games people play

Title reference.

Sometimes you just capture a shot that sums up an event, mood, or person so well. That's what I love about photography, when you can capture something like that. This was 100% candid.

Here's another shot from that night when we were at the Arkansas State Capitol waiting for the fireworks show.

strike zone

An awesome thing about photography other than learning and slowly getting better is the stuff I see and do having it as a motivator. I wanted to go to the Air Force Base to get some shots of planes. I talked my dad into bowling mostly because it's fun, but also because I had some shots in mind. My dad used to be in a bowling league when I was a kid, and I have tons of happy memories tagging along with my parents on bowling night. I'd hang out in the arcade with the other kids. This is that same bowling alley, and that's my dad bowling. The place is nearly the exact same except for updated scoring systems and the fact that the arcade isn't there anymore.

Oh yeah, today is my dad's birthday!!

beginnings

It seemed appropriate to start this photo blog out with the first picture I remember taking. It might actually be my very first photo. It is blurry. You can see the sleeve of my jacket at the right of the frame, but I remember being so happy to take the picture. This is of my parents and was taken in the early 1980s in Jacksonville, Arkansas.

My hope for this blog is to showcase some of my work. I hope to spotlight one picture a day. It might be old or new. I figure this way I’ll only show the best of the best.