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Keep it simple

Planning is for planning — only a few things will go as hoped, and even then, the satisfaction of a desired outcome will barely match that found in ordinary happenstance.

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Roll on Buddy, roll on

The navigable river is a road.

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Taking or Making

In photographing landscapes, places, and found environments, perhaps the difference between making and taking lives in the focal length, where a 35mm takes, and a 50mm makes.

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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.

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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.

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Broken, please use other door

A sign at a convenience store says, “broken, please use other door,” and then apologizes for the inconvenience.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Wooden shutter button

How nice would it be to have a camera shutter button made from mesquite?

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Bags

Forget about what’s inside, let’s obsess about camera bags.

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Wooden Tripod

I serviced the tripod today. I repaired a loose hinge, polished the head plate, and applied mineral oil to the wood.

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One-Eyed Dog

Photography is a gentle way to see oneself alive.

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Film

It’s pictures made with film that I want to print most — a perfect blend of being choosy and patient.

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Expansive

Wind lifts loose soil, shuffles mesquite branches, and swirls across a vast horizon.

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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.

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Tough. Friendly. Hardworking.

Odessa is a pretty good place.

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One Big Small Town

If you take pictures from town to town and put everything together, it’s like you’re seeing one big small town.

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Abandoned Buildings

Abandoned buildings dot rural Texas, but if restored, they’d make great workspaces, and I’d gladly rent one.

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Colorado City

Colorado City has potential and possesses a great central business district. It’s on busy Interstate Twenty, far out but not too far away, and surrounded by rolling plains.