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80% off really draws them in
Sears was only open two more days after this. Those deep discounts meant the store was more crowded than it had been in recent memory.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 1.5.2019
Another unnamed building
Here’s something to try for fun: first, let someone drive you around in an unfamiliar town, on a road that’s not really on a map. Then notice a building that you’d like to photograph. Make sure you’re in a situation where you can’t stop to get the shot. And, then, a few days later, try to find it again.There are bonus points if you can give your Patient Spouse (who is in an unfamiliar role as navigator) vague directions like “maybe the cross street is called Industrial?” or “there were some crosses by the railroad crossing.” And lots of bonus points if you get to town so late in the afternoon that it’s too dark anyway (because it’s solstice, after all). And then the regular number of points if you go back again on another day, have a bit of a “discussion” with the Patient Spouse about how to find the place, but since he’s driving and you’re navigating, then you eventually do locate it.
Just think of the fun!
Also, this: my first thought when we actually did locate the damn thing was that it wasn’t even worth the effort. But by then I was committed to getting the shot, whether or not it was worth it. I’m stubborn that way…
Midland, Texas
photographed 12.25.2018
(but attempted 12.17.2018 and 12.21.2018)
Night/Vision
I’ve been working on a photography project for the past seven months that I haven’t posted here, for a complicated set of reasons. But here’s one image from the project, an outtake, if you will. I shot it through a dirty window, and rather liked the streaky result with the streetlights.
Don’t worry about the project; it’s still in progress, still without a name, but you’ll see it one of these days….
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 10.22.2018
Snow Tires
It’s been almost three years since we got enough snow to even notice. So, naturally, we had to get out and drive around in it…
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 12.9.2018
Range Balls
In a previous career, in an effort to crack the boy’s club at the office, my co-worker and I decided to take up golf. (The Boys in the Club were often missing on Friday afternoons, out playing golf together. It was loads and loads of bullshit.)
Of course, we didn’t break into the Club: she was transferred to another location a thousand miles away and I eventually ended up getting fired. (But don’t feel bad for either one of us, as we are both much better off now.) Also, of course, we didn’t turn into golfers.
There’s a golf course down the street from my house, and its future seems in doubt. It looks closed, and there’s rumors that a church bought the site.
Anyway, the other day the weather forecast was for a big winter storm and I decided that shooting the abandoned-looking driving range with the backdrop of bad weather would be a good idea. The day the storm was supposed to arrive, all we had were some clouds that were barely interesting. But then, overnight, snow! These two photos were made almost exactly 24 hours apart.
Stonegate Golf Course
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 12.7.2018 and 12.8.2018
One Day | One Image 