Monthly Archives: October 2021
Hotel Scene: floodlights and rain
My side of the hotel faced the turnpike, which could account for those extremely bright floodlights, lighting the way for weary, moth-like travelers. On my last morning in Oklahoma, heavy rain on the windows diffused the light…but not very much.
Stroud, Oklahoma
photographed 10.13.2021
PS: Today would have been my dad’s 98th birthday. He and my mom lived in Stroud, Oklahoma, where this photo was taken, for a short while in the mid-1950s. I almost never plan out my photos to be posted on any particular day, so it was a just a coincidence that this one landed on his birthday. (I think that sometimes the Photography Gods are doing some behind-the-scenes work.)
Panhandle Arrow
The beginning of the photographic journey that I mentioned yesterday started with a drive along many miles of unpaved roads in the very western edge of the Texas panhandle. I’d never been this way before and it was a stunningly beautiful drive. Right here, where I found this incredible arrow, the elevation was over 4,200 feet and autumn had already arrived; the air was cool and fresh and summer’s heat seemed almost like it had never happened.
This is a road I’d like to drive on many more times.
Deaf Smith County, Texas
photographed 11.9.2021
Storm Damage
I recently completed a journey across Oklahoma, as part of a not-yet-revealed photography project. The first night I was in the state was a night of many bad storms. Some of them were uncomfortably close to where I was.
A few days later, my work on the project completed, I headed for home. Along the way, I passed through a swath of damage from the earlier storms, including this piece of sheet metal that was wrapped around a fencepost.
near Chickasha, Oklahoma
photographed 10.13.21
chair + corrugations
One thing you may know about me: I will often stop to photograph corrugated metal siding.
And other thing you may also know: I will often stop to photograph feral chairs.
Both at once is a guaranteed photo.
Grandfield, Oklahoma
photographed 9.18.2021
the morning after
I don’t know why, but I could just tell the empty Sunday morning restaurant had been full of happy diners the night before.
Karat Bar and Bistro
Wichita Falls, Texas
photographed 9.19.2021
One Day | One Image 