Monthly Archives: August 2025
motors
I’ve been watching the place for a long time, waiting for the abandonment to hit the critical, photo-worthy point. And it’s nearly there…
The day I visited I noticed how those letters were cut from sheets of plywood. And then I realized that the wood grain is going in different directions on the letters and now I can’t un-see that part of it. (That’s a weird relic in my brain left over from when I was learning – unsuccessfully – to sew. Nice that I still remember to lay a pattern the same direction on the grain of the fabric and how hilarious that one thing still hangs around to influence random photographs.)
Slaton, Texas
photographed 8.7.2025
shade/fabric
If you do it right, you can get that shade fabric to distort the lights.
On the other hand, if you do it wrong, the same thing will happen.
I think I did it wrong, but I got the same results, so maybe I actually did it right. Who knows?
Anyway, here’s a picture.
Slaton, Texas
photographed 8.7.2025
index notch
If you ever wondered if those indentions in old-school dictionaries have a particular name, the answer is that yes, they do. They are called an index notch.
If you ever wondered if a close-up photo of an index notch* looked like a piece of wood that had been carved out, that answer is also yes.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 10.27.2028
*See how smart you are? You JUST learned a new word and there you are, already using it in a sentence. Yay, you!
not my type(writer)
The photographer that I was in 2018 thought this was a terrible image. However, the photographer I am right now was very excited to see it because it reminded me of a x-ray.
And so, kids, that’s why I almost never delete an image.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 10.27.2018
isn’t that always the case?
You’ve probably had the same experience. Of course, I am talking about how many times you realize that the “nightmear” truly IS in the back…
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 10.10.23
One Day | One Image 