Bank Building in the Nighttime
Barstow, Texas
Basic Editing
Pull the contrast slider down to -100 and then set the tonal curve to strong contrast in Lightroom.
Big Bend
A plan to construct a physical barrier across Big Bend would be unpopular.
Nikon F Lenses
Nikon’s manual F lenses are worth considering because they’ll mount to just about any mirrorless camera today.
Connell House
Stanton, Texas
Queen Theater
Bryan, Texas
Navasota River
Navasota, Texas, 2017
Going to Town
A black-and-white picture of small-town Texas is sort of what western swing music looks like — if that makes sense.
On Main
Big Spring, Texas
Library Windows
In setbacks, mishaps, and errors — life teaches us that we have the capacity to grow, overcome, and live in inspirational ways.
Film, Post 2020
Put film photography to rest. Digital is better.
Pecos River
Girvin (Horsehead Crossing), Texas
EAST
Austin, Texas
El Capitan
Guadalupe Mountains, Texas
Traveling Kindly
Go without want.
Sky
Amarillo, Texas
Poetry
If music is older than language, then that’s probably a large part of it.
On Main
Tucumcari, New Mexico
Makeshift Rangefinder
By most metrics, we’re lousy photographers, and that’s fine. 50mm might be the best focal length, and 35mm the best lens if we crop in a little.
One Day in Sunray
A street photograph without people documents place and shows landscapes of asphalt and cement. One day I went to Sunray and strolled around.