Happy Accident
Found this image while cleaning up some files on the hard drive. I think this was an accidental selfie but it does convey some unknown emotional reaction.
THE WRITTEN RECORD
Photography
Saturday Night
A night out with friends is always a good idea.
Walking Along The Seashells
A visual journey on the Texas/Mexico Coastline. It was time to recalibrate and reset my mind, body and soul and take a vacation. Having been denied a trip to the Chihuahuan desert plains near Terlingqua and Big Bend National park…
Goodbye Adobe
Since 2006, I've enjoyed utilizing Adobe Lightroom to organize and post-process my images. Adobe's software has since gone from a one-time purchase to a subscription plan for photographers. Earlier today I received an email stating it was to time to…
Boca Chica
Where Did The Photographer Go?
When I was starting out using my first DSLR cameraI I took it with me everywhere and shot anything of interest. One, to break the camera in and two, to explore what my interests were. I didn’t have a genre…
The Hipstamatic
I’ve been enjoying the Hipstamatic camera app for almost 10 years now and in my opinion, this is one of the most fun film emulators you can use. Digital photography has never looked so analog. You can swipe and choose…
A New Focus
After almost twenty years of portrait photography I have decided to switch to a new challenge in landscape photography. I’ll also throw in some street photography as well. Photographing nature and cityscapes will be a difficult new genre to learn…
13th Annual Groundhog Resolutions Day!
It’s that time of year again! This is my 13th attempt at creating life-long habits for myself for the whole year. I realize that after the end-of-year holidays I am not mentally or physically capable of sticking with resolutions for…
Winter Is Here
Now that Thanksgiving has passed and it is almost December, the cold weather arrives on cue.
Talimena
Passionate Photography
“Many photographers want to express emotion in their photographs, but how many could say they were moved emotionally when making them?” Maybe this is one of the reasons why I feel like my photography has been stagnating lately? Does this…
Photography Slump
This pandemic is killing my desire to create, especially with my photography. There is still a desire and capability but the people and subjects I want to work with just aren’t available at the moment. Portraits require people and people…
DAM It
The photo organization goals (Digital Asset Management) just took a setback as I rediscovered zipped files from Google Photos’ Takeout service. When I closed my Google accounts I had the option of retrieving all of my photos from the past…
iPhone 12 Pro
This is the first year I purchased the newest iPhone on launch day since I converted to iPhone over Android six years ago. It was a thrill to open that box and see the premium stainless steel, glass back, the…