A good photographer records; a great photographer reveals.
– skyler reid
On a recent afternoon I went hiking on Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, and I saw some interesting sights. I have been revisiting some trails that I used to hike when I was a teenager and honestly have not been on many, or any, times since. At this particular area, I don’t remember trails connecting together as much. I feel like they have added some trails to expand the system and finally create some opportunities for loops, which is a fantastic development. The previous lack of loop possibilities could be one reason that people do not hike there as often as they otherwise might. I remember always having to hike out and back on the same trail, which is not always as fun for me. Anyways, It was on one of these loops that I discovered some interesting sights, some rock walls that I thought would make great backgrounds for portraits. I also found them appealing enough to take photos of just as they were. I plan to create some HDR images of them, but I would like to do some sessions there, or at least do some promo shots in front of one of the larger rock walls. They would be great backdrops for different types of photographs besides just hiker pictures, and they are not hard to get to nor are they far from the trail’s beginning so even taking extra gear or props would not be difficult to do. I am really excited about revisiting these interesting sights to take some even more interesting portraits and hope to do so as soon as the current school year finishes up. If those first photographs turn out as well as I envision, I will really look forward to doing more there next fall when there will be a larger variety of colors.
