Collin Peterson Photography

The historic Ryman Auditorium… black and white just makes sense!

Many more pics coming… Amanda and I had a wonderful time in Chattanooga last weekend.  This amazing rock formation is found in the cave to Ruby Falls, inside of Lookout Mountain.

What a great find!  Right on the edge of Lookout Mountain.

Situated in downtown Nashville, just off interstate 65, commuters pass by a group of buildings that offer only small clues to their past prominence. Barry Walker, the present owner of the buildings, quietly inches his way, restoring the buildings to their prior glory.

The main building was constructed in 1881 as “The Phoenix Cotton Mill” also known as the Nashville Cotton Mill. By 1910 the building was vacant.

Taken a few months back, I just got around to working on this scan of an abondoned shed down off of Nolensville Rd south of Nashville.  I think I was shooting on some cheapo Kroger film that my girlfriend got for about a $1 for 4 rolls… actually turned out some nice pictures!

To put it mildly… I was skeptical. I have been a die hard Blind Melon fan since early high school and I honestly believed that Shannon Hoon could not be replaced. Perhaps he never truly will be, but Travis Warren, the band’s new singer, was amazing last night in Nashville.

These songs are too good not to be played and I’m not sure there can be anyone better to sing them than Travis Warren. This guy can sing! His voice filled the Cannery Ballroom with ease and carried these (notably hard to sing) songs like a pro.

Secret Chiefs 3 – the opener for the Les Claypool Fancy Band… very strange, very cool! No one does music like this band. Nobody.  Got this shot with my Contax Zeiss 135mm f/2.8 lens.

http://www.secretchiefs3.com/

It’s nearly impossible to define what this band sounded like.  Parts were extremely heavy, resembling death or black metal.  The addition of 2 violins and a sitar made things very interesting.  Dark melodies and rhythm pounded through City Hall, it was quite a show!

Priceless shot Amanda and I discovered while driving through some of the less traveled parts of downtown Nashville.

Taken with my Holga on expired Kodak Portra 400vc… I love how this shot came out!  Belle Meade Plantation, Nashville, TN.

Abandoned house in a tornado touched part of west Tennessee between Memphis and Jackson… not far from I40.

Old Matlock family cemetery in Benton County, TN… near Jackson and I40.

I was quite excited to drive upon this last Saturday while detouring on my trip home from Memphis. I got off the interstate somewhere around Jackson found lots of good things, this being one of them. Very creepy this old thing! Located on Eagle Creek Rd. in Benton County, TN… near I40.

Taken at Percy Warner Park, West Nashville, in the fall of 2007. Shot on Fuji Superia 200 converted to black and white.

Pic of the Mausoleum at the Belle Meade Plantation… Nashville, TN. Built in 1832. Shot on slightly expired Kodak Portra 400vc, 3 exp hdr.