Posts Tagged West Texas
We’re just going through our first real cold spell on the Southern High Plains, and with it we see Fall slowly making its exit and the doldrums of Winter to take its place. That’s not to say that photography during the Winter in West Texas is lacking activity–quite the opposite. The commotion generally just turns [...]
I can’t believe it’s been nearly three weeks since my last post, but the absence has certainly been warranted. Work is steady, the visual subject matter certainly hasn’t lacked any interest, and I’ve been staring at a computer screen so much over the past three months that I’m probably going to need to visit an [...]
I told a good friend the other day that you know the oppressive heat and the longstanding drought in the southwest United States is starting to really become a problem when folks that aren’t start talking about the weather like farmers. These types of things do indeed affect not only the land and fauna, but [...]
Most of Texas would certainly be happy with a little rain right now, even if it brought with it a bit of ferocity! This menacing looking thunderstorm came in during September, 2007, and it was what some folks in this area call a “gullywasher.” We definitely could use a washing of any kind right now! [...]
Call me crazy, but as a photographer, environmental phenomena intrigue me. Take yesterday for example: we knew we were getting wind. Not just a breeze, but the kind of wind that puts the huffing and puffing big bad wolf and all his cronies to shame. West Texas is known for several things, two being the [...]
Sandhill Cranes may be my favorite bird to see in flight. Those slender necks and expansive wings set back on their bodies make for an impressive shape taking to the sky. We’re fortunate in West Texas to play host to thousands upon thousands of these migratory animals, as well as a couple species of geese, [...]
The past month has seen me shooting more landscape and natural history pieces for clients than portraits, and it’s been a healthy shift for a bit. Sometimes, these breaks or changes in assignments can be just what you need to create more effectively later! On a more recent feature shoot with a local artisan, I [...]
Actually, it really doesn’t take much for a muley like this to hide. I just happened to spook it while doing some wind turbine shooting yesterday for a design house in Lubbock. To be completely honest, it really spooked me, seeing as how it jumped up about ten feet from my path and bounded off [...]
I was watching the sky out my back door a couple evenings ago, and the clouds were reminiscent of those I saw last in the Big Bend area of far West Texas. If you’ve never been out that way, it truly is one of the jewels of the state. We may not have the tallest [...]
Rolando Gomez from Lens Diaries wrote at the beginning of this month about the significance Rembrandt lighting for portraits, from the classics all the way up to today’s digitally rendered photographs. His post reminded me of my recent trip to the Denver Art Museum and its collection of impressionist art from the likes of Picasso [...]
I'm an editorial and natural history photographer based out of Lubbock, Texas, as well as a photography instructor at Texas Tech University. My work primarily focuses on features and environmental portraits for magazines, books, and commercial purposes, and I'm available for both domestic and international travel.
I'm a regular contributor to the Manfrotto School of Xcellence, an educational resource for amateurs and professionals alike. I'm also a partner and editor for Badlands Design and Production, a publishing house that focuses on high-end coffee table photography books.
