my most beautiful bride

I shoot a lot of weddings, but this will always be my most beautiful bride.

artification without ramification (I hope)

egrets, I've had a few....

Found this fellow at the Riparian Preserve in Gilbert, AZ.

barrel racin'

Shot some barrel racin' in Queen Creek on Saturday (but you won't see any barrels here!) Big fun!

40

budgetary concerns?

Just saw this posted on a forum:

"Faster lenses!

Older whiskey!

Younger women!

No money - spent it all on the first three!"

Ha!

nearby mountain

Wouldn't that be a great name for a mountain? Nearby Mountain? I'll have to Google it and see if there is one called that anywhere.

warhol

"Photographers feel guilty

that all they do for a living is press a button."

~ Andy Warhol

maisel

"If you are out there shooting,

things will happen for you.

If you're not out there,

you'll only hear about it."

- Jay Maisel

newton

The first 10,000 shots are the worst.

~ Helmut Newton

day at the museum

Dawn and I visited the Arizona Museum of Natural History in Mesa, yesterday. Dinosaurs, old west stuff, photo exhibit, stuff for kids..... an all-around swell experience that I recommend!

Canon T2i

Canon justed announced a new camera in the Rebel line, the T2i (or 550D overseas). 18 mp, full HD vid (at 24,25, or 30 fps), 3.7 fps stills, ISO up to 12,800, and Digic 4 processing. $800 body only or $900 with kit lens (18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS).

read the press release here: http://www.usa.canon.com/templatedata/pressrelease/20100208_t2i.html

rowell

"You only get one sunrise and one sunset a day,

and you only get so many days on the planet.

A good photographer does the math

and doesn't waste either."

~ Galen Rowell

penn

"I myself have always stood

in the awe of the camera.

I recognize it for the instrument

that it is, part Stradivarius, part scalpel. "

~ Irving Penn

rope tricks

doisneau

The photographer must be absorbent

-- like a blotter, allow himself

to be permeated by the poetic moment....

His technique should be like an animal function

...he should act automatically.

~ Robert Doisneau

twain

"You can't depend on your eyes

if your imagination is out of focus."

~ Mark Twain

arbus

"Taking pictures is like

tiptoeing into the kitchen

late at night and

stealing Oreo cookies."

- Diane Arbus

evans

Stare.

It is the way to educate your eye, and more.

Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop.

Die knowing something.

You are not here long.

- Walker Evans

lange

While there is perhaps a province in which

the photograph can tell us nothing more

than what we see with our own eyes,

there is another in which it proves

to us how little our eyes permit us to see.

~Dorothea Lange