willow

Nodding

July Sunday
as the congregation nods
a field of sunflowers

unexpected examples of unusual beauty too

unexpected examples of unusual beauty

Wheelock Academy

with a view

very best view
in town
cemetery on the hill 

Old Style

Scissortails

summer plains
miles of fence and wind
waiting scissortails

Plumeria

Earth Air Water

red

yellow

yellow dawn

moonset .. blooming
the plumeria tree
a false dawn

moiré

skyfull

May winds
a birdcage full of
blue sky

Miss Cline

2 A.M.
out walking
Patsy knows

Summer - Walkabout

blue carwash

Ah.. summer

ripe mulberries

pooped on my car

Sometimes the best day is just going walkabout with your camera. No pre- conceptualization, no anticipatory mind-mapping for the perfect results, no other multiple syllable concept, precept or dogma. You walk around a place you find interesting and you take some pictures – simple as that. Best of all with a point-and-shoot with a screen on the back. You walk, you see, you take pictures. It helps if your mind is empty of those everyday nagging distractions but maybe by the end of the walk it will be and you will find yourself walking and looking. Wait until you download the pictures to even think about them much.

ONE RULE – No Phone ! no!

You walk .. You look.. You take a picture.. it is – – – – Simple as that

bo(re/ar)d

vine - of the most point kind

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Lake Quanah Parker Dam

The image(s) – I am going to talk about it as if were a single image – – which it now is – is a good example of keeping your mind/perception open. Over the years I have been to the Lake Quanah Parker dam countless times. It is one of my favorite places on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. I have always been captivated by and have photographed the gear mechanism many times. That day was the first time I became aware of how it fit together in the visual design of the dam itself. In the moment, I was drawn to the shadows and curves of the concrete stairs and walkway. I included the gear more as a counterpoint. I did not realize the degree of convergence until looking at the downloaded images on the computer. Then the harmony in the shape of the entire dam was striking. This was more than just textbook engineering. Someone had created a functional piece of art in cement and stone. I was lucky enough to notice … eventually.


That the triptych is the best representation to the beauty and scale of the dam’s harmony was also an evolution of perception. I worked with several images but these three as one best reflect the scale and congruency of the whole structure. It seems to be more of an encompassing, if serendipitous, representation than any single image or combination. Some images are like that – even if they are a surprise.



"... the photograph is a function instead of a thing..."


Minor White

meetings

Banana Cat

LEGACY

nothing remains
not of the nine nor hundred
perhaps some words

rocker

on the porch
her old rocking chair
not a creak