Photo of the Day – Fiery Rainbow
I can’t emphasize enough paying attention to light! It is, after all, what we photographers work with. I drove in from a 1,000+ mile trip full of photoshoots this past weekend, and ended up coming home to a massive thunderstorm. So, I stopped off at the house to drop a few things off, and then [...]
East Coast Bound
Amanda and I are headed to Charleston, South Carolina for one of my best friend’s wedding this weekend, and on our way to Dallas (driving to Dallas to fly out makes more sense sometimes than from Lubbock, I know…), we ran through a building thunderstorm. The images aren’t anything to write home about, but living [...]
Photo of the Day – Bluestem Blues!
During high school, I was part of the plant identification team, and I became fond of bluestem grass. As funny as this sounds, bluestem always seemed like a graceful organism to me, much like the gracefulness of a willow tree. It flows along with the wind in such a way that it seems like a [...]
West Texas Snow and “Highway Star”
Winter has been especially varietal in West Texas this year. I believe anyone from Big Bend to Amarillo would agree with me. We’ve had extremely cold days (for this region), snow, ice, sunshine, days that felt like the middle of Spring, more ice, more snow, thunderstorms, etc, etc… The day before Christmas, 2009, was no [...]
January, 2010, Desktop Wallpaper Calendar
Alright, I know I’m a little late, but better late than never. Thanks goes to David duChemin over at PixelatedImage for the calendar formatting file. Expect one of these wallpapers every month, and in a variety of sizes beyond this month. This particular calendar is formatted at 1440X900 pixels (that’s right, a MacBook Pro 15″ [...]
Do something with FOG!
I was poking around on David duChemin’s blog, The PixelatedImage, and ran up on his post about the weather outside. This reminded me of our most recent weekend in Lubbock when tons of fog set in for a few days (quite unique in West Texas). For you photogs, this is not a time to set [...]
Photo of the Day – Cotton Around The Corner
It’s that time of year again, when cotton starts to develop in to what most of us visualize when you mention the crop. Lubbock is central to the greatest amount of cotton production in the U.S., let alone one of the most agriculturally-driven areas in the world. My first internship was with Plains Cotton Cooperative [...]
Photo of the Day – Pastel Clouds
Often times in West Texas, you have to get down real low to avoid high-lines and houses in your shot of the awesome skies we have out here, even if you are in a somewhat remote area. However awesome the skies get though, getting down low sometimes presents its own advantages, like creating perspective in [...]
A Little More Wine With Your Blog!
I love West Texas wine! I had a conversation the other day with a gentleman about a friend of his that was a supposed “wine snob.” You know, one of those folks that will only drink $60+ bottles of imported wines, letting only the “finest” wines indulge his palette. Anyways, said gentleman sent his snobbish [...]
Ever wonder where your wine comes from? I know.
I’ve been in and out of shooting and getting married and traveling a bit and playing music for the past month, but it’s been a great month! I got one last blog out right before I left to be married to my wonderful Amanda, and after taking a trip following the event, I played catch [...]
Lightning Fast: The Quick Story on a Storm
All of these recent thunderstorms that I haven’t been able to shoot much of has reminded me of a couple nights in Junction this past May and of the storms we photographed while in West Texas. The Chihuahuan Desert looks beautiful under a sky full of electricity! We’re (the Badlands Team) wrapping up our next [...]
Feed Your Spirit Pizza – In Your Face Pizza Hut
Wow! I don’t know even where to begin, it’s been so long…if there’s anyone still out there reading this blog, no, I have not quit, died, been abducted by the aliens mentioned in an earlier post that found me on Twitter then picked me up out of the sandhills of West Texas where I have [...]
