Start at the very beginning…

It’s a very good place to start. When you read you begin with A, B, C, when you… Is anyone else familiar with that song? Julie Andrews, excuse me, Maria, sings it in my favorite musical – The Sound of Music. I don’t know about you, but I have a tendency to hold off on……

Experimenting with Steel Wool Photography

Oh, the fun of playing with fire… Headed out to the country with a friend this past weekend to experiment with lighting steel wool on fire and seeing what kind of imagery we might obtain. I must say, we weren’t disappointed.  A couple rounds of perfecting the packing of the steel wool in the whisk……

West 7th St. Bridge, Fort Worth TX

Met friends for another bridge outing, this time in Fort Worth, the West 7th Street Bridge. I’m happy with these pictures but didn’t quite get the trailing lights I was hoping for. There’s so little traffic later in the evenings in stark contrast with the dreadful DFW traffic at rush hour. At one point I……

Bridge Architecture, MHHB Dallas

I love the wiry suspension of the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge in Dallas so when thinking about my next photo outing, it quickly came to mind. The bridge is named after Margaret Hunt Hill, an heiress and philanthropist. Construction began in Spring 2007 and the bridge opened in Spring 2012. I’m not sure about downtime,……

Cityscape at Night, Fort Worth

With a little online research, I found this awesome location to shoot downtown Fort Worth sitting behind the Trinity River which provided stellar colors of reflection. This was an 18 F-stop for overall focus and to starburst the bright light on the right, with a 30-second shutter to catch optimal light, a 100 ISO for……

Your typical grad shoot, kinda…

When someone is graduating from High School or College it’s important to capture the traditional style of a “graduation” portrait that will look good in a yearbook and immortalize this very important moment in time, specifically for the parentals. So, on my most recent outing, we headed to Trinity Park and the Swift Buildings, with……

Experimental Abstract Photography Shoot

Got together with friends for pizza and a night of playing in the park with lights and slow shutter speeds, with and without tripods, shooting up, shooting down, shooting all around, and what a fun time we had. The coolest thing about experimental light shooting is you might have an idea of what you want,……

Skate Park Fever

It’s not often that I slow down and chill in front of the TV, but if I pass by and see any kind of extreme sport, I have no problem losing track of time. It’s like I enter a hypnotized state of vicarious living through the ridiculously amazing stunts they successfully (I pray) land, time……

Enjoying Deep Ellum Arts Festival

This past weekend was the 22nd year for Deep Ellum’s annual Art Fest. Filled with art, food and music, it proved to be wonderfully crowded and fun with perfect Texas sunshine and crystal blue skies. The busyness in and around the art booths didn’t provide ideal shots for street photography (it seemed), but we ventured……

I Go Where I Want

“I Go Where I Want” that’s what the butterfly said. This is a collage made in Photoshop with 3 of my recent Nikon photos. I really liked the framed graffiti that I shot this weekend. But it was so dark in the abandoned building I couldn’t get the detail of the graffiti without blowing out……