Variations

A couple of variations using a star filter action in Photoshop.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Big Yellow Squares

A photo of me in the lobby of the Administration building at R.I.T. in front of a Josef Albers painting.

Comer "Moon" Mullins

I took this photo of Comer "Moon" Mullins when I lived in Arkansas. I had a rather small space in back of the garage that I used as a studio. I photographed several musicians in that "studio" and this is one of my favorite images.

Mad Scientist

The last of the old photographs from my previous life as a real photographer in Rochester.

The Company You Keep

Need I say more?

Got Milk?

In addition to being a laser scientist, a big crayola user, and a photographer, I was also a sommelier. However, I served milk rather than wine. I am from the dairy state after all. Ah, Sealtest 1986. A good vintage.

Laser Scientist

Always in the forefront of scientific research for alternative sources of clean energy, I was way ahead of today's researchers in experimenting with lasers to produce clean fuel as this photograph from the mid-80s shows.

I'm Looking For...

...a really BIG coloring book.

A Photographer at Work

Here's a photo of me taking a photo when I was on the job at RIT. (Sent from my iPod Touch!)

Three More from Eau Claire

Here are three more photographs from my recent trip to Eau Claire to see Emily, top, and Meghan, center and bottom.

Arkansas

When I lived in Arkansas, I started photographing small country churches. This was one of the first. It was along the highway on the way to Little Rock from Mountain View.

Drinks

OK, so I was looking for example images for a class, I'm bored, and I like to see what Photoshop can do.

Snow

Here's a heavily post-processed image from today's snow storm. Ah, winter in Wisconsin.

Thanksgiving at Home

A photo my niece Emily took of six of us at home for Thanksgiving. From left to right: Tina, Sandra and Oliver, Mary Jane, Marguerite, Kathy, and me in back. Of course, that's Abbey between Mary Jane and Marguerite. Nice photograph Emily. I see you beat me to it.

Deer Season

A common sight in Wisconsin during deer season.

Leinies, You Betcha!

Another photograph from Chippewa Falls taken, where else but, the Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company which was founded in 1867. And for those of you wondering, no, I do not remember that.

Homage to Jackson Pollock

I saw this in the painting studio at UW Eau Claire. It's the top of a table where apparently brushes had been wiped or paint splattered. An accidental painting perhaps?

What I Saw

Walking over to Pleasant Street Coffee this morning, this caught my eye.

A Cup a Joe...

Taken during stops for coffee in Eau Claire.

Shoe Shopping

What I did when my nieces dragged me into Mason Shoes in Chippewa Falls last weekend.

The Two Emilys

My niece Emily, top photograph, and her housemate Emily, bottom photograph. Taken this past weekend in Eau Claire.

Chippewa Falls

A couple of photographs from Chippewa Falls this past weekend.

I'm In!

Wow! I submitted four photographs to a juried exhibit titled "The Magic of Light" at the Image City Photography Gallery in Rochester, New York. And the above three were accepted for the show. So mark you calendar and I'll see you in Rochester, New York, on January 2nd for the opening.

Saturday with My Nieces

Meghan, Emily and I visiting Chippewa Falls and Leinenkugel Brewing for a group photo.

This Almost Just In

Some photos from the Goat Coffee House in Eau Claire.

Abbey

Haven't shot anything I've liked in the past couple of days so I thought I'd post a photo of Abbey from two years ago with her Christmas present.

Two From Today

Here's a couple of very different images from today.

Phase Effect

I've been photographing the various phases of the moon this year and here's a composite with some of the results.

Hoot or Who?

Here's a photo taken when I lived in Arkansas. I was driving up a hill and caught sight of this owl. I backed up and got off four shots and this is one of two good ones. I made a print of this for a friend's granddaughter yesterday and it looked so good I thought I'd post it here.

Got Film?

I've been thinking a lot recently about how I used to shoot. Tri-X, available light, fast lenses, or pushing the film in development. I think digital technology has made too many photographers sloppy. Everything is automatic, from exposure to focusing to bracketing to zoom lenses. Without the cost of film, it's all too easy to take shot after shot and hope you've got something that you can "correct" in Photoshop later. So today I bought some batteries and a roll of film and loaded up my Nikon F5. I'll shot with just a 50mm lens. I'll get the film processed and scan the negatives. I'm hoping that this will force me to be careful and more considerate when shooting.

Wireless Release

I was cutting some mats this afternoon and took a few snaps using the new wireless release I bought for the D300 and it worked!

Wide Load

Saw this coming down the street when I was working this morning and ran outside to get a few snaps. This truck took up the street from Grand to Broad. Don't know what it was hauling, but it sure was big. Notice the guy at the rear of the truck. He was steering the rear wheels.

A Long Time Ago

My mother found this photo recently so I thought I'd put it up here. When I lived in Rochester I was the photographer for the United Way of Greater Rochester. It was a wonderful time and I produced some great photographs. I even won an award for my work. Anyway, here's a photo of me (what a dork) standing in front of a billboard that used one of my photographs.

Downtown Again

OK. Here are some more downtown photos from this morning as I walked back and forth from The Villager to Pleasant Street Coffee. Actually, the last two were taken from inside the second floor of The Villager. Not sure I like these at all.