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Today is September 14. I haven't been myself in 11 days since Mom passed away. The Smoky Mountains is my sanctuary. Early this morning, we decided to shoot Soco Falls to get a better photograph that we did a year ago. Today is cloudy, so it should not create glare like it did last time. It's a steep climb down the cliff, there are ropes to hold onto as I descend into the canyon where the two wateralls from Soco Creek and the Okonuluftee River meet. I think of my mother, who would have loved this place. I wish she could have seen it. I set up my camera and fixed the right lens, took a couple of test shots until the settings are just right. I love you, Mom. I miss you like crazy. The clouds passed just as I was bending down to take the first series of shots as the light shone through the trees over the waterfall. "Thanks for that, Momma. This will make one hell of a photograph."

Our goal in our photography is to capture, not only a visually appealing image, but also the detail of the scene. Although we can not deliver the smell, touch, taste and feel of each subject, we hope you will be able to look at the subject and let your imagination fill in the senses that can't be captured in a photograph, but can in photography. We specialize in waterfalls, cascades, and landscapes. Our work has been explained as a play on light and dark. We are self taught photographers who have been shooting images only since December of 2009. Pete has the added challenge of being red-green colorblind. Nevertheless; some humbling compliments of our work include 'Stunning,' 'Amazing,' 'Truly a Beautiful Work of Art,' and of an image...