Lay Your Cards Out “Get yourself in trouble. If you get yourself in trouble, you don’t have the answers. And if you don’t have the answers, your solution will more likely be personal because no one else’s solutions will seem appropriate. You’ll have to come up with your own.” ― Chuck Close
the first or early period of anything “The worst possible thing in the world can happen to you, and you will overcome it. You will be happy again.” ― Chuck Close
Art And Fear I feel like i have written a billion posts that talk about luck and opportunity. It isn’t luck or opportunity that has created this portfolio or the images. It has been blood, sweat and tears that make these images. MIne…and the people I get to work with. Sometimes I choose to reach…
The Eyes Have It On Father’s Day, the kiddos and I went o my aunt’s house for our bi-weekly Sunday dinners. Before we left the house, I decided to grab my camera and a roll of Lomography Lady Grey 400 speed film. After dinner, all of the kids ended up swimming in my aunt’s pool…
Last Tuesday was Pretty Sique As much as I love the interaction and sharing of Facebook, I feel like it is so stagnant and full of selfish motivation and peacock like boasting. Look what I did. Look who I hung out with. Look who I “know” and hang out with. I have left so many…
i don’t wanna always play nice… Last night i was revisiting older shoots that I let lay around on the hard drives. This always seems to yield new images. Which also leaves me wondering why I didn’t process these and release earlier? These images are from January 2017 with an old friend of mine. I…
Terpsichorean Almost a year ago, I was contacted by a follower of mine through Instagram. They lived out in California but were going to be in Austin to visit family soon. Unfortunately we were unable to connect to shoot together over the next 3 or 4 of her visits to Austin. On her most recent…
The first breath is the beginning of death
A Rainy Saturday Yesterday while watching movies with Lars, the thunder started rolling outside. She walked over to the sliding glass door and pulled the curtains back. Next thing I know, we are outside while the rain slowly started coming down. Just sprinkles at first then it really started to rain. And Lars started to…
The Black Sheep I met Shaun earlier on in my photography career here in Austin. We met the first time at an event one of our mutual friends was having about 6 years ago, where I was also showing some of my work. I very clearly remember her amazingly outgoing spirit and personality. We chatted…