About Brentwood's Princeton Hills

The City Commission approved a $1.8 million dollar road re-surfacing project.

Stuart Lane, Stanfield Road, Woodside Drive, Glenview Drive, Oak Hall Drive or Colleton Way are streets with high priority to be re-surfaced!

HDR ~ A Picture Tutorial...
I will be the first to admit, I am not the best photographer here in the rain. There are many that are far, far better. However; having spent 46 years wandering behind the lens, this old dog has learned a trick or two. I have been asked by several to write brief a tutorial about HDR (high dynamic range) photography and tone mapping. While everyone who uses this technology may have differing methods and techniques, this works best for me.

Driving to the office yesterday morning, I was captivated by the brilliant sun rise (above). Knowing that this would be the last I'd see the sun before getting dump on by more of the "white fluff" I stopped the car and grabbed my gear.

The first shot I took was a "0" refrence shot. The purpose is to find the "0" balance in manual or aperture priority mode so you can bracket your shots starting at +2/3, +1/3, 0, -1/3 and -2/3. You don't have to shoot 5 like I do, you can shoot 3. Make sure your camera is mounted on a tripod and shoot odd increments.

I like to use Photomatrix as it has a batch utility to pre-process all your photos and save them in a separate folder using what specifications you set. I will not get into this in this tutorial. I suggest you use the "default" settings. You can adjust them later.

Loading the pre-processed shots is short of glamorous. Clicking on Tone Mapping brings up your working canvas. From here, the Leonardo in you can "massage" the bracketed/merged photos to your desired tastes and effects by adjusting the sliders. DO NOT enter a number and hit enter. This starts the processing and you will have to start all over. Hopefully, the software engineers will work on this.

Once you have finished "tweaking" click "Process" at the bottom and the computer generates your masterpiece. As a side note, you may want to load the final processed picture into another photo editor to sharpen the picture. Photomatics does not have that feature.

Like any photography process, there will be goofs. Not to worry. Practice makes perfect. Digital film is cheap, and there is always the round circular file to dump your, "aw craps". I hope you have found this helpful.

Princeton Hills is located at Franklin Road and Murray Lane and is one of the crown jewels of upscale neighborhoods found in Brentwood Tennessee.

This prestigious community offers some of the premier luxury Estate homes found south of Nashville, ranging from $1.1M to over $4M.

The architecture found in the home designs encompasses a diversified blend from European Chateau's, contemporary to more traditional designs.

The heritage of this area dates back to the Civil War era when several of the historical battles of Nashville were fought in the Franklin Road and Granny White Pike area. The magnificent entrance to this community depicts one of the famous battles fought between Confederate and Union troops from this era.

Princeton Hills is located only minutes south from the Maryland Farms business district. It is also convenient to the Cool Springs Galleria.... one of Tennessee's largest shopping Mecca's offering great shopping and dining. Princeton Hills is practically in walking distance of Brentwood Middle school and Brentwood High school, and only minutes from Scales Elementary school.... some of the top ranked schools in middle Tennessee.

Brentwood has over 60-neighborhoods with many offering numerous luxury homes and estates to give buyers the spectacular lifestyle in living that are looking.

Please give me a call at 615-289-4141 or drop me an email if you would like to schedule a private showing of the available luxury homes in this prestigious community of the Princeton Hills. Please be sure to visit my Nashville Real Estate website and view the available homes that Princeton Hills has to offer, or search other Brentwood TN Real Estate.

Christmas Lights in Princeton Hills...
Princeton Hills subdivision in Brentwood, TN is an upscale neighborhood that really goes all out for Christmas decorations. Folks from all over the county drive to this area of Brentwood just to enjoy the beautiful homes and Christmas decorations. I took the liberty to film a few of the many homes that have been decorated. I hope that you enjoy...

Merry Christmas
Michael Thornton
© 2009 michael thornton | complete home inspections, inc. | brentwood, tn | 615.661.0297 | www.completehomeinspectionsonline.com
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Merry Christmas ~ Southern Style...

While cruising through da hood t'other day, jammin' to the tunes on radio, I pulled the camcorder out of da sack and started shooting. Christmas lights and houses dat is. I hope y'all like the video/musical Christmas Card. The video can only but begin to capture the elegance these fine homes have... 
Merry Christmas from da hood... Wishing one and all a prosperous new year...  

© 2009 michael thornton | complete home inspections, inc. | brentwood, tn | 615.661.0297 | www.completehomeinspectionsonline.com
Helping YOU Live YOUR American Dream

Part duex tomorrow...