More Austin on Metal
Spent some time ‘mining’ some of my older shots of the downtown Austin area to see if I could find a few that would fit my Austin on Metal theme. I had remember shooting the Governor’s mansion, Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, and of course, earlier shots of the capital building. But, I had [...]
My first eBook called “My Adirondacks”
How did I end up in the Adirondacks anyway? I love Texas – I’d been there almost 35 years. Why did I end up here? Those were just two of the questions I had when I first moved up into the Southern Adirondacks. It’s cold, they have six months of winter, what was I going [...]
Why so long between posts?
Well, because it’s hot, damn hot, and hotter than hell down here in Texas! And…I’m not mincing words either! Tomorrow, we go past the record of 69 days of triple digits set way back in 1925. And I can tell you for sure, that according to forecasts, we are going to go WAY past that [...]
Float planes in the Adirondacks
I think one of the coolest aircraft to watch land are float planes. One day I was just lucky enough to be standing on the shore of a lake, when one circled overhead and came in for a landing. Even better than that, was the fact that he taxied over and tied up almost right [...]
Small Texas Towns
One of the other great things about being in Texas again is access to all of the small ‘typical’ western towns and their architecture. If you just walk the streets, you will find all kinds of interesting things – especially the images of years gone by on the old walls in town. This weekend, we [...]
Men and their BBQ
There is nothing more sacred than a man and his Texas style BBQ. At least that’s my story, and I’m sticking to it after at least ONE outing each weekend (two this past one) to area BBQ joints. The one thing that they all have is ‘character’. The country music is blaring in the background, [...]
Austin at Night
Last weekend, I also ventured out to shoot Austin at sunset and then on into the evening for my Austin on Metal series. I wanted to get the skyline again, but start bringing in some of that fantastic twilight blue, then all of the colors on the buildings. I had just a fantastic evening, walking [...]
Sometimes you feel like a nut – sometimes you don’t
I know, those of you who know this jingle, will not get it out of your head for the next 48 hours. Evil thing to do, isn’t it? Anyway, last Sunday, on a whim, my wife and I decided to act like tourists in downtown Austin. Nothing nutty, just walk around and look at things [...]
Austin on Metal (continued)
I got one of the first images back the other day that was actually printed on metal. It was a 20×24 sized piece that is about 1″ deep. It looks fantastic and really executed just the way I thought it would. So, of course I’ve continued to shoot material for this series and have really [...]
More work on metal
I’ve branched out a bit on the original idea of just cityscapes on metal and have gone into some other areas and created images I think will look good with the same approach. Last Saturday, we toured the new location for an arts center in Bastrop. It was a wonderful location that was full of [...]
Working in Austin
One of the great things about being gone from an area for awhile is the fact that you come back with a fresh set of eyes and a new perspective. That’s what I’ve been doing my first few weeks back in the Central Texas area – coming up with some new ideas for ‘urban landscapes’. [...]
Winter Images
This winter seemed to get off to a really slow start. Not a lot of snow, but plenty of cold weather. In fact, myself and a couple of other Adirondack photographers were just commenting about that a couple of weeks ago. Well, seems like things are starting to change. While I don’t have near as [...]
A Photowalk with my wife
Deborah has worked as my photo assistant for a few years on weddings and portrait shoots. She has always indicated some interest in learning photography, but the other day we were talking about it and she said she really wanted to learn it better. So, why not? I figured that the more she knew about [...]
Fall Foliage
Well, in fact, fall is REALLY already over. Over the weekend we had snow on the ground. But this year’s colors were a little strange. At first, some trees started to turn really early – end of August in fact. Then, some storms came along and knocked all those leaves off the trees. Then, it [...]
The New Website
So…why the new website? Wasn’t the old one good enough? Well, yes and no. It was a combination of HTML and Flash. It had a backend WordPress blog that was using a three-year-old theme and they weren’t updating the theme anymore and things have really changed. So, time to put everything into one ‘spot’. However, [...]
Beautiful Adirondack Scenery
I went to check out one of my favorite locations about five miles from my house. Rumor has it, they are going to put large windmills up there and I wanted to see if it was going to spoil the view. The day had been hot, I had taken my wife out to a fancy [...]
Where Did Spring, Summer and Fall Go?
We had our first snow last night and so I went out this morning and took a few quick shots. Not enough snow to really head out, but worth a short walk in the woods. Are we even ready for this yet? Well, I’m still trying to figure out where Spring, Summer and Fall went. [...]
Turn Around, and Autumn has Vanished!
It seems like I just wrote the last post a week ago, and yet it was a month and now Autumn is gone! It really went fast, and now we’re dealing with some mornings in the 20′s… And yet, did I capture any images? Have I been taking ANY pictures? Well, yes – not as [...]
Fall Again Already?
I can’t believe it has been one year now that I’ve been up here, and it is fall again already! Where did spring and summer go? They just blew by and I don’t think I got as many photos as I really wanted to. The LensFlare35 show just took off, and that is almost a [...]
How to Post Images
On the LensFlare35.com site, I interview the photographers via a podcast, but then have them put together a portfolio of images, and then narrate those images. Doesn’t make for a lot of text in the body of the blog post, but it does make for an interesting way of hearing what they have to say [...]
Flowers Galore!
The surprising thing about the Adirondacks (for me) is the fact that there are flowers EVERYWHERE. Each week seems to bring out some new variety and color. The Tiger Lillies are everywhere, but I’ve not had TOO much luck getting a good shot of the wild ones that is interesting enough. But, in my OWN [...]
Finally – the Tulips
Well, in my last post, I promised Tulips. They were close to opening, then a cold front came through, things slowed down, it rained and got cold, and well – the Tulips decided it was a heck of a lot warmer if they just didn’t open up! Then, it cleared, got a LITTLE warmer today, [...]
Spring IS Finally Here!
Well, down in the Mohawk Valley, spring shows up about three weeks earlier than it does here ‘on the mountain’. We are about 1000 feet higher in elevation, and it is a surprise to go down ‘into town’ and see just how much further along they are! One of the things that really lets you [...]
Is it Spring Yet?
So, they say it will be Spring this Friday and I have to admit, the last few days have made me start thinking about the possibilities it will bring for my landscape work. I’ve already seen Robins, heard Red Winged Blackbirds, watched the Canada (I was corrected in that it is Canada Geese, not Canadian) [...]
