Tim Pethel Photography

12/11/2025

11/27/2021

Happy Native American Heritage Day.
I've always had a place in my heart for the Original Americans. I would fantasized that I was an "Indian" running through the woods and climbing trees with the apparent east and quiet that I would hear stories about. Playing "Cowboy and Indians" with my friends I always wanted to be the Indian. Apparently I have Cherokee in my family tree. I'd love to learn more about the culture and true history of America's Native Americans. Hopefully there is a place we can find of understanding, respect and gratitude for America's traditions like Thanksgiving and also celebrating diversity and cultures that create with America is now.

I hope you had a nice holiday with you friends and families. I’m thankful for everyone who's reading this.

I wanted to share some photos I took a while back at the Blessing of the Buffalo at Vital Buffalo Farm in Georgetown, Tennessee.

10/20/2020

Orlando with Ashley

08/06/2020

Life is about perspective and how you look at something... ultimately, you have to zoom out.
- Whitney Wolfe Herd

Sometimes you need to


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07/26/2020

“Open the aperture of awareness so that light shines through and distractions are defocused.”
Khang Kijarro Nguyen

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07/06/2019

Thousands Have Lived Without Love, Not One Without Water. – W.H.Auden

“Water is the Driving Force of All Nature.”
– Leonardo da Vinci

Water is life....
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@ Ringgold, Georgia

07/05/2019

In nature, light creates the color. In the picture, color creates the light”
Hans Hoffman
It’s all about the light...
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@ Chattanooga, Tennessee

07/04/2019

“Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships. “
– Stephen R. Covey

Trust really is everything in any kind of relationship, you can believe these two know that all too well! Imagine the the trust they had to build in one another! Sometimes trust is the hardest thing for me... I’m trying! 💯🔥🙏🏼😩

Does anyone else have trust issues, or is it just me?

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06/27/2019

There are a lot of factors that make up a good composition, like the rule of thirds, negative space, depth of field, leading lines, etc.
One thing I’m constantly championing, talking about and using with my subjects is “triangles” 📐🔺🔻 and diagonal lines.
Sometimes I’ll take a shot and then try and see how many triangles I can find in the frame.
I also pose my subject with diagonals in mind and often a good model will naturally create triangles and diagonals with their body. This brings interest and emotions into the frame. You want a frame to lead your eye around the whole picture and diagonal lines will help create dynamic energy leading the eye into your photos.
Try it, both in the way you pose your subject and also in the way you frame your background and foreground elements.
Have you used this technic before? Let me know your thoughts?! ____________________________
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