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Mercantile

A small wooden store has ornamentation at its facade. The building has a cornice along its roof and a crown in the middle. Why? Perhaps the metal facade elevates the building’s prestige by imitating stone.

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Faithful

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

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Endure

One must be blind or drunk or in love to live somewhere worse looking than Odessa.

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4th of July Rodeo

Canadian, Texas

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Upper Canadian

Texas landscapes along the Canadian River are scenic and overlooked.

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Tucumcari Union Station

The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad in New Mexico

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A Home in the Monochrome

In every color image I take, I see a black-and-white photographer trying to escape. It’s black-and-white or bust. Mine are pictures of rust, dents, and dust.

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Far from perfect

There are things we can control and things we cannot. There are things we can get out in front of and things we cannot. Therefore, we must do is our best and grow. It’s life.

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More Modern

Art made more sense in horse and buggy days because the technology of 1855 more closely resembled that of 1555 than 1955. The first tintypes appeared around 1855, making photography more modern.

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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 that change requires small steps.

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Twangy

It’s pedal steel, bright guitar, fiddles, snare, upright bass, and lyrics about heartache.

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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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Harsh Daylight

I’ve tried to photograph harsh light for years. Unlike film, digital has less latitude in bright light, which is why you must find techniques to elevate consistency.

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Calm

In a sea of chaos, be an island of peace.

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Carscapes

I did the unthinkable and walked in a city as a pedestrian.

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Sandhills

Monahans Sandhills State Park, Windmill, Texas & Pacific Railroad Section House

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Gear

Photography is 10% taking pictures and 90% watching camera reviews.

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Happy

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

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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.

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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.