Shawn Bierman Photography

Three Trees Silhouetted

Shawn — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:28:10 +0000

This photograph of three trees silhouetted against the foggy mountains of Cades Cove, in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, was created at about the same time as my Cades Cove in The Morning photograph.

It’s beginning to become clear that I like to make photographs that include a lot of fog (e.g. Pier to Nowhere).

I think this is a haunting image. The trees look very ominous in their dark and gloomy roost with their decrepit arms and tendrils reaching out over the landscape. Whew, scaring myself.

Anyways, I added a bit of a purple hue to further accentuate the dark and dreary atmosphere. I hope you like it.

As always, prints are available. You can reach me through the Contact page.

Room With a View

Shawn — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:55:44 +0000

I live near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, rather it’s the closest National Park to me. I’ve been there about four or five times and just book another visit for this fall.

It’s a beautiful place with not only a lot of scenic vistas, but a great amount of history and culture. You’ll even find a Cherokee Indian reservation there.

This image is one I took from the hotel window after taking a break from the mountains. It was overcast and I couldn’t get a high enough shutter speed from my 70-200 f/4 lens. Since I left my tripod in the car eleven floors below, I decided to use the hotel room floor lamp as a make-shift tripod. Worked out pretty good and the shutter speed was just fast enough to get a crisp image and add a touch of blur to the moving vehicle.

Cades Cove in the Morning

Shawn — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:00:22 +0000

I had a great trip to the Great Smoky Mountains this past weekend. We did the popular locations that we usually see, Cades Cove, Clingman’s Dome, Roaring Fork, etc. It was beautiful.

This image is from our first morning in Cades Cove. The fog was heavy, the light was just peaking in, the wildlife were roaming around, and the camera shutters were firing.

Pier To Nowhere

Shawn — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:41:58 +0000

We had an enormous amount of fog this morning, so I knew where I would be spending my morning before work. I went to my favorite park, Shelby Farms, and took the opportunity to make some long exposure images in the fog.

The fog blends together in a silky pool of nothingness when combined with a nice long exposure. I was only able to expose for about 8″ at the most with the neutral density filter I have, so I’m going to have to invest in another one to combine and increase the exposure time.

This is the pier over Patriot Lake which I’ve photographed numerous times before, but never have I been able to capture it this way. Thanks to all of the great b&w photographers on flickr, google+, and 500px for the inspiration.