Spring colors

Spring has arrived to my household early this year. The flowers sprouting forth endured one of the hottest summers and coolest cold snaps on record.

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Florida Textures

My wife and I visited Florida this past weekend to visit the in-laws and it RAINED for the entire duration of our stay — a rare event, I am told. Undeterred, the family embarked to a few ‘scenic’ locations in Homosassa Florida. We had a blast having created some magical, memorable moments.

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Japanese infused roses

I tried to duplicate my latest floral collection, you may view it here with various textured backdrops and colors (or lack there of), but felt as if I fell a bit flat. I learned a tremendous amount about my camera, light balance, still-life setup, and macro in the process however. So not all was lost. And refusing to keep the photography stored on a drive somewhere I decided to share nonetheless.

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A Foggy Morning

Fog very seldom settles into North Texas, but when it does, I make sure I carry my camera. Yesterday, I made sure I had my medium format camera in hand as I traveled to work photographing my commute along the way. I only had one fujifilm recipe, Kodak Portra 400 v2, programmed into my camera which accentuated the greens but muted the browns. The effect turns out to be quite rad.

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Day of the Dead Parade

I thought I knew a thing or two about the comings and goings in my hometown of Fort Worth Texas having lived in the area off and on for thirty years. However, I proved myself wrong venturing out to the Day of the Dead Parade in North Fort Worth with my friend Tim Smith, a marketing director and fellow photographer. I sought out the parade needing to get out of the house so my wife could have some R&R. What I discovered in the process was a city as diverse as my photography portfolio.

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Phalaenopsis Orchid

I wanted to photograph some new flowers this coming Labor Day holiday weekend. So I went to my home improvement store and purchased this lovely Orchid. For this journal entry I experiment with form, texture, and lighting in color and black and white to capture the essense of the flower.

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San Antonio Historic Market Square

I have always called San Antonio home due to the preservation of its buildings, culture, and natural spaces during the time I had lived there many years ago. I have many fond memories of the city where I learned to paint, and discovered the computer and comic books. I was not interested in photography at the time. To be honest, I had no idea the field even existed. My interests resided with illustration and painting.

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There was an old bridge

Those new to Texas may not be aware that most of the state’s infrastructure from the past one hundred years are still intact and preserved – all one needs to know is where to look. That is where Apple Maps is your friend as most markers appear in a traditional search. A simple query of “bridge” on my iPhone highlighted that the Old Alton Bridge was nearby. I have grown a fondness for Texas architecture cruising the Texas backroads, and having never surveyed the area before thought the bridge was worth checking out!

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Small Town Decatur

I finally traveled out to Decatur Texas to photograph an old no longer open gas station joined by a Texas historical landmark and Whistle Stop Cafe closed on Saturdays. On this outing, Texas heat slays color of any sort leaving behind a carpet of singed leaves and decaying branches.

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We can all learn something from the streets

I know what you are thinking…I can just feel it. Why in the world is a nature photographer such as myself taking photos of the streets. Well if you aren’t thinking it I sure have been. Every photo in this post has been vetted from about a thousand during my stay here in NYC this past week and until now I really had no idea how to explain to the viewer what my criteria actually was. As I studied my two Instagram feeds, one dedicated to color and the other black and white, I feel a pattern started to emerge.

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