Is religion the new satan?
An open letter to all preachers and teachers everywhere: I get so weary of what comprises most sermons and teachings in most churches today. It is of no practical benefit to me whatsoever to sit and listen to someone preach for an hour about all that is wrong with religion, or anything ELSE for that [...]
The National Day of Prayer
How appropriate, that I would come upon this shot last night while working on rodeo shots…just in time for the National Day of Prayer. Soooo many things I want to say on this subject. Instead of simply throwing in my own 2 cents worth into the ongoing arguments, may I propose that there might be [...]
Lazy.
I ate a significant number of simple carbs for supper tonight…fat grams too; did NOT do my P90X workout; did NOT work on my images; and is now going to lay down on her sofa like a slug and watch Monday night comedy shows. Then, she will read a few pages of a mindless fiction [...]
Holding course and keeping it all in focus.
It’s so easy to get caught up in the momentum of things…like a snowball rolling downhill…until that massive snowball turns into an avalanche and buries you, and THEN you realize, “Uh-oh. This thing is OUT OF CONTROL.” If you can somehow dig your way out of the embankment you’ve become buried in, it could be [...]
Grassed (as opposed to “beached”)
On my way home from my shoot Saturday, I caught a glimpse through the trees of this abandoned back yard treasure as I drove off the exit ramp. Not wanting to stop ON the exit ramp, I turned in the direction of the boat and found a driveway leading to an abandoned house, all boarded [...]
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Camera raw and HDR, in the Driver’s Seat
The wonders of modern technology are an artist’s dreams come true. Here’s the original camera raw file as shot, straight out of the camera: SAME FILE, after being processed as HDR and tonemapped with Photomatrix, then tweaked and toned in Photoshop and Topaz Detail: Can you say WOW?! ALL that detail and color was actually [...]
More grunge. I’m in a groove.
PURCHASE PRINTS! To date, I’ve shot this old truck from every imaginable angle and in every season (except snow). So recently, when I revealed this treasure to a new photo buddy of mine (Sonja), I felt a bit challenged to find some new approach to one of my favorite and most familiar subjects. This compelled [...]
Medicine Bottles
PURCHASE PRINTS! It was my original intention to write something inspiring or insightful to accompany this image of an old wooden box of bottles I found tucked under a board in an old abandoned barn. But when it was done, I thought…BLEH. What I wrote wasn’t entirely bad…nor was it entirely good. Not sure if [...]
Love is a crap shoot.
So I tossed Gamer aside for a romantic comedy instead. Which got me to thinking…what is it about men that make women fall in love with them? This movie was about a lady who was a bit of a control freak (unlike MOST of us…aHEM), and her approach to romance was very methodical and logical. Oh [...]
