Cades Cove which is a several mile loop through the Smoky Mountain National Forest. The day we went was overcast, but that fact let me so clearly capture why they are called “The Smoky Mountains.”

The interesting thing about this road is yes, the photo opportunities, but also the fact that unlike many parts of the national forest it is NOT a hike. (Which was mighty convenient given we were doing this visit as we were “driving home” our last day.) No, what Cades Cove is, is a one way road you drive passing past old churches, wild turkeys, and AH-MAZING photo ops. The catch is…your driving. So you have a long line of cars behind you wanting you go gosh darn it.

So my way to resolve this was, for 90% of these images dangle out of the car with my tooshie on my door, Alex driving, my foot looped through the seat belt (for safety…that’s right safety), and the camera and my body leaning over the roof the car. Advantage me! I was able to take shots even if a car was pulled over because my “tripod” was WAY taller.

Luckily there were a few places where many cars could pull over because occasionally we’d get REALLY lucky and see some amazing shots like when we saw these “wild” horses. I don’t honestly know how wild they were given they were in a fenced in area, but then again it was a national forest so I’m not sure what they were. Well beyond gorgeous. They were so clearly gorgeous.

At one point on our drive we did stop and explore a homestead and mill. Both Alex and I felt it was quite imperative to put our noses to the grindstone at this point. We didn’t want anyone to think we were slacking on our vacation!

I would definitely recommend driving through Cades Cove if you ever get the chance partly because not everyone can make a hike and this allows you to see some amazing views from the comfort of your car OR get out and explore a various points and places.

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Wordless Wednesday

May 16, 2012 By Stephanie

This photo sums up how I feel in a lot of ways, and while at first glance it might seem a tad erm….creepy? A tad creepy, yes, if you look at it with the right mindset you’ll see how happy this image really is.

So without further ado (Thanks Savannah, GA Art students for providing me a wonderful graffiti artwork to photograph)!

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Photo A Day {Week 2}

April 20, 2012 By Stephanie

So far I’m doing pretty darn good on this Photo A Day stuff. Here is this weeks recap:

Day 8 is a look inside my wallet

Day 9 is a younger me. Well a younger me I’m willing to share – this is my college graduation photo from 2006.

Day 10 is something cold.

Day 11 is where I eat breakfast. And um I don’t but I drink coffee every morning. Does this count?

Day 12 is a photo of stairs.

Day 13 is something I found. And this is the BEST bumper sticker – pay attention to the heart.

Lastly, Day 14 is how I feel. The night before I took this photo I finished my nice gift from the Easter Bunny.

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My Week in Photos

April 13, 2012 By Stephanie

This has been a crazy week. Seriously y’all, its been freaking nuts. I need to sit down and really flesh out what has been happening in a proper blog post, but in the meantime I thought I’d share with you my Photo A Day April pictures. I do this based on the photo ideas from FatMumSlim.

Source: fatmumslim.com.au via Stephanie on Pinterest

So Day 1: My Reflection, I honestly don’t love this photo, but here you are.

Day 2: Color – this is my lunch box that my Mom found me for Christmas. I LOVE it because its so darn happy.

Day 3: Mail – hey yea. Work mail baby.

Day 4: Someone who makes you happy – as if y’all don’t recognize my favorite nerdy Russian!

Day 5: Tiny – this was kind of hard, but I finally decided on the Angel charms that hang from my rear view mirror were perfect. (What its ATL traffic. You need every bit of help you can get to survive.)

Day 6: lunch – that’s right I eat Ramen. Be jealous baby.

Day 7: Shadow – I do have big hips, but I swear they aren’t this big. Or oddly shapped. No this is me in the morning with a purse, lunchbox, and laptop case in hand.