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The Beginning of the Digital Era

Now that I have hit a quiet stretch, I thought it might be a good time to think about another personal project. Another portfolio. I did Portfolio 1 in 1994 and Portfolio 2 in 2003. I sold copies of both to Paul Brainerd. They are collections of my some of my best personal work from those time frames. I started…

June 14, 2018Gardens, Landscapes, Seattle, Uncategorized

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The Road Forward

I seem to always to be looking for what the future brings. Especially when one chapter ends and the next is still a work in progress. And aging seems to make the process more urgent somehow. As if time is running out. But time is always running out and I will never have enough of time to accomplish all the…

June 13, 2018Landscapes, Travels, Uncategorized

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Million Dollar Views

Well I think you would be proud of me. I gave my 2 week notice yesterday. Carter thought I should keep it under my hat, as he thinks I will change my mind. But, no, this is for real this time. And if they didn’t have a line up of projects, it would have been effective immediately. I won’t get into…

April 29, 2018Celebrations, Landscapes, Odds and Ends, Seattle, Uncategorized

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It Was a Magical Time

At the end of February in 1998 I went to London for 10 days. My first trip to that great city. We stayed across the street from Hyde Park and toured the city at length. There was suppose to be a launch party for a new stock agency I was working with at the time, but that was delayed. Never the…

March 27, 2018Celebrations, Gardens, Landscapes, Paris, Travels

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Pleasant Abstraction

There seems to be a fine line between a pleasant abstraction and just an out of focus picture. It is definitely something you have to play with and shoot a lot. But the process is definitely fun. Like my Instagram stuff. Just me playing around, mostly out of curiosity. Wondering what something might look like. But the instagram stuff is…

January 16, 2018Landscapes, Odds and Ends, Seattle, Uncategorized

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Wiggins Street

16 December 2017 Barbi, That photo of you as a child with your Christmas card is cute. In front of grandma’s house. Which is no longer there even. But it sent me running for an old photo or two to send to you. I have tons of family negs and prints, quite a few from life in Indiana. And wouldn’t…

December 20, 2017architecture, Landscapes, Odds and Ends, Travels, Uncategorized

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But it Doesn’t Look Like a Photograph…

I have read that the problem with contemporary photography is that we are still concerned with modernism. Still view the photographic image as a facsimile of reality. More or less. To deviate invites both scorn and praise, depending on the level of fame of the artist. If the gods of the art curatorial world smile upon you, then you can…

July 28, 2017architecture, Landscapes, Odds and Ends, Seattle, Uncategorized

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Like an Album cover for a Bluegrass Band

Hey John, Quiet boring day here. Sunny, which is nice, warm but pleasant. I went to the hardware store to get a new sprinkler for the back yard. Big event of the day. The other fun project was going through old negs and attempting to pull them in some kind of order. Of course it is a futile thing to…

June 7, 2017Landscapes, Travels, Uncategorized

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An Audience of One

I make images of what makes me feel good, always have. Commercial photography is about problem solving and meeting budges and clients expectations. Making art for me is about fun and exploration or as simple as witnessing a beautiful piece of light illuminate an ordinary street sign. It has always been about the simple act of discovery. I can’t worry about what…

May 22, 2017Celebrations, Landscapes, Odds and Ends, Seattle, Uncategorized

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How Did I Get Here?

Took a road trip to easter Washington last week, like I have so many times before in the spring time. For some reason I didn't really enjoy this trip so much. Maybe it was the cold, gray weather. Maybe it was the long boring drive. Maybe it is my age and I am not into it any more. Or maybe…

May 4, 2017Landscapes, Odds and Ends, Travels, Uncategorized