Category Archives: Photography

underneath the lily

I bought flowers for the Christmas-dinner table and they were lovely, as was the dinner and the time with family.

Then, of course, I waited for the flowers to start to wilt so I could start photographing them. This particular flower bloomed late and was in full glory almost a week and a half later…

Lubbock, Texas
photographed 1.6.2024

tattoo

Maybe you thought I’d forgotten that I actually COULD photograph people?

This is  Heather Hedge, who helped a group of delightful folks pass a relaxing afternoon the other day.

Yellowhouse Canyon, Texas
photographed 12.17.2023

arcs (with spikes)

I mean, sure, these are pretty. The spiky arcs (and the way they repeat themselves.) The golden light. The contrast with the green.

But don’t be fooled: those things will stab you without a second thought.

(Reasons to Use a Zoom Lens, lesson one)

Yellowhouse Canyon, Texas
photographed 12.17.2023

hatband

Low light. A felt hat. A grosgrain ribbon band. Feathers. A piece of twine. Deep shadows.

That is all. And that’s all I needed.

Yellowhouse Canyon, Texas
photographed 12.17.2023

see-through house

I have a weird thing* about being able to see all the way through a building. Where I usually shoot – the Texas High Plains – that’s not uncommon, as there are lots of left-behind farmhouses and wide expanses of horizon to see through the broken windows.

Seeing all the way through this building in Beacon Hill felt familiar. But it also felt disconcerting.

Beacon Hill
Boston, Massachusetts
photographed 10.31.2023

*I am sure you realize that I have way more than one weird thing. It’s just that only one of them was relevant at the current time.