PHOTO CREDITS

The photos credits have been stacking up a little lately. Mostly since I haven't posted about them in, oh, over a year...

So one of my favorites: The front cover of  "Rock Star Adventures of a Meteorite Man" by Geoff Notkin. Woot!

This photo was take during the season 3 Iowa episode, for those of you Meteorite Men fans. It's a good read.

PHOTO FOR THE DAY

With all the urban exploring I've been doing around Tucson lately, I've found some really cool sites. Not a mile from my house is a small bus graveyard, housing a few vintage buses. Here's the instagram photo of one of them. There was a cat sitting on the rug in the window about one second before I took this shot. I was too slow, dang it.

STREET ART

One of my new obsessions is graffiti. Not creating it, I'm not nearly that talented. Finding and photographing it. I'm not talking about the simple tags, scrawled on stop signs, fence posts and windows. What I find amazing are the filled pieces. They are certainly art. One place in particular where you can find the most incredible work is on Stone near Drachman, painted in February this year as part of Wintafresh 2013. I'm bummed I found out about the event a week after it happened, I would have loved to watch them create the stunning pieces. The site is simply incredible. Here are a few of my photos of the walls. Each piece is copyright the artist who created it.

NEW ADDICTION

I have a new addiction and it's serious. My sister is to blame, though I have a few other friends who have contributed. Bad sister.

Instagram.

Whoa boy.

I have to admit was a little bored with shooting photos in my home town of Tucson. There's only so many times you can shoot the city, especially for a fine art photographer who prefers nature shots. And just how many ways can you take a photo of a saguaro for a fine art print for sale? I think I was spoiled by all the travel doing location photography for the Meteorite Men.

My sister started harassing me about Instagram this summer. I finally caved and downloaded the ap a few months ago. Things haven't been the same. I am doing much more urban photography, for one. I didn't do much as I was looking for those nature shots for the fine art photography prints, though I love architecture. It doesn't sell all that well compared to the cute bee in the flower.

And the editing options - ooooo! I typically don't do a lot of editing on my photos. Not even to adjust colors. (Except the greyhound photos, as we have discussed before.) One, I'm not good at it and two, I like to see if I can get the image right during the shoot. I am having more fun with IG editing than I thought was possible.

And finally the square format. A whole new challenge. Makes you reassess how you shoot the scene. No more taking up the full frame.

So to sum up .... FUN.

I've been going out and exploring most every day and have amassed a plethora of new photos. I haven't been updating the blog, because I've been playing on IG. Thought I would change that. These are a couple of my IG images.

This water tower is on the way to San Xavier Mission.

The shift board at the Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee.

San Xavier Mission. (Yes, that's right a black and white photo from me, not too many of those floating around.)

FINISHING UP ALL SOULS

Going back over the photos from All Soul's, I realized I did not post my favorite from the evening. This young man was watching the festivities from the restaurant where he worked during a quick break in waiting tables.  

PHOTO FOR THE DAY

My friend Karen, who has recently retired from performing. A shame really.

PHOTO FOR THE DAY

I've been away from blogging while taking care of a move and all that is associated with the transfer of your stuff from one abode to another. I am just about settled in now, soooo new photos here we come! This is Engine 844 that passed through Tucson last year as part of the centennial. Absolutely impressive to see an actual historic steam engine rolling down the track.