35, 50
Wide and telephoto touch somewhere between 35 and 50, which means every lens over 50 is called a telephoto and every one below 35 is considered wide, making 35 the longest wide-angle and 50 the widest telephoto.
Auxiliary Viewfinders
Forget new lenses and camera specs. One of the most freeing things we can add to our photography is an auxiliary viewfinder because it removes precision.
The Bigger Picture
There are many things to learn. The point of the arts isn’t to make a living doing art. Instead, if done well, we’ll witness the lived reality of the person making something become more widely known.
In our lifetime
We’re only our age for a little while, yet the present is eternal.
The problem with mirrorless
Someday we’ll call it a camera with interchangeable lenses.
35 is a lonesome focal length
A 35mm pushes backgrounds away and magnifies foregrounds.
Completely covered with graffiti
Old age is the ultimate new cool. Be a little bit of kindness and friendship walking around in the world.
Heaven
Heaven is out here, working in Odessa.
Wildly kind and kindly wild
How do we remember a place?
Burgers, Fries, and Onion Rings
To see a photograph, we must forget that we’re viewing one. To see photography, we must acknowledge mood and atmosphere.
Studio
A note is a few words in a sentence or two; a picture is an individual frame, and a finding blends text with imagery.
Influence
Despair is progress misinterpreted. Focus on what you enjoy more than the attention it brings. Make a stranger laugh.
The Rule of Thirds
View something, then around and past it.
Keeping the Doors Unlocked
The kids are smart. They are sharp, and they will do just fine. I don’t worry about them. It’s the grown soreheads like me I worry about—the ones who risk calcifying if they aren’t careful.
Simple Italianate
Simple Italianate houses fascinate me. The City of Cincinnati describes Italianates (1860 - 1890) as two or three stories high, rectangular in plan, with low-pitched roofs. They are brick with metal, stone, or wood ornamentation. A distinctive feature is a cornice. Their design is thin with tall windows, similar to 19th-century commercial buildings.
Compression and Separation
Lens selection is a creative choice made before stepping outside. A 50mm is how a photographer sees; a 35mm is how one thinks, and a 135mm is how one sees and thinks while driving.
How it all began
If it hand’t been for West Texas, I probably wouldn’t have done monovchromramatic photography. If it hand’t been for school, I probably wouldn’t have done monovchromramatic photography. If it hadn’t been for the 1990s, I probably wouldn’t have done monovchromramatic photography.
Eyesore
In saying very little, I stood closer to what I had to say and encountered it before I knew what it was. Brag about eyesores if there’s almost nothing nice to say.
On playing records
I love records. Records are time capsules, and I love records that sound fresh across time and that go on to inspire new groundbreaking records.
Multiple Visits
A second visit to Palo Duro Canyon can become an opportunity to see change. We can visit the canyon a hundred times without experiencing two identical trips; for example, sometimes it’s the weather, or we’ll see animal tracks.