The Camera is My Brush

So it occurred to me I'm overdue to post a photoblog this year. I meant to before my last art show, but was unable. At anyrate, enjoy.

Locations include: Table Rock Lake, Niagara Falls, Cape County North Park, Fredricksburg National Cemetary and Battlefield and Parts Unknown

Table Rock Sunset

Shut-Ins

Duskstrokes

Table Rock Dawn

Midday

Crown of Daylight

Blinking Dusk

Niagara

Fallen LImb on the Falls

Of Sunset and Water

Peace

The Climber

Spring Falls

Within my Gaze

Simplicity

So it's occurred to me I haven't done a photo blog this year. So its time to amend that. All of these were taken with the mobile.

Beautiful Distortion

Sea and Sky

Advent of the Day

Loft

Edge of Light

Every Sunny Day

White Oak Creek

Apple Creek

Castor River

Wings

Monet by Roadside

As Ignites the Autumn

Keyhole Falls

Indian Creek

The Symmetry of Water

Before I begin I'd like to give a couple of shoutouts.

First to A New Kind of Art by Josh Reeves. http://jreevesart.blogspot.com

He's a lanky-muppety sorta fellow who looks like Jim on the Office and plays drums like Wilco's Glenn Kotche

His art embodies sexy. You can see for yourself. (Also, I took the pictures he has up.)

Next: The Working Paper's by Micah Rains. http://micahrains.blogspot.com

I'm not jealous at all that he got to spend a month in India doing ministry. Not jealous whatsoever. No even in the slightest. Really, I'm not.

All right, now that's out of the way. I've found myself enthralled by the beauty of water. We live on a planet finely tuned to carry liquid water and thus support intelligent life, which not only allows me to take these pictures, but to appreciate the beauty of it.

Still water creates a perfect mirror. I think these are among the most beautiful pictures I've taken.

The lower pond of Juden Creek, lit in Autumn's blaze

These next three were taken at the Tree Farm

one of my favorite places on earth

Tree Farm at Twilight

(actual twilight, not those books and movies I've

neither viewed nor read)

The next four were taken at the Silver Mine over Labor Day, and with my Canon powershot

Cherokee Lagoon

(I've swam from one end to the other. I remember Bobby Brune got a leach.)

Scivally Bridge

Bollinger Mill

Cape County North

Here we are back at lower pond of Juden Creek
This was Summer

Same pond, at the start of Spring

Missouri's by no means known for beautiful, or even tasty water. Still, it has it's own subtle beauty nonetheless.

I was recently challenged to do something more with my photos, rather my ability to capture such images. I'd like to answer that challenge, though I'm not necessarily sure how to. But then if I did it wouldn't be a challenge.

We'll see what happens. I'm excited.

The World is my Canvas

My eye is the brush. My camera phone is my pallet.

Here's another round of my favorite camera phone shots. Again, I have a pretty simple philosophy of shoot what I see. Years of reading graphic novels have given me an eye for juxtaposition.

At any rate, Gentlemen: BEHOLD!!!!

Give me eyes

The Ghost of Wet Weather Falls

Streetlight Rosetta

AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

Scivally Bridge

This is Josh Reeves' favorite, and he embodies sexy

"flowers growing out of the desert flowers out of parched ground

flowers coming right up through the cracks
of the pavement in your old town

flowering's not a science it's more like a fine art

flowers coming right up through the cracks of our broke up little hearts"

Bill Mallonee

Karl told me this reminded him of Fern Gully

To the Rescue

Speaking of ferns

My new house.

Raining light

"Stay by your stained glass window and I can tell you

of the Maker of the reds and the greens and blues and the yellows.

And I can show, just this point of light through this window

As the clouds roll away and the sun strikes the pane."

Ridgely

"Can you start walking me again?"