Sometimes the pieces all fit together and life is very very good. Sometimes I don't care if the pieces fit together and life is still very very good.

Why can't I upload photos today?

It's all been done before. Every picture has been taken. So I have to stop worrying about being original and just keep shooting what I respond to.

Contemplating contemplation

Dickinson Cattle Company, Barnesville, Ohio

I think I'm making the same photograph over and over again.

mini golf

Lily had an accident on her scooter. I knew it was bad, because she usually NEVER cries. She just picks herself up, dusts herself off and gets right back on. This time she didn't get back on for 2 weeks.

Vermont Fog

I really use a lot of duo-toning. I wonder if it's a crutch. Just seems to make the images richer than black and white. Hmmm...

My obligatory "Shaker Village symmetrical interior in natural light" shot...

Lily, Wizard of Oz Festival, Chesterton, Indiana

Playing with the film scanner. Requires lots of photoshopping...

My wife is leaving the country today for a couple of weeks.

It doesn't matter how you get there does it?

It's all about the image, right?

reenergizing

A day completely out of the ordinary. And I'm realizing there has been no good reason to stay in my routine. I think I'll go out shooting later. Wow.

Now that I've looked at this a while, I really did WAY too much burning of the midtones on Lily's face.

Harold

This is Harold. Or what's left of Harold. He was Lily's "first snowman I ever built". She wanted me to take a picture of him even after he was gone. I feel like Harold today.

Tonight's performance has been canceled.

I have a cold today

Clarity

Like, big time this morning. Wow.