Hi, my name is Charles. I live in Tennessee, but I grew up all over the US. Photography has been a strong obsession for a long time, an obsession I'm happy to have. It is one of the best ways I have to communicate. Â
 I consider myself to be a Tennessee native who had the misfortune to be born in Detroit. My family, going back for generations, are from Tennessee. Dad was in the Navy, so I grew up all over the country. He used to save his vacation time and take 60 days off every two years. We would take long, sweeping trips across the country, spend a couple of weeks with family in Tennessee, and return by a different route to see more sights. He left the Navy and we returned to Tennessee when I was 14, and I spent my High School years at Midway High School, just south of Kingston. Most of my family are centered in Chattanooga but I spent a lot of time all over East Tennessee. After a stint in the Air Force in Denver, I wandered the West for awhile, then came back, married and spent nearly 20 years in Polk County. I put down roots there, something I had never done before. After my divorce, I moved to Kentucky ten years ago. And I still miss my home in Polk County.
 Kentucky is a beautiful state, and I got serious about photography after moving here. After looking so closely at this part of the state, I think of it this way; if you removed the vegetation it would look like southern Utah, with it's great sandstone mesas, cliffs, arches and canyons. I love the wonderful old forests here, but if you want to reveal it's rocky heart you have to work at it.  Oh, and I like dogs.
Update: As of August 2011, I have moved back to Tennessee. It's great to be back!
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Comments (7)
NoelCan
Nice image..
TECHNISTRATIONS
Same great memories from rural Ohio where I grew-up... and they call what we have today at the prices we pay for postage progress! Great shot - great memories.
MrsLubner
It feels like home...a place where you don't just grow up...you live. Outstanding shot.
flora-crassella
harm around this beautiful old building! Wonderful photo!
durleybeachbum
Beautiful building and a great shot
tennesseecowgirl
What a wonderful place. I would have some fun with this one in Photoshop, but I also love this untouched version. Is Ula Kentucky anywhere near the Cumberland Falls area? I try to get up there on occasion, my goal is to get a moon bow of Cumberland Falls but so far I haven't been up there on the right night. I is supposedly one of only a few places in the world where you can see that happen. Did you get much snow last night, it is beautiful here today. And VERY cold... woke up to 9 degrees.
Blush
This building reminds me of some the places in rural Ky where I am at as you know by now LOL........ Like you these older people knew these kids granparents names aunts uncle's even their family history....... I think old buildings like this should be preserved but who am I just a person who think it would be nice to keep a building like this preserved for others... there aren't many of these places around This is a fav with me:0 Love this shot and thank you for the nice site mail Hugs Susan~