Black & White
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36 years and counting
The image below was from my first photography class, the first roll of film I shot, and was the first print I brought out of the darkroom. George Strimbu, my dearly loved professor, looked at the image still wet in the tray and asked, “Have you ever thought of a career in photography?” Thus began… Continue reading
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Uniformly Engaged
Band season has come to a close. Continue reading
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My neighbor got a cat
It’s a bit scary but I cant wait to meet the new kitty. Continue reading
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Space Available
I’m still going for the back row. Continue reading
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Yeah, they’ve got antiques.
Galva, IL on BNSF’s Mendota Sub. Continue reading
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Here You Are.
“You put your left foot in….” No. No. Just stay right there, don’t move. Continue reading
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Following Directions
They smiled… Why does everyone have to smile? Pavlovian response? Waiting to check out during camper resupply at a Walmart in Plymouth, Indiana, a few years back. Continue reading
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Paper Wing and A Prayer
We wrote down our wishes for the future, folded them into a plane, cast them into the air, gave a hug, and then left. Her four-year adventure began. Continue reading
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They’ve Arrived.
Can you tell? We made it through move-in day! Now for 1st day of classes. Good luck to #2 on her new journey. Continue reading
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Trains, Planes and….
No Cars! Just trains and planes. Two technologies… A Century and 30k feet apart. Continue reading
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I stand still or move slowly, feeling things like the impulse of shapes, the direction of lines, the quality of surfaces. I frame with my eye (sometimes with my hands) as the ground glass would frame. Nothing that one could reasonably call thinking is taking place at this stage. The condition is total absorption; the decision (a picture!) is spontaneous. – Aaron Siskind, 1955