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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 [...]
Overlook on Skyline Drive
I have a thing for old antique trucks. I discovered this particular treasure in the spring of 2009 on a trip from South Carolina to Indiana with a good friend. We had stopped at a Quick Mart in North Carolina for a fill-up, a bathroom stop and some travel snacks and I spotted this truck [...]
Saddle on Cudd Drive
I was attending a rodeo at the C-C ranch in my community. The C-C is a working cattle ranch run by a working cowboy, Jack Cudd, who lives here with his beloved Wilma…a remarkable lady whom I most honored to call my friend. Wilma’s yard is an ever-changing picture of down-home rural landscaping. After taking [...]
Echo Valley Relic
I’ve been wanting to work on this piece ever since I shot it but haven’t been able to find the spare time to do so. I captured this old antique car on a recent excursion to the mountains with friends to see some autumn color. We had actually stopped for a car accident that we [...]
