Monthly Archives: February 2012
February 19
Well, this is sad.
In 2009, one of my friends and I took a trip to Las Vegas to photograph wedding chapels along the Strip. We did that, but we also shot plenty of photos of motels in the same area. And I suppose it’s a good thing we went when we did: many of the places we photographed have been since torn down, in the name – of course! – of progress.
The Yucca Motel is one of them. It was demolished in mid-2010. The sign was salvaged and now resides at the Las Vegas Neon Museum. As a matter of fact, the homepage of the museum’s website has a picture of this very same sign. I like my shot better. A lot better.
Las Vegas, Nevada
photographed 5.29.2009
February 18
Say you are on a trip. In Missouri. With no real destination other than generally getting from St. Louis to Kansas City. And say you happen to notice on the map (because you are like that, preferring actual, paper maps over a GPS) a town called Frankenstein.
Of course you have to go!
And say, on your way through Frankenstein, you notice a big church (Our Lady, Help of Christians, as it turns out) with a playground and a graveyard beside it. You have to stop.
And, because you saw the town on the map and the church in the town, you also saw this: a caretaker’s hut, built of brick to match the church, with a white door held closed by a board.
It was a great trip.
Frankenstein, Missouri
photographed 6.2006
February 17
Santa Fe shadows on the side of the Lensic Performing Arts Center.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
photographed 8.5.2011
February 16
During our big snow storm on Sunday, I took a hike. Well, OK, it was more like a walk. A walk around my backyard, if you are going to press me on it, which I guess barely counts as a walk. It must have been more of a stroll. Anyway, I saw this dried leaf cupping snowflakes and the tiny ice-balls that fell for a while before the snow started.
For similar – only better – images, check out these shots from a fellow photo-blogger, Sarah Takes Pictures. Tell her I sent you!
My backyard
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 2.12.2012
February 15
In the McKinny Cemetery, I spotted a very large, very dead tree.
McKinny Cemetery
near County Road 108
Blanco County, Texas
photographed 8.8.2009
with C. Vigil
One Day | One Image 