Category Archives: Southwest

LLANO ESTACADO PUMP JACK
Pump jacks, or grasshoppers, are a common site in Texas. I live in Austin, where they are not as abundant but as you head west their presence increases. This photograph was made near Post, Texas in Garza County, just southeast

LLANO ESTACADO PUMP JACK
Pump jacks, or grasshoppers, are a common site in Texas. I live in Austin, where they are not as abundant but as you head west their presence increases. This photograph was made near Post, Texas in Garza County, just southeast

GUADALUPE RIVER
This is an older photograph but it holds a certain amount of pride for me, it’s the first photograph I had published in a book. The book was titled “Texas On A Roll, Images of Texas by Texas Photographers“. It

GUADALUPE RIVER
This is an older photograph but it holds a certain amount of pride for me, it’s the first photograph I had published in a book. The book was titled “Texas On A Roll, Images of Texas by Texas Photographers“. It

THE POWER OF LIGHT
This is another image that made me stop while driving. I’m still in work-print stage as I think the file can be tweaked further to improve the sky and foreground. The fence was that white and it’s what caught my

THE POWER OF LIGHT
This is another image that made me stop while driving. I’m still in work-print stage as I think the file can be tweaked further to improve the sky and foreground. The fence was that white and it’s what caught my

ARCHER CITY AND ANARENE
I’ve always been intrigued by Archer City, Texas. It’s a small town (1,848 population) in north central Texas about one hour south of the Oklahoma border. Oil country. Cattle country. My wife’s family is from Olney, just 19 miles southwest

ARCHER CITY AND ANARENE
I’ve always been intrigued by Archer City, Texas. It’s a small town (1,848 population) in north central Texas about one hour south of the Oklahoma border. Oil country. Cattle country. My wife’s family is from Olney, just 19 miles southwest

TONING
Toning has the ability to completely change a photograph. I used to selenium tone all my gelatin-silver black and white prints. I could never really tell the difference, it’s just what a lot of photographers did. I always struggled with

TONING
Toning has the ability to completely change a photograph. I used to selenium tone all my gelatin-silver black and white prints. I could never really tell the difference, it’s just what a lot of photographers did. I always struggled with

TEXAS RANGERS
I photographed some retired Texas Rangers back in 1990. It’s been almost 20 years since I made the photographs and I really hadn’t done much with the group of images except print one or two negatives. The picture below was

TEXAS RANGERS
I photographed some retired Texas Rangers back in 1990. It’s been almost 20 years since I made the photographs and I really hadn’t done much with the group of images except print one or two negatives. The picture below was

SOUTHWESTERN AMERICA
I just sent a book off to be published (keep reading). I used Blurb, a print-on-demand service, to design and print the book. It was idiot-proof and exciting. I don’t know if it was the thrill of getting my own

SOUTHWESTERN AMERICA
I just sent a book off to be published (keep reading). I used Blurb, a print-on-demand service, to design and print the book. It was idiot-proof and exciting. I don’t know if it was the thrill of getting my own

PRINTING
I’ve always printed my final images. While reading an article recently, I got the impression that because of the internet, web pages and digital imaging, printmaking was losing ground to the computer monitor. I may be wrong but I’ll address

PRINTING
I’ve always printed my final images. While reading an article recently, I got the impression that because of the internet, web pages and digital imaging, printmaking was losing ground to the computer monitor. I may be wrong but I’ll address