11/03/2025
Remarkable brand new image by the legendary David Yarrow from Bryson City, North Carolina, featuring the beautiful Smokey Mountains of our state in their full glory.
David Yarrow I Daylight Robbery, Bryson City, North Carolina, 2025 I Edition size: 12 I Standard 52” x 83” framed I Large 71” x 118”
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It was wet, cold and a bit bleak but that is more appropriate weather for the scenes we were shooting than balmy sunshine. Flat light can be a photographer’s great friend in scenes like this, so long as the rain holds off.
The second addition was to bring in a horse and rider to run alongside the steam train. This is not a job for part time cowboys as the steam and the smoke from the train are uncertain variables for a horse. Ty Mitchell is an old hand at this kind of stuff; Martin Scorsese cast him as the bad guy in Killers of the Flower Moon and he is certainly a bad ass dude.
Ty is as good and game as they come, but even he fell off his horse shooting this sequence; the first time I have seen him do that in our six-year friendship. Huge respect to him for just getting up and giving it another go.
The result is a strong picture with enough layers to tell a full story. I had props at my disposal for the concept to have potential, but the ex*****on here was a little harder than most. But all you need is one good cowboy and one good frame, and eventually we got it.
