Was driving around Jamestown, CA, looking for a good location to shoot when I spotted these cows grazing right next to the road. For some reason, I find them quite humorous. Not as humorous as sheep, but humorous nonetheless. However, there was one menacing black one (not the one seen here in the photo) that stared me down and slowly advanced toward my car with this ominous look on its face. Needless to say, I quickly stepped on the gas and got out of there.
04/29/2010
Jamestown Cows
04/26/2010
Buttons, buttons, buttons!
I got these canisters recently during a trip to beautiful Berkeley, CA (thanks Kim & Floyd!) and knew they’d be perfect for crafty supplies such as these colorful buttons. The buttons are from my friend Bonnie. Thanks, Bonnie, for having so many crafty “props” to play with!
The beauty of quilting
My friend Bonnie was working on one of her (always beautiful) quilting projects and had the above piece lying on a table. The colors were so earthy and calming, so beautiful in their simplicity that I quickly had to come whizzing in with my camera/flash/umbrella-on-a-stand combo and–voila!–instant quilted beauty.
This little blue quilt piece is shaped like Bonnie’s beloved Airedale Terrier, Marley.
And here’s Marley:
Archive Diving #1
I’ve had this idea floating around in my brain for a while now. Probably for the last 2 years, actually. I’ve got thousands of photos floating around on my hard drives, many of which have never been seen by the public. And I keep meeting new people who are not familiar with my work, where I come from, what I’ve shot in the past. So I thought it’d be cool to put up a single shot from the archives and call it dumpster Archive Diving. I was gonna call it “Archive of the Week”…but then realized there was no way I could keep up a weekly pace of archives. I’d think about this idea from time to time, which photos I’d use–and then put the idea back on the shelf in my brain for a later visit.
Well, here it is. I’m actually putting up a post. So there you have it. A new series, finally coming to life.
This was my first nice portrait. I call it my “Iconic Photo.” It just has that look. This was most likely shot on Kodak Tri-X film of which I processed myself and printed in a darkroom. I learned photography on a completely manual SLR camera with no bells & whistles, using just one 35-70mm (3.5-5.6) lens for many years. If I dug around in my files, I could find the negative and probably the ISO, speed and f-stop. But going through my negs is way more time-consuming than it should be since I’ve yet to properly organize them. Good news is that they’re not dumped in shoeboxes but in 3-ring binders inside protective sleeves. They’re just not dated, titled and all that good stuff. My guess is I probably shot this in 2002. This was shot in an old strip mall about 2 miles from my home town in Texas for an assignment involving stop-motion in my Photo I class at the University of North Texas.
04/22/2010
Circle the Earth Runway Show
Whew! I tell ya what. I wanted to post these pics a week after the show, but nearly a month has gone by and I’ve just now finally reappeared. Blogging is full-time business and I need to hop to it. I’ve got lots of photos and ideas to post…I just need to get them posted.
But enough talk.
Let’s take a look at some beautiful moments from the event.
The models wave at passersby before the show.
My personal favorite from the event. This is Brittany. I love her expression, her stance, her outfit. Love, love, LOVE it!
This is another Brittany. Her outfit was my favorite as far as coloring goes. Those beautiful tresses looked fabulous with the dress. She really pulled the colors together with her necklace, bag, and head scarf. Such beautiful coloring!
Father & Son. Left: This little cutie walked to the end of the runway, stopped and just looked out into the crowd as the seconds passed by.
He seemed quite content…just, looking.
Wow! What a great smile. So genuine. Her face lights up and she looks like she’s having the grandest time.