Mount Denali, Alaska ... Can't remember where, but yeah ... North Carolina "BRICK ART"! My term, not theirs ... It's what I did during The Pandemic ... Drove around and took pictures of brick buildings with "ART" on them! Out West somewhere ... Washington, I think! I just liked the LIGHT and SHADOWS! I must have used my trusty "GRADUATED, SPLIT-NEUTRAL DENSITY FILTER" on this one! Yeah, it helps keep the light, ahh, "BALANCED", with the shadows, so one exposure will work to

No question, my FAVORITE "Spot" in Germany, during my time spent over there ... And yes, I have been there, many, MANY times over the years! I can still remember my first time there, or, actually, I was right at the base of those towers, on a Bus Tour down to the Alps, and yeah, we pulled up right at the base of those, ahh, huge, "Twin Towers", late, on a cold, foggy, night ... OMG! Unreal. What? Like, 1985 ... Yeah! Then, later on, oh yeah ... I found THIS SPOT, and yeah ...

OK, yes, I "remember" taking this shot, I even remember, ahh, when I took this shot, you know, once I checked the "DATA", that is! But yeah, ahh, Eastern Canada, back on June 25th, ahh, like in 2014! Oh yeah! I remember it well ... Nice day. But really, I DO remember it, but yeah, when I went to check WHERE I took it, yeah, I ran into a, ahh, "little trouble"! I couldn't remember if it was up in Eastern Nova Scotia, or up in ahh, Eastern Quebec ... So yeah, I'm going with EAS

Well, that's what it looks like to me, anyways! But yeah, it is just rain drops, on my hood of my old, Nissan 350Z, after a rain storm some years ago! I just liked the "LOOK" of it, and just "FIRED AWAY"! You know, AFTER taking a few "Test Shots" to get the exposure the way I wanted it! You know me ... MINUS, MINUS, MNUS! I wanted that black to be, ahh, really BLACK! Just because I could. That is how I like to shoot ... Have for YEARS! Like, a LOT of years! What? Like, since

LOOK AT THE LIGHT I was up in my other bedroom, and saw this LIGHT hitting my Judo Gi, and yeah, that was THAT! Photo-Op. My Judo Gi was just sitting right there ... Too easy. Took a "few shots", you know me! Shoot, Adjust, Shoot, Adjust, Shoot, Adjust, then Shoot, Shoot, Shoot! Got MY SHOT! That easy. It was all RIGHT THERE in front of me! Done. LOOK AT THE LIGHT! Like, in your face! Easy. And yes! I've had that Gi for YEARS! Like, over in Japan, 1977. Still have it, but yea

My "first shot", you know, going for the "RIGHT EXPOSURE", like I do EVERY time! YIKES! FINAL ANSWER! Whew! It never dawned on me ... Until I saw my first results on the back of my camera, that is! BAM! It "looked good to me", ahh, with the "naked eye", that is! See, camera meters "see lights", very differently than our own eyes (and brains) do. And of course, I KNEW all that, after all, I was a college photography instructor. Duh? But the first time I came across the "new" (

Get over there and see what YOU can come up with! There is something for everyone! Enjoy. I do EVERY time!

You know I enjoy photographing ELK, right? Oh yeah, I used to drive over to Cataloochee Valley quite a lot, in fact, right around this time of year! Oh yeah, during the RUTTING season! True. I've been out of practice, you know, since my little, ahh, FALL DOWN, GO BOOM thingy last year (or whenever!), but yeah, I just might have to get over there again THIS year! I think it's time ... If you have no idea what I'm talking about, yeah, there are ELK right here in Western North

Make sure to "BEE" Close! Black and White, ahh, in Color! Angel fish, photographed in a tank, in a store, ahh, somewhere? Florida perhaps? Yeah, Angel Fish, gotta love 'em! But yeah, photographed in a "Welcome Center" somewhere in Florida, yeah, pretty sure. You know, somewhere! Screaming penguin! Marching penguin ... My "WATERCOLOR", ahh, flipped, piece of BIRD ART! Pulaski, New York. An Osprey, in great "Flight Light"! Worked for me! Dolphins riding the "Wake", you know, l

"Zoom-Out" during a long exposure while using a tripod ... Same as ABOVE, but with MULTIPLE EXPOSURES! Shoot, zoom, shoot, zoom ... Repeat! "Fish-Eye Lens". My old, trusty, Nikkor 10mm lens! FUN! Right on Main Street, Hudson, NC. Double Exposure. Shoot, ZOOM, Shoot, ZOOM, repeat, over, and over again! And again. Tilted the tripod back on two legs while shooting! I "ALWAYS" have the front leg pointing towards the subject! Well, OK, but whenever it's possible, how's that? Then

"The End of the Earth"

Self-Portrait. Hiking, or, you know, WALKING down to the Colorado River, there in the Grand Canyon ... Rule Number One, Baby! LOOK AT THAT LIGHT! Where a lot of the trips across the Atlantic began, you know, back in the day ... Lisbon, Portugal Yes, Hudson, North Carolina gets snow! Ahh, once in awhile! And for a SHORT time! Gotta get out there! FAST. I got word that some Boy Scout Troop would have a Flag Burning Ceremony ... Somehow! Oh! Duh? I was a middle school teach

No question. I was in Moknine, Tunisia (North Africa) back in1989, and was exploring this town that was famous for it's pottery, while shooting for an airline magazine back in the day ... And yeah, I was having a riot walking around, and around, those little "tunnels" that made up this crazy, little town, or village ... Lots of pottery work spaces everywhere! You know, kilns, smoke, and those little "walkways" in between all those walls and buildings, like a wild maze! Around

Mrs. Bryant's Science classroom at GFMS, with the lights on, and one student holding the FLASH off to the side! MINUS, MINUS, MINUS! Hey! They were LEARNING, right? Something! Hey, it's SCIENCE! And MATH, all in one. I did what I could, where I could, and when I could ... They LOVED it! And so did Mrs. Bryant, and I! We loved our jobs! One morning, while walking along a waterway, down there in The Everglades (my "other classroom"!), I waited for that bank on the other side o

Brick Art, at it's BEST! Let me check ... Got it! I mean, come on, I KNOW it's in Morganton, at some "Food Store", ahh, just down the street from where I always STOP to photograph "my other" FAVORITE Brick Art piece (Moses!), which is right downtown, but yeah, the name of the store this one is painted on, slips my mind at the moment, or, yeah, like, FOREVER! Been there many times, even have walked into the place before, but yeah, it's not a "Well Known, Brand Name Store", wel

Shot right here, out in my, what some people might refer to as a "Front Yard", but yeah, it's really just the grass between two apartment building's Parking Lots, which yeah, is "kind of like a "FRONT YARD", in this case. Whatever. Works for me! And THIS DOGWOOD flower thingy! That is what really matters, right? Right. And that LIGHT! And, yeah, that SHADOW I placed it in front of! You know, to "get that BLACK background"! And that's all I'll say about THAT! Just get out ther

Enjoy. You know I did, while out there taking these over the (many!) years! PLAY, PLAY, PLAY! I started back in what would have been, ahh, MIDDLE SCHOOL. But I got my first camera when I was 18, and halfway through my first cross-country motorcycle trip. Your turn! Just GET OUT THERE with a camera of some sort! You can't go wrong! Well, unless you don't get out there, that is! Or into a studio. Or on your computer. Good luck with all that! Just remember, there is no ONE WAY t

I lived near, and experienced Mt. Fuji, when I lived in Japan ... I could see it from our barracks on base. I have even been to the top of it twice, once on my "little" Honda 125cc Trails Bike (really!) as far as I could drive it, the Marines had a tank, "practice area" (or whatever), on the "back side", and then, I just walked up the rest of the way, and then another time, yeah, I just drove up to the top on "the other side" like a regular, you know, tourist! Duh? Now all I

I still feel "the chill", that I felt when I saw those eyes looking right back at me! I was in a car, a LONG, LONG ways away! These "young cubs" (that's what we were told!) were 'Playing around this tree" while their mother was out hunting! Yeah, these were taken in Ranthambhore National Park, which was the old, "Tiger Hunting" place for the Rich and Famous of the British Empire, you know, back in the day! They were NOT "cubs" as far as I was concerned, but again, I'm no expe

Something about a "MID-ATLANTIC FAULT LINE" ... You know, like in SCIENCE class, or something like that ... Out in front of THE CHURCH! "Window Art" in one of the local stores ... True fact: More sheep than people. Really. Christmas in Re .... Well, you know! Hey! I was there, they were there, what can I say? Yes, some BARN thing, built around, and INSIDE, this rock thingy. Again, it's ICELAND! Hey, I just photograph what I see. I love just walking around and looking! You ne