Photo Discussion are posts telling the story of the photo. Why I did what I did and general thoughts regarding the image including my feelings and intent.
We recently visited the sailing ships at the Maritime Museum of San Diego (MMSD) while visiting our daughter. The MMSD has a nice collection of ships, most of which you can go on and a few that also give harbor tours. They have 4 sailing ships, 2 submarines (1 Russian and 1 US), 2 steam-powered…
I like to take an alternative approach to nature photography. I’ve never been into what many people consider “real” nature photography. I’m not suggesting there is anything wrong about nature photography. Everyone has their own particular interests but nature photography, as most people consider it, just happens not to be one of mine. Before I…
In my last post I talked about the perseverance and patience it took to get my Unity of Houston photos. I said I would be posting the actual photos this week and here they are. Unity of Houston is a non-denominational church in Houston. The church’s architecture is very unique and non-traditional. As a result,…
The Woodlands, Texas is home to one of the largest collections of public art in Texas. This collection consists of over 50 pieces of public art, including mosaics, sculptures and 23 art benches. Each art bench is a unique piece of public art designed by local, national, and international artists. Some benches are interactive, some…
When photographing an iconic structure, it is very difficult to come up with an original composition. For example, just about any possible composition for the Eiffel Tower has already been done. But we make our photos anyway. Even though we weren’t the first it is a way of saying, “I was there and this is…
My wife and I decided to get out Houston for a few days to take in the beautiful Texas Hill Country. On the drive there we stopped at McKinney Falls State Park in Austin. Located at the confluence of Onion Creek and Williamson Creek, these creeks join and meander through the park over limestone formations…
During a recent getaway trip to Central Texas, we stopped at Lange’s Mill along Threadgill Creek. It’s a beautiful old grist mill. For being built in 1849, it looks to be in pretty good shape. They don’t build them like that anymore. At first glance, the siting of the mill relative to the creek appears…
Recently, I shot my first environmental street portrait. It was fun. The thing is, my original plan was to get an architectural street photo. Sometimes, you just have to grab opportunities when they present themselves. Embrace the unexpected and sometimes you get rewarded. Both environmental street portraits and architectural street photos are amalgams of two…
There’s something special about trees that makes them such wonderful photographic subjects especially if it is a bent and twisted tree. They are so many shapes, forms and textures. Trees are majestic in life and in death. There is simply a beauty to them that draws us like a moth to a flame. For a…
