BPG Weekly Update - Brentwood Photography Group

November 1, 2025

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Introducing the BPG Online Store. Show your support for BPG by purchasing our very own branded “merch”!

Mug
Tote bag
Baseball cap
Insulated tumbler
Unisex T-shirt
Women’s T-shirt

All products are made and delivered by Zazzle; they will handle any customer service issues too. BPG will receive royalties on all products sold which we will put towards Group expenses.

BPG Store – Brentwood Photography Group

Main Meeting – Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Otter Creek Church
409 Franklin Rd, Brentwood, TN 37027
6:30PM – 8:00PM
(Networking and Photo of the Month competition: 6:00 – 6:30 PM)

Speaker: Byron Jorjorian
Topic: Creative Composition In The Moment

Fine art photographer Byron Jorjorian has been capturing the natural world for over 40 years. He is considered by many to be one of the nation’s premier fine art nature photographers. With over 600,000 images in his files, his photographs have appeared on nationally published greeting cards, magazines, posters, murals, fine art prints, books, brochures and advertising. Byron has had over 12,000 images published and has had over 26,000 fine art prints installed all over the United States and around the world, working closely with interior design and art consultant teams on a daily basis.

November Outing – Historic Houses, Castalian Springs, TN

Saturday, November 15, 2025

https://www.historiccastaliansprings.org/

Meeting Time: 9:30 am for Cragfont interior tour starting at 10

Meeting Place: Cragfont – 200 Cragfont Rd., Castalian Springs, TN

Tour will continue at Wynnewood after lunch – 210 Old Hwy 25, Castalian Springs, TN

Optional Group Lunch: El Rey Azteca 300 E Main St, Gallatin, TN https://elreyaztecagallatin.com/

Historic sites from Tennessee’s frontier times. Photograph high end period interiors and interesting (and very different) exteriors. Perhaps we will have some fall color?

Cragfont:

General James Winchester’s grand frontier home, Cragfont is located on the original road from Knoxville and the East coast. 33 year old James arrived in 1785 and quickly established a fort on land given for his service in the American Revolution. By 1802, Winchester built his home Cragfont, occupied by his growing family and the enslaved community until 1863. Following the Civil War, the remaining family members sold the home and in 1957, it became a state historic site.

Wynnewood:

Wynnewood includes the largest historic log structure in Tennessee. Built in 1828 by the Wynne family, the structure served as the Castalian Springs Resort for stagecoach travelers and tourists interested in the sulphur mineral springs and their reported medicinal powers, located at the base of the hill. The property came to Mrs. Almira Wynne as a bequest from her father, General James Winchester of nearby Cragfont. The Civil War ended the resort’s operations, until a resurgence in 1899. The site is currently owned by the Tennessee Historical Commission.

Hours – Houses are open 9:30-4:30

Cragfont house: https://www.historiccastaliansprings.org/cragfont

Wynnewood house: https://www.historiccastaliansprings.org/wynnewood

Grab some foliage photos nearby? – Bledsoe’s Fort Historical Park ( https://www.bledsoesfort.org/)

Map of Bledsoe’s Park https://www.bledsoesfort.org/the-park

Getting there: Approx an hour from Otter Creek Church (~47 mi)

Tickets: Combination ticket for guided tours at Cragfont and Wynnewood – $16

Free parking

Don’t forget to complete the online Hold Harmless Agreement (https://form.jotform.com/233284043176050)

Lunch Bunch – Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Optional lunch at KOI after.

Williamson County Public Library, 1314 Columbia Ave, Franklin, TN 37064, 11:30-12:30.

Lunch Bunch is a monthly lunch meeting, led by Dick Dougall, with the focus on members getting to know each other and having constructive critiques and discussions about their images

Please email Dick Dougall at dickdougall@gmail.com if you plan to attend.

Mini Clinic – Thursday, November 20, 2025

More info to come