twenty five cents

Old news: Last year Polaroid stopped making instant film. Gone are the land cameras and square images, and instant memories archived on what once was a genius medium: instant photographs, that only minutes after capture are processed and ready to fit right into an album, onto a dashboard, into a pocket, a picture frame, a scrapbook. Digital can't even say that. The announcement of the end of instant film prompted me to buy some 600 Polaroid film and keep it for a rainy day. I am currently working on a gallery of images and themes and concepts all shot with my remaining Polaroid film. The image below is not one of those shots, but let's call it a homage to the land camera, Polaroid film, instant memories, and a time when not everyone craved the HD experience.

something blue

Announcing a new blog all about weddings called "Something Blue". I post so much stuff on this blog that when I refer a bride here to look at my work, it's a lot to weed through. So, I am happy to present a new blog-linked to the right-that is specifically for weddings alone! Gone are the days of scrolling through summer vacation pictures, just click and a world of weddings awaits... Thanks!

www.artbrandweddings.blogspot.com

mineral wells-revisited

Today, let's revisit a shot taken at my ultimate favorite place to take pictures: Mineral Wells. These are some quick shots just taken around town...and me cruising in a shopping cart, a common Mineral Wells past time.

old school-cont'd

Pine Grove High School again. I don't mean to keep going back to it, but it's just so cool!

used, like new

Down the road is a used appliance store that keeps their merchandise outside their building, even when they're closed. I took a little time one morning and composed this shot. Only after, looking at it on the compy, did it seem to me like old men gathered together on a front porch; grumpy, old, out dated, and content enough to just stand there on the porch and watch the cars pass by.

snapshots

I believe in art forms of all kinds...and I believe with the right presentation virtually anything can be an art form. Just walk through your local modern art museum and notice that florescent light bulb just stuck there on the wall at a perfect forty five degree angle. Ah. Art! The great Dan Flavin! Well, often up for debate these modern artists are, and I am not here today to get into that debate, but a lot of things I find are mini art masterpieces in and of themselves. Such as the snapshot. The quick click of a shutter at a scene-whether intended or not-that captures mood, light, atmosphere, or even an unintended look, a wry smile, a cutting of the eyes, all meaning one thing or another, intentional or not. I eat this stuff up! Well, the two shots below were taken on uneventful days from my car window. One shot represents a motel sign that I will always associate with this great city, it's underexposure is appealing to me, reflecting the gritty residence that is typical of this certain motel. The other, a great contrast of color, a warm sun set glow against a hot concrete building downtown and a great charcoal storm looming in the sky right on the edge of bursting! And just because I can, I haven't touched these at all from camera to blog, these photos are untouched by perfectionist programs such as the great photoshop. In my eyes these photos are perfect, surviving on their own.

catch daddy o

Recently did some promo work for a jazz/blues band (correct me if I'm wrong Karen!) named Catch Daddy O. We shot on location at a little venue called Mambos in downtown Fort Worth. Great atmosphere, great lighting, great artwork on the wall, great food, but go for the music!

the boys

Shots of the boys who were also in Amber's wedding. They make those tuxes look gooooood.

amber and blayne

The long overdue...

...rockstars...

spin

For the next few posts, howzabout I just let the images speak for themselves, which is short for: I don't feel like writing. The pic below taken at Zubar in Dallas. Props to the dancers there. The good ones I mean...