Validation
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Validation

 I have never made a big profit from my print sales, but I tell folks I sell enough to pay for the habit. Which largely means I break even. And have a basement full of left over prints. But I suppose sales mean more than the profit I might make. It is validation, approval. To think that someone buys something…
August 21, 2023Posted inMusings
Content with the Little Moments
Posted inMusings Seattle

Content with the Little Moments

I have practiced being in the moment for years now. I learned a long time ago that I was often seeing the world through my camera. At a concert, event or just looking for that perfect image in a foreign place. I came to the realization that I had to later look at my photos to see if I had…
July 13, 2023Posted inMusings, Seattle
Couldn’t Wait to Leave
Posted inMusings Ohio Travels

Couldn’t Wait to Leave

Just saying hey. Has the dust settled in the aftermath of your show? Any new insights? Are you busy with holiday plans? No big plans here, just hanging out at home. I might fire up the grill for a change. We used to grill out all the time. With charcoal no less. We have a gas grill we never use.…
July 3, 2023Posted inMusings, Ohio, Travels
The Sound of the Word Artist
Posted inMusings Seattle

The Sound of the Word Artist

You’re not being presumptuous at all. I think of myself as an artist. But as you probably know there are those who consider you to be an artist and me a photographer. You create your works by hand and I use a technical device. Even when enlightened folks think photography is an art form, it none the less remains a…
June 22, 2023Posted inMusings, Seattle
Pretty, in a Deadly Kind of Way
Posted inMusings Seattle

Pretty, in a Deadly Kind of Way

Did any of that nasty smoke get out your way? NYC looked post-apocalyptic. But I have seen that before here. Happened about 3 summers in a row, one of them as nasty as what just happened there. I recall not only smelling the fires, but ash falling like snow. But as deadly as it was, it sure made for interesting…
June 10, 2023Posted inMusings, Seattle
Died a Second Death
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Died a Second Death

I had a little minor computer related crisis this morning that caused a hissy fit on my part. It was really a result of my bad work flow habit, but none the less, it pissed me off. I had just written the intro to my folio, Humans. Spend maybe an hour on it, but I was pleased with it. It…
May 26, 2023Posted inMusings
Nothing More
Posted inMusings Odds and Ends Seattle

Nothing More

I am constantly amazed by the iPhone’s ability to capture what I could never capture on film. But while the dynamic range is amazing, the image quality is lacking. But still, as a simple image, meant to illustrate a quiet moment, and nothing more, it is pretty good.
May 16, 2023Posted inMusings, Odds and Ends, Seattle
I Can Pretend I am in Paris, n’est Pas?
Posted inMusings Paris

I Can Pretend I am in Paris, n’est Pas?

I had a chat the other night about suppression of desires. And I told my friend I really couldn’t tell if that was what I was doing or that I truly didn’t miss travel and such. I said I would like to dine out more, but that was about it. He consoled me by saying that I lived in such…
May 15, 2023Posted inMusings, Paris
You Can’t Save Them All
Posted inMusings Paris Travels

You Can’t Save Them All

I went looking for an image to add to my website. I was working on the Humans folio and wanted a color portrait from the 1990s. I thought of the sessions I did in Paris in May of 1999. I also thought of Rose, one of the models I worked with. I think she was a dancer. She had a…
April 22, 2023Posted inMusings, Paris, Travels