Great Project in Austin
About three months ago or so, I was contacted by Susan from RGB Networks in Austin. She said they loved my image of the Pennybacker Bridge and wanted to have a large mural of it put on film and then pressed on glass. Wow, what a great project! Out of ALL the fantastic images taken [...]
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 [...]
Portrait session with Logan
One of the great things about taking someone’s picture these days is the fact that you don’t have to take the ‘typical’ portrait. You know, sitting in the studio, on a chair, with a fancy backdrop and all the lights. Smile, click, smile, click, look over here, click, smile, click – you get the idea. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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’. [...]
Baseball & Grandkids
I’ve got a son and daughter in Austin and four grandsons, so you know once you’re here, it’s time to dust off the skills when it comes to shooting sports. In fact, I think the last time I shot any sports was one of my OTHER grandsons, playing ball in Houston, several years ago. It’s [...]
Caddo Lake Portrait
One of my favorite places to photograph in Texas is Caddo Lake up in the Northeast part of the state. This area makes you think you’re either in Louisiana or the swamps of Florida. This was taken a few years ago, but it’s an image I always wanted to digitally paint. The good thing about [...]
End of Year Finds
I think most photographers get to the end of the year and attempt to clean up the directories of images they have taken over the last year. I know that I am doing it now, and what a chore! Make sure you get rid of what you don’t want to keep, make sure what you [...]
Salado’s ‘Best of the Best’ Fine Art Show was a Night to Remember
Salado, TX, August 2, 2008 – The first annual Best of the Best Texas Show was a tremendous success. The room was beautifully lit with wandering pathways of fine art exhibits to delight and surprise visitors. The best art and artists in the state of Texas were on display with many renowned artists and several [...]
Hidden Falls
I had the fantastic opportunity to head out to a 7,000 acre + ranch just west of Austin last Sunday. My trusty guide ‘Larry’ knew all the spots, since he had leased 1,000 acres with his friends to go deer hunting. The plan was to meet out there at his camp about 30 minutes before [...]
1877 – Elissa
Part of what I do is reproduction work for artists, museums, and libraries who want to make Giclee copies of their art work for sale. In this case, it is a private collector who commissioned Anthony Blackman of London England to create two new original oil paintings of the Elissa, based in Galveston Texas. One [...]
Texas Fog
One of the things you can count on in Texas, is a thick fog before the arrival of a cold front. It makes for a great time to get out and enjoy the peace and quiet that such a dense fog has associated with it. If you are lucky enough, the sun starts to break [...]
A Forgotten World
One of the things I like best about landscape photography (other than the fact that you are outside, usually in a quiet, but beautiful location) is the fact that you can find things close to home that everyone passes by day-after-day and never pay attention to. Most probably think of landscapes as the sweeping vista [...]
