Structure and Texture

I enjoy shooting people, places and things.

I love capturing the era of ghost towns and those old structures. I love the texture of the wood, fabrics and metals.

By far, one of the most interesting places I've had the divine pleasure of capturing is Bodie, Ca. A well preserved ghost mining town suddenly abandoned in the late 1800 to early 1900's.

Every structure stands as it was, untouched, stagnant and rich in history. Left for the pure enjoyment of those willing to make the trek there. Unlike Virginia City for example, there are no businesses, no commercialism...just a step back in time, ready and waiting to be recorded through the simple press of a button.

 

 

Pets Gone Wild.....Or Not

 Pets are like small children. Easily captured at specifics periods of the day and need to be bribed at other times. After 10 minutes, their cooperation died off. What makes this picture a keeper for me is the expression on their faces. While Dazy...aka...vicious pitbull has given up on me, Jasper...aka ankle biting Yorkie....still holds out hope for the milk bone.

What I got in the end was an adorable picture of my two beloved pooches depicting them in their natural habitat. Which was not my original intention, but worked out beautifully for me.

 

 

 

 

Capturing Children-My Snow Riders

I am perhaps, asked more often, "how do I get a good candid of my child"?

It's simple really. Watch them. Study them. Wait. Take as many shots as you need. The beautiful thing about photographing children is that they are always natural. Always expressive, and usually oblivious in their play to realize you are waiting for the optimal moment to take their picture.

So, as they go about their activity, you sit back and watch them. You study their behavior and their facial expressions at specific moments. Then you wait, wait for the moment and seize it.

The optimal way to capture children is in their own natural environment, in their own world and as naturally as possible. Or ...take 'em to Walmart for a horrifically posed, statute portrait for the great price of $6.95 for oodles of cliched /generic pictures. But wouldn't you rather want your children remembered as themselves, in all their little glory? 

 

No words, just the image.....