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edge of winter
First of all – thanks to everyone for sticking with my 28 Faces project during February. When I made the commitment to myself to be a Serious Photographer, one of the things I promised was that I would never stop learning, never stop pushing myself. It took me a long time to become confident enough to photograph people and it has been an exhilarating experience. I’ll keep doing it, but for now – here’s some of the “normal” stuff. For a change.
My family call it “movie snow” – the kind that wafts gently down, huge white flakes landing lightly on everything. And then melts soon, before it gets icy and gray and annoying. We had such a movie snow toward the end of January: it snowed in the night and through the morning. By afternoon the weather system moved on and the melt began.
Yellowhouse Canyon, Texas
photographed 1.26.2023
Stay Off
I did what the spray-painted warning told me: I stayed off the private property. (There was nothing said about not making a photograph.)
This is the last of the snow pictures; you’re probably relieved. But don’t you wonder what tomorrow will bring?
Slaton, Texas
photographed 2.16.2021
Fuel and Sunset
The light and colors are delicate. The reality is much more harsh and unforgiving.
Lubbock County, Texas
photographed 2.16.2021
Snow/Bike
Another day of snow meant another day of me getting out in it to take some photos. Most of the photos I made on this particular morning were for a (this sounds weird but is the actual, honest-to-God truth) corporate client I’ve just gotten.* While I was out working on that project, I saw a lone bicycle across the way. And I knew it was worthy of an image.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 2.16.2021
*I know: how ridiculous is this turn of events?!
Texas Rising
This piece, from Texas Tech University’s acclaimed public art program is called “Texas Rising,” created by artists Blessing Hancock and Joe O’Connell. The stars are lit from the inside, which looks lovely at night. But they also look nice in the daytime when the snow’s coming down.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 2.16.2021
One Day | One Image 