Category Archives: Photography
the hangers on
I’d seen this building before, from the adjacent interstate, but had never gone past the “I should probably go over and look at that” part of my thought process.
Finally, the other night, I did get over there. And I have plans to return: it really was more interesting than I thought it was going to be.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 5.20.2025
1-3-2-4 (at dusk)
I am rehabbing from foot surgery and am still non-weightbearing for another couple of weeks.
That has put a bit of a crimp into my usual photography processes, which mostly involve driving around until I see something interesting, then getting out to walk around while I explore.
The alternate version of that (having someone drive me, shooting from the car window) is actually giving me a chance to look at things from a bit more distance than I usually would, giving me practice framing shots differently, and a lot of chances to say ridiculous things like, “Can you back up like about an inch?”
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 5.20.2025
floral/abstract
I got lost inside of this, in the colors and the shapes and the shadows. It made me feel breathless and disoriented. It was my first experience of the sort (with my own art), and therefore I believe this to be the first meaningful abstract I have ever created.
It feels like an accomplishment. And maybe it was.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 5.19.2025
floral/arrangement
Why, yes, I DO have a new lens. I got a LensBaby Sweet 50 – it was part of my medium-term plan to keep busy while my foot gets well enough to walk on. That’s 25 more days, for those of you keeping track, so I needed to think of a project that I could do inside my house. And like skillful photographers everywhere, I used that little project as a justification for a new lens. I mean, I only had to convince myself and I’m notoriously easy to sway, but still you never know.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 5.19.2025
One Day | One Image 