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Not in My Bathroom

So the judging is live via Zoom and the contestants are present to see the judge’s picks and hear his comment? Woo, kinda brutal to me. I have been involved in a gazillion competitions, as a participant, a worker bee and a judge and the judging is usually carried on in privacy. Only one show did I ever judge that had…

August 26, 2021Musings, Odds and Ends, Seattle, Uncategorized

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Ten Years After

This image popped up on Facebook this morning. Share your old memories they say. This was 2010 class in Rome. I was to go one last time in 2011, then called it quits. Hard to believe it has been ten years already. For maybe three or four years after that last class I would have a yearning to be in…

August 25, 2021architecture, Celebrations, Musings, Roma, Travels

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Options Change Ahead

I know about missed photo opportunities. I ‘ve had a few. Sometimes like you, I say I’ll be back. Other times I am just in a hurry and don’t feel like stopping. Once in England I was traveling in the north in Yorkshire. I had hired a car and driver for the day to show me and my assistant a…

August 20, 2021architecture, England, London, Musings, Odds and Ends, Travels, Uncategorized

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Chance Meetings and Enduring Friendship

I am still pondering the story about Dona and how to best present it. It is an interesting story about chance meetings and enduring friendship. But it also reminds me how dependent my life’s work has been about chance meetings and following the end of my nose. Very little of the work I have done in my life is the…

August 18, 2021France, Landscapes, Musings, Odds and Ends, Travels, Uncategorized

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Just Make Good Pictures

Not sure I told you, but I entered a local art’s festival and won top prize in the photo category. Beat out all the lovely pics of autumn trees and Mt Rainier. I have since had a nice email dialog going on with the guy who judged the show. He lives up in Bellingham and is very old school. Shoots…

August 13, 2021architecture, Musings, Seattle, Uncategorized

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All Mine

Ugh… deF’ingPressing! No wonder Van Gogh cut off his ear before shooting himself. And he probably had to make his own frames from scratch! º_¿ I can’t really explain the need to make “art” and then the desire to share it in an unprofitable exhibition. But obviously there are many of us who do it. I can safely save that…

August 2, 2021Musings, Odds and Ends, Uncategorized

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A Less Discerning Eye

This purge feels good. And at the moment, it is only color chromes. And all for stock use. When I shot the film, I would always pull my faves and put them in a sheet marked selects. I would then give all the film to my editor, maybe 8 to 10 sleeved pages with my selects on top. My editor…

July 21, 2021Musings, Odds and Ends, Uncategorized

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So Comfortable in Front of the Camera

One search just leads to another. I am having coffee with Annie soon and I am gathering up work to hand off to her. I have vast collection of images of her and her family. I stumbled on this little gem. She modeled for me to do an infrared film test. I was doing a workshop on the subject in…

July 14, 2021Musings, Odds and Ends, Portraits

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Going Nowhere in Particular

I am glad you like my little ferry image. Nice little back story to that one. I was fairly new to Seattle and not always busy with work. I was friends with a guy who was a free spirit and like me, loved to make photographs. We would do this thing he called space cruising. We would set a time…

June 21, 2021Celebrations, Musings, Odds and Ends, Seattle, Travels, Uncategorized

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Star Struck

Hi Sweetie, Just wanted to say hello and hope you are having a nice trip and visit with your family. All is still fine here. Quiet even. I finally finished, at least phase one, of my family film scanning project. By the end I had grown a bit weary. All these images of my folks, long gone and no one…

June 20, 2021Celebrations, Musings, Odds and Ends, Portraits, Uncategorized