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Sinar F2

A ground glass will have missing corners so you can see if the lens is projecting from edge to edge. If you can see the lens, it’s giving full coverage.

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Mercantile

The desire to ornament a small store in remote West Texas is different in my time. The roof ornamentation of the mercantile is an outward expression of something creative, and I like that.

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Nikon D800

I prefer older cameras, and after using a Canon 5D Classic, Nikon’s D800 felt like a significant leap forward. The D800 has a large sensor with a high dynamic range and fits nicely within my budget.

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Faithful

A faithful rendering is accurate to the scene and subject as viewed through the eye.

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Upper Canadian

Landscapes along the Canadian River around Borger, Canadian, and Lake Meredith are scenic and overlooked, making the area one of the last hidden places to see Texas.

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Tucumcari Union Station

The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad in New Mexico

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Downtowns

Downtowns accommodate recreational photography. It’s light, shadows, and reflections of ourselves in glass entrances. It’s seeing someone we’re responsible for and committing to being kinder and more forgiving, knowing change requires small steps.

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FM 3503

Sand haulers and company trucks roar today, yet in a lost decade, young mechanics revved muscle cars on two lanes, interrupting calm nights before red taillights. It’s been forever since I’ve considered FM 3503.

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Happy

A dog barks, tin clanks, and wind whooshes across dormant branches.

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February Afternoon

Bare trees stretch up in bright light near dormant vegetation, in chilly air, in a park, near highway traffic, beside a path, and a chance to do something creative.

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New York Town

I caught the subway and went downtown. Helvetica lettering pointed the way. Passenger cars rocked, rattled, and clanked in the dark, and a platform musician sang Country Roads. People smiled on the boat to the Statue of Liberty, and Manhattan’s mountains rose above the harbor, where I later walked across the Brooklyn Bridge, picturing it as I would in a dry, dusty town.

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Seeing Layers

The 50mm lens is more front-to-back than side-to-side and compresses things together, perfect for layering foregrounds over backgrounds.

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Sunset Limited

With a ticket, backpack, and several rolls of Kodak Gold, I watched Amtrak’s Sunset Limited coast to a stop at Alpine, 2 PM, would reach Los Angeles at 9 AM, December 2005.