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.
Connell House
Stanton, Texas
On Main
Big Spring, Texas
El Capitan
Guadalupe Mountains, Texas
Sky
Amarillo, Texas
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.
Town
Rankin, Texas
Town Scene
Happy, Texas
Pond
Midland, Texas
Interstate Twenty
Warm sunlight and desert mountains blanket the horizon. Miles of asphalt fly under my feet. I love being out here among trucks.
2nd near West County Rd.
Odessa, Texas
Taking or Making
In photographing landscapes, places, and found environments, perhaps the difference between making and taking lives in the focal length, where a 35mm takes, and a 50mm makes.
Gas Station
Glenrio, Texas
Layered
A 50mm lens is more front-to-back than side-to-side and compresses things together, perfect for layering foregrounds over backgrounds — more deadpan than a 35.
Film Emulation
It’s fine to digitally emulate analog. A box of monochrome 8x10 sells for $250 — a $150 rise from a decade ago, and some 35mm rolls fetch $15. Analog was once the primary photographic method.
Kermit Highway
Odessa, Texas
Green Monobloc
Amarillo, Texas