I returned from Tennessee with so much information and ideas, I thought my head was going to explode.  One thing I took away from the conference though was how to share with people and give them not only insight to me and my business but really good information.  So my first tip of information on how to take better pictures is  #1.Know what your camera can do.  You may not know what all the terms like aperture, shutter speed and ISO mean and how they can work for you but at least know how to turn off the flash or force it to fill-in a little when you are in harsh sunlight.  Even the smallest point and shoot these days has a manual setting for the flash.  FIND IT!!  USE IT!!

While I was in Tennessee I drove around and took in some of the sites and SNOW.  It was very cold but I had to stop and take these photos of a 150 year old school house and a great tree by it.  When I decided that the best angle for the shot was above the school house and there was a huge hill in front of me, I decided to scale it.  I came up sort of the back side so I didn’t read the sign until I got off the mound.  It was an Indian burial mound and the sign said “Keep Off”.  I got a really great shot of the trees framing the school though but I apologize for treading on sacred ground.