Photo Of The Month - “Smoky Mountain Getaway”
No matter what season of the year, the excitement seems to ramp up after the sun goes down. So, when the Lake Country Photography Club tested its members to come up with night scenes as its monthly challenge, we received numerous excellent images of summer fireworks, star fields and moonlit reflections off the lake. Angela Lance, however, gravitated to the unabashed exuberance of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Her image, “Smoky Mountain Getaway”, evokes timeless family memories of souvenir shops, corn dogs, home-made fudge, soft-serve ice cream and carnival rides. Far enough to be a special excursion but close enough to be manageable in a weekend, the town really lights up in the evening. Angela visited the Smokies in December, 2025. It was early evening so there remained some last traces of sunset in the sky to compliment the light-enhanced water sculpture in the foreground. She used her Nikon Z611 with settings of f7.1, 1/80 sec and ISO 1250 to capture this hand-held image.
Angela’s favorite subjects for her photographs are landscape scenes and the natural world. She has been fortunate to travel to many exotic and remote locations all over the globe and has found photography to be a common denominator in breaking through to the unique and beautiful truths in the places she visits. After owning a secondary home in the area for a few years, Angela and her husband Charles moved full-time to the Lake Country in 2024 from Butler, Georgia.
The Lake Country Photography Club meets on the fourth Thursday of every month in the Community Room of The Peoples Bank at Harmony Crossing. Our meetings are scheduled from 7 pm to approximately 8:30 pm and include practical and specialized photographic tips and suggestions to improve the expertise of all of our members. The club is open to photographers of all skill levels from the lake country area. For additional information, e-mail us at LCPC01234@gmail.com, follow us on Facebook or, better still, just drop in for a meeting. We hope to see you.
