Relationship Article #5: Photograph Your Best

This is the fifth article in a series of relationship building ideas inspired by the book Re-Energize Your Relationship.

In the chapter "Snap, Crackle, and Print", the author encourages taking photos together as a couple, "Want a picture-perfect realationship?  Whether you're groping around in your home darkroom or shooting your partner outdoors, photography can put your relationship into sharp focus...Couples who shoot together stay together, as they share a developing interest."

Idea:  Why not create beautiful backdrops by bringing your special someone and two cameras to the Smoky Mountains? The best way to learn could be a class combined with immediate practice.  Here's two workshop options:

1.  Taking Better Photos (TBF) Tour - year round option
Beginner camera class at 10AM (Carino's Restaurant), lunch, and driving/walking tour in Smokies
Call Jim (865) 446-0546, $58 adult, $16 kids age 16 and under
Reservation required, usually groups of 25 or less people on Wed., Thur., and/or Sat.

2.  Wilderness Wildlife Week - May event (5/18 to 5/22/2016)
Multiple photography classes (and writing, nature education too) at LeConte Center, Pigeon Forge
Example classes from 2015 included
1) Nature photography workshop
2) Camera basics 101
3) understanding the essentials of light
4) the do's don'ts, and hours of photographing birds
5) digital photo editing made easy
6) Lightroom photo editing software
7) Turn your photography into art

 If you are teaching and practicing on your own, take advice from the National Geographic article "What to Do at Great Smoky Mountains" on Photo Ops:

"Take the Newfound Gap Road to Clingmans Dome, the highest point in the park (6,643 feet), for best overall views of the park and a spectacular sunset.
It's not uncommon to find low-hanging fog at Cades Cove, where early morning sunlight against the mountain backdrop offers a perfect opportunity for landscape photography.
The Campbell Overlook off Newfound Gap Road offers excellent views of Mount LeConte and surrounding forests, which are particularly spectacular during the autumn leaf-peeping season."

Where's your favorite photography class or place in the Smoky Mountains?