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the rbi
Look at me, pretending to be a sports photographer! (The runner was called safe. It was not a popular decision.)
Amarillo Sod Poodles at the Midland Rockhounds
Midland, Texas
photographed 8.9.2025
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
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
condiment
I took my camera into this place the other night because it’s summer and it’s Texas and I didn’t want to leave it hot there baking in the car.
That was the stated reason.
The real reason was….well, you know.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 7.30.2025
always leave traces in the leaves
I am not necessarily admitting anything, but one way to get something in focus on a manual lens – and this works best with a breeze so things are always moving in and out of the zone – is shoot in continuous mode while generally focused in the vague area you want to photograph. If you hold the shutter button down long enough, eventually something will wind up in focus and then later you can just delete 450 crap photos and get on with your damn life.
NOT THAT I DID THIS.
Posey, Texas
photographed 7.20.2025
One Day | One Image 