Photo du Jour 11-28-2015

Today seemed like as good a time as ever to start a Photo Du Jour post.  Every day I will post an image, generally something I processed that day. Today’s classic pinup image is titled “Peek A Boo”.  Deanna B. is the model, dressed in classic schoolgirl style featuring a tartan miniskirt and heels.  This…

Invest in Some Art for Christmas

Or for any other occasion… As a gift – or for yourself, art is not a luxury, it is a necessity. Max Eastman said  “It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.” Why invest in art? Art will not wear…

My Entries in the Latest Capture Dallas Contest

The current Capture Dallas contest in Memory Lane, Aurora 2015 I have 3 entries in this contest from our family life in the last few years.  I hope you enjoy — and hopefully vote for them.   Here are the entries for this contest from my portfolio:                  …

Try This Giant Rainbow Slinky Yourself

You probably didn’t know this even existed, but now that you do, you know you want one. Slinkies have been a favorite toy for kids since the 1940s when Richard James invented them.  The original slinky is made of spring steel and measures roughly 2.75″ in diameter.  It is a fun example of kinetics for…

NYC New Images Coming Soon!

We have made several trips to The Big Apple, so this time I did not capture my usual architectural selection of dramatic skyscraper shots.  I’ve done that and have a sizable library of NYC images as a result. This time we focused on showing my son around the City and chose the classics:  Liberty Island,…

My Latest Graphic Arts Project

I was recently contracted to produce a graphic piece for Fort Worth. This is the final edit.  Carving a fiddle into the shape of an “S” was fairly time-consuming, but fine-tuning the longhorns and hand-painting them (with a tablet) took by far the longest to get the way I wanted it. Cowtown – Where the…

Dallas Observer Article May 2015

During the peak of our recent batch of Spring storms, I was contacted by Jeremy Hallock of the Dallas Observer.  He was interested in doing an article on my photography and career.  He was also keen on watching me work and was especially interested in my time-exposure work.  Since I had a few things on my…

Many of Our Images in Pencil Skirts

We have more than one fulfillment company that handles applying our vast library of images to a variety of products.  Just recently they started offering pencil skirts as an option and of course we hopped right on it and started engineering images for this medium. All you gals know that a spectacular pencil skirt is…