in the garden

Another from the botanical garden. This image of a pink rose has definitely been through a bit of cosmetic surgery. The original image was horizontal, color, and just lacking something. So, I loaded it into photoshop, cropped it, flipped it, switched to black and white, burned and dodged quite a bit, and came to this-rather breathtaking-conclusion. Hope you guys enjoy it.

incredible

The colors here are amazing. More to come...

a bug's life

I've always liked daisies from the underside, especially with such a blue sky behind them. Especially in full sun so you can see the petals and the shadows they make when they overlap...a lot like in this picture...

Like I said in a previous post, I recently took a quick stroll through the botanical gardens so be prepared for some posts featuring a girl's second favorite thing: flowers.

Brooke

Brooke is a graduating senior of Crowley High and needed some quick pictures for her invitations/announcements. But, I can't just stand around and take head shots with these cool solid color buildings just standing around! We had a lot of fun...

Congratulations!

hanging out

Not too long ago I took a trip to the botanical gardens here in Fort Worth for a fine art project a friend of mine has commissioned me to do. While walking through the gardens who could miss the massive pile of turtles gathered here to sun themselves? Not me.

all hail

So a big storm blew through the Dallas/Fort Worth area a few nights ago with wind, rain, and hail. And when I say hail, I mean it. These pics aren't really technically amazing, but I just had to record what I saw. I've been in Texas for eight years now and have heard about hail storms, but never got to experience one. Hail, like what's pictured, completely covered my yard.

This is the night of...

and this is the morning after. Hail still hadn't melted away from the night before...crazy!

cover contest

Professional Photographer Magazine is holding a cover contest. I'm not a very competitive person, but I'm working on that... Anyway, these are the images I'm submitting for the contest, just a few of my personal favorites. Wish me luck!

what is it?

one stop shop

Another image taken from my little trip out to Milsap, Tx. Nothing real special about this image, but I love the humor behind three completely different businesses being ran out of what appears to be a relatively small shop.

what is it?

Some of you already know...but don't tell. This is only the beginning...

one road town

Welcome to Milsap, a town about forty minutes west of Fort Worth. It's barely a town, really, lacking even official buildings-except for the post office. I don't want to go into a whole lot of detail because I plan on visiting Milsap again soon and photograph it and, hopefully, some of the people who live there. Anyway, here's a preview.

Ashley

"It's beauty that captures your attention; personality which captures your heart."* Here is the girl who has captured mine. It took me seven months to get these shots.

I read somewhere that a portrait (painted portrait) is a way an artist can express how they 'see' the individual they are painting. They can express it through color, tone, expression, and in what way the person in the portrait is portrayed. With a lens, it gets tougher; capturing someones personality, someones essence, but these photos do reveal how I see her: soft, inviting, strong, honest, warm, and always beautiful.

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