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chair + reflection
A polished concrete floor + a green chair + the sun in just the right spot = this.
Yellowhouse Canyon, Texas
photographed 7.14.2023
“everything looks worse in black and white” – P. Simon
As you know, my first photographic love is monochrome, so I can’t completely get on board with Paul Simon’s statement about everything looking worse in black and white.
Although…this scene really does look better in color.
Yellowhouse Canyon, Texas
photographed 7.14.2023
home office
The great thing about my real job is that I can do it from practically anywhere. And I’m set to get some work done at my little country place, should I ever need to. I mean, a couple of pencils and a highlighter are just about all you need, right?
Yellowhouse Canyon, Texas
photographed 7.14.2023
rain chain + sunset
Maybe you know that I’ve spent the better part of the last two years working on a documentary project; it covers the entire length of Route 66 and I made just shy of 7,000 black and white images.
Later this week, my collaborator – the Oklahoma photographer VC Torneden – and I will have an exhibit of a few of these images. It’s called The Other Side and will be at the Charles Adams Gallery in Lubbock through the end of the month. Stop by, if you get a chance.
And all of that was to say that I sort of got burned out on black and white images. I love black and white and have built my photographic career (such as it is) on being a strong monochrome shooter.
So, I’m pivoting to color, and that’s all you’ll see from me for the entirety of the month.
You’ve been warned.
Yellowhouse Canyon, Texas
photographed 7.13.2023
why i love the plains
From a sky- and weather-viewpoint, the day had been fairly unremarkable. And even the sunset didn’t look too promising.
But then about 8 minutes before sundown, the sun broke through the clouds, which had looked really flat and boring. But the low angle highlighted the mammatus clouds in a way that was unexpected, dramatic, and breathtaking.
And, if this very same thing had happened somewhere with hills and/or trees, no one could have seen it. And that’s why I love the plains.
Yellowhouse Canyon, Texas
photographed 5.13.2023
One Day | One Image 