Roll on Buddy, roll on
The navigable river is a road.
Taking or Making
In landscapes, places, and found environments, perhaps the difference between making and taking pictures lies in the focal length, where a 35mm takes, and a 50mm makes.

Roebling Suspension Bridge
Cincinnati, Ohio
Enjoying the Day
Interesting places exist wherever we look long enough. Odessa is a real place, nothing touristy about it, so real that it’s utterly clueless about itself in a good way, and that’s why I stay.
Keep Going
If you think it’s bad now, it used to be worse. That’s why I’m not too worried. You are a part of the change you would like to see.
Broken, please use other door
A sign at a convenience store says, “broken, please use other door,” and then apologizes for the inconvenience.
I don’t know what to tell ya
Bad advice permeates. Everyone offers it freely. The rarest thing is something helpful. So don’t worry. Go ahead and make a wrong decision and regret it later. It’s perfectly normal.
Complaining, a how to guide
Live a great life. From wherever to whatever, I love taking pictures with my camera. It’s an obsession, a small footprint. It’s prints, posts, and film resting inside a trusty binder, while enjoying life and giving others room.
Film Emulation
It’s fine to digitally emulate analog. A box of monochrome 8x10 sells for $250 — a $150 rise from a decade ago, and some 35mm rolls fetch $15. Analog was once the primary photographic method.
Wooden shutter button
How nice would it be to have a camera shutter button made from mesquite?

Parks
Near passing cars, a walkway loops around a pond. Trees grow, and ducks eagerly anticipate snippets of bread. The park, known as Buffalo Wallow or Memorial Gardens, is an excellent place to walk in the evening hours.
Bags
Forget about what’s inside, let’s obsess about camera bags.
Wooden Tripod
I serviced the tripod today. I repaired a loose hinge, polished the head plate, and applied mineral oil to the wood.

Bloom
Penwell, Texas
One-Eyed Dog
Photography is a gentle way to see oneself alive.
Film
It’s pictures made with film that I want to print most — a perfect blend of being choosy and patient.
Expansive
Wind lifts loose soil, shuffles mesquite branches, and swirls across a vast horizon.
Experiment
Many people know that we have more to learn, and from the moment we realize that we’re not the center of everything, it gets better.

Clipped Corners
A ground glass will have missing corners so you can see if the lens is projecting from edge to edge. If you can see the lens, it’s giving full coverage.
Tough. Friendly. Hardworking.
Odessa is a pretty good place.