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May Day 2021
May 01, 2021 - Hey everyone! I have finally chosen a suitable domain name for the rebranding that never seems to end.
This will be my...
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Musings on a fall day
October 09, 2015 - Ever have some random song, or just a snippet of one just leap into your forebrain?
When I'm tired and thinking cold
I...
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October
October 03, 2015 - Time for an update!
October is one of the good old school songs from U2. Before they sold out to Hollywood and the Don...
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A Menu
August 15, 2015 - One of the projects I am working on at culinary school involves creating menus and doing the math to see what it costs t...
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Food
August 13, 2015 - I have been slacking a bit recently, in respect to people and place photography. I have however had a number of opportun...
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From where I stand
August 04, 2015 - I think eventually I will have a series of posts that start this way. Kind of like that Paul Harvey guy and his rest of...
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A Brave New World
March 30, 2015 - Apologies to Aldous Huxley.
Some of my readers may have tumbled to some changes and new adventures I am embarking on. M...
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PSA
December 08, 2014 - Hopefully people still know what a PSA is, LOL
For the hardcore group of people that actually read my musings... I have...
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Atomic Dawn
November 07, 2014 - That's the title I had in mind as soon as I pressed the button on the remote. I did my best to capture it with the equip...
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The Girl With the Flower in Her Hair
November 05, 2014 - I was thinking about just going with The Lady in White, but that has been used before. Maybe more than once.
Anyway, th...
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Happy Halloween I
October 31, 2014 - So I'll give them Roman numeral titles, just like The Simpsons.
Halloween was the favorite holiday of the dearest, swee...
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Always with the new equipment
September 15, 2014 - OMG, it's a new camera! (linkage)
Hmm. If the internets are any indication, half of the Canon shooters (canonites?) are...
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The Shoot That Wasn't
September 08, 2014 - Well, it was supposed to be a location shoot with a local model. Unfortunately that didn't happen.
But since I had the...
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Current Infatuation
September 04, 2014 - I can't even remember if I've used that as a posting title before. At any rate, the internets did not append a number on...
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Photographic Musings, Again
September 03, 2014 - A photographer's arsenal evolves as he or she does, sometimes fairly rapidly. This is a brief on a camera I owned for a...
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A Day in the Park
August 20, 2014 - It wasn't a Saturday, so I couldn't liberate bits of a Chicago song. This post is about the Janis Endeavour. *wink*
The...
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Shenanigans
August 17, 2014 - I might have titled this post I call bullshit, and if you follow along you'll see why.
First go read this piece over at...
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DB Cooper Still Life
August 04, 2014 - No, not that D.B. Cooper. The one that went to Twin Peaks to investigate a murder. I was almost going to title this that...
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Hot
July 19, 2014 - As in it was just about oppressively hot for most of this shoot. But that didn't stop us. It might have slowed us down a...
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The People You Meet
July 14, 2014 - So today I stopped by a nearby convenience store to splurge and get a soft drink. No biggie, I've done this before.
But...
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Pure Michigan
June 11, 2014 - Yep, I have finally schemed enough to get away from my constraints and commitments for a weekend.
So I am going to load...
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I was ready
April 24, 2014 - As in I was ready to say that spring has finally sprung, but the last couple of mornings have had me questioning that....
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Winter, winter, please go away
February 11, 2014 - For someone who likes to photograph things in and of the great outdoors... this winter has been a miserable ball of suck...
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Boomer
February 01, 2014 - And it doesn't have anything to do with that football player guy.
Nope, that's the nickname I gave this particular pist...
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Wish List
January 14, 2014 - I have a wish list at B&H photo for the studio. In case you feel like buying me something, you know.
It is located righ...
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2014
January 01, 2014 - Good grief, it's a new year! Just in time, as 2013 was less than kind to me and just about every one I know.
So where d...
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A Photography Project
November 23, 2013 - It is the Janis Endeavour, and you can read about it right here.
Contact info to be part of it is right here.
Namasté...
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Return of the CCO
November 01, 2013 - It is back! Going over time and over budget.
It started as a Colt OACP that looked like it had done two tours in Iraq....
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The Ghosts of Rock a Hoola
October 27, 2013 - That seemed an appropriate title for a blog post leaning into Halloween. When you see the images, you'll get it. Especia...
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Untitled II
October 15, 2013 - Another image from one of my desert sojourns that I'd like to share.
I mulled over what to call this post, but eventual...
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Summer Vacation
October 14, 2013 - Perhaps more precisely, how to spend a summer vacation.
First, go reread this post. I'll wait.
Now let me throw an alt...
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Death Valley Ranch
October 08, 2013 - Also known as Scotty's Castle. You'll find it in the northern reaches of Death Valley National Park in California.
Far...
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Glass Prints
September 22, 2013 - One of my partner labs offer them. So I decided to try one out after all these years.
Their description: Image is appli...
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Workshops
September 19, 2013 - Yep, Photography Workshops. I have attended a few over the years. And learned a lot, not to mention meeting other great...
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Margie's Merry-Go-Round
September 18, 2013 - Another fun shot from my first foray into the Mojave and the nearby Owens Valley. Actually, while I am at it, I'll add t...
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Black or White?
September 14, 2013 - Or perhaps a mixture. After creating a larger leave behind the other day, I decided to go minimalist on the next evoluti...
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Leave Behinds
September 08, 2013 - So I was thinking about revamping business/contact cards the other day. And I thought to myself "self, you should create...
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The (not very) dark night sky.
September 02, 2013 - So we are near the new moon and I had what I thought were clear skies tonight. No time like the present to stab a camera...
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Stay Cool Everyone
August 30, 2013 - Zoinks! This has been a busy, chaotic year for me and many other family members and friends. Anyhow, summer seems to hav...
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Last Ride aka Incongruency
August 26, 2013 - The last ride I am referring to is the the Audi R8 Lemans Prototype race car. Wikipedia link This was photographed at th...
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My Idea
August 24, 2013 - As in my idea of what the coast looks like.
(hint: it's not white, sandy, and full of tourists)
I figured it was time...
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A Vast Palazzo
August 22, 2013 - Or how to have a vision like Major Briggs in Twin Peaks. (and paraphrase the crap out of him as well)
As landscape phot...
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Of Epiphanies and Photography
August 21, 2013 - Recently on Facebook, I wrote that I wanted to take a look at landscape astrophotography. The more I have thought about...
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Light
August 17, 2013 - Such a simple little word.
The late Galen Rowell said My first thought is always of light
Diversionary side note: You...
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A Black and White Image
August 14, 2013 - I don't even remember if I have already posted something with that title or not. The great blogging machine can sort it...
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Thinking Ahead
August 11, 2013 - Maybe. Just maybe I have found someone to go on my ultimate Twin Peaks road trip.
This would be for the summer of 2014,...
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Selina
July 29, 2013 - This is Selina, who traveled from Europe for the 2011 Twin Peaks Festival. If you haven't sensed a trend, I have been tr...
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Our Mascot
July 28, 2013 - I will wager that you didn't even know tbl Studio has a mascot. Did you?
Since 2003, this little critter has accompanie...
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He can't take your soul
July 25, 2013 - Fans of David Lynch's Twin Peaks will know exactly what this is all about.
I shot this picture at the 2010 Twin Peaks F...
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Twin Peaks Season 3
July 10, 2013 - I figured that would get everyone's attention, including google and bing. So bear with me for a bit and I'll preface thi...
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flickr
May 24, 2013 - Yay! They revamped flickr! There are two problems with that (discounting the ads)
Most people fled the site years ago,...
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Tired
May 16, 2013 - As in I got tired of waiting for a Nikon promotion. So I went ahead an purchased that D800e that I have been jonesing fo...
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Stasis
May 14, 2013 - The twitter account is in suspended animation. I never felt truly comfortable in there anyhow. So I put the account in l...
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One Week On
May 08, 2013 - So far, I have had the inclination to check back into facebook all of twice. It wasn't a very strong pull, as I didn't r...
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The Waiting Game
May 02, 2013 - Now I am patiently waiting on Nikon to start another promo that includes the D800e. The last one wasn't huge at $300 off...
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Finding America
May 01, 2013 - Spoiler: There isn't much about photography in this post. But there is some, and that will be enough for today.
So here...
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Social Experiment
April 19, 2013 - As a social experiment, I will be placing my facebook presence in hibernation at the end of the month. If I can hang on...
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A Sony?
April 03, 2013 - My first Sony? (that was a campaign they ran a couple decades ago) Perhaps I should have titled this Another Sony?:-D
N...
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Donna
February 16, 2013 - Actually, it's Tara. Dressed as Donna Hayward from the Twin Peaks. Twin Peaks, the vintage television show. You know the...
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This
February 13, 2013 - As in this would look nice on your wall. An homage to Twin Peaks and the people who embraced it and won't let go. If you...
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Baubles
February 07, 2013 - Have you ever visited a memorial? Have you marveled at the small pieces of their lives that other visitors leave behind?...
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2013
January 17, 2013 - I'm back! Took a bit of a break around the holidays to not concentrate on anything.
I am sure you were expecting some s...
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Roopa
November 13, 2012 - This lovely lady is Roopa, who traveled from Dallas, Texas for the Barbarianpalooza shoot in Michigan. And here I though...
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Danielle
November 09, 2012 - Another of the wonderful people I met during Barbarianpalooza II is Danielle. She's an RN and just recently got engaged...
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Monica
November 05, 2012 - Here is the lovely Monica. I actually got to spend some proper shoot time with her at Barbarianpalooza II while people w...
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Sarah
November 01, 2012 - This is the fabulous Sarah, who is a clothing designer and model. Here's a bit of backstory and a peek at how I (sometim...
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Christina
October 29, 2012 - Following in the footsteps of my last post from the shoot in Michigan, here is something in color.:-)
I shot somewhere...
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Barbarianpalooza II
October 24, 2012 - Yes, it has really been a couple of weeks without a post. Real life intruded harshly in the form of my day job. Now that...
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The Carson
October 07, 2012 - As in the Carson Mansion. It's right across the street from the Pink Lady, believe it or not. Here is a chunk of the wik...
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Briana Magenta
October 03, 2012 - Hey, you try coming up with witty names for blog posts!:P
This is Briana Shaker, who is a model/dancer/fitness trainer...
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Sea Stack Sunset
October 02, 2012 - Here is one of those images with so much contrast that even the human eye has difficulty resolving it.
It probably did...
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The Southern Hotel
September 30, 2012 - At least I think it is the Southern Hotel. It's difficult to tell when the signage has been gone for about a hundred yea...
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With a little flare
September 21, 2012 - Not to be confused with flair at all. LOL Here is the lovely Christiana, who I photographed in the crisp Michigan fall w...
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More shooting time
September 20, 2012 - So here's an alternate itinerary/route for my spring getaway. Depending on the amount of winter in the Sierras this time...
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The Metal Man
September 19, 2012 - So I'm far out west, on the edge of Death Valley. And the National Park therein. My trip has taken me to the wonderful l...
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Art in Metal II
September 08, 2012 - Continuing in the same vein as my last entry, of course.
The metal this time is aircraft. Specifically the B-25 Mitchel...
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Art in Metal
September 01, 2012 - Here is a Dan Wesson VBOB, customized by Alchemy Custom Weaponry of Geneseo, IL. The most visible modifications are the...
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A destination?
September 01, 2012 - Depending on what Mother Nature does here this winter, I may want to head someplace warm. I'm thinking this route will k...
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The things you see
August 28, 2012 - As in the things you see in a studio window. After hours. While hanging out with friends in North Bend, Washington this...
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Electrified Sunset
August 26, 2012 - So I have this electrical transmission tower nearby. For most of the year, it blocks my view of the setting sun. So rath...
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Metal Prints
August 24, 2012 - Not to be confused with metallic (paper) prints. I like those, too.
No, I'm talking about images printed directly on to...
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2013
August 22, 2012 - Tentative plans for TBL Studio in 2013 include:
Joshua Tree National Park and more dessicated southern California in pi...
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This Would Look Nice On Your Wall
August 21, 2012 - Just a reminder that there are a few of my Twin Peaks posters still left for sale from the first edition. I am going to...
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KBHR
August 09, 2012 - When I first viewed Northern Exposure years ago, I never thought I would ever visit the place where it was created. Turn...
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The Mt. Whitney
July 24, 2012 - No, not Mt. Whitney as in the mountain. The Mt. Whitney restaurant. One of my excursions took me from Bishop, California...
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Astro Burger
July 22, 2012 - Fancy an Astro Burger?
My grainy black and white images of the sun baked southern California desert have been well rece...
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Musings
July 19, 2012 - Two things to note here:
1. I have used that as a post title on other blogs, it just seems to fit well.
2. A post with...
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Reclamation
July 16, 2012 - Here is another of my grainy black and white images. I am not altogether sure what caused this. Vandals? Natural disaste...
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Stacia at the Crofoot
July 15, 2012 - Here is Stacia, who modeled for me a while back. This was loads of fun because of the large reflectors behind my subject...
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Yosemite Valley
July 14, 2012 - Here is a place that probably needs no introduction. If you do need more info, start right here at the National Park Ser...
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Self Service
July 12, 2012 - Since it has been hot enough in the midwest to curtail my outdoor shooting, I thought another form the archives was in o...
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Image Size and a Picture
July 10, 2012 - As cool as it would be to have everything in HD, I'm not ready to do that. After looking at stats, very few of my viewer...
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Industrial Works
July 08, 2012 - Now I'm at the point where I hope you are reading the narrative with the image. After having said that, there may not be...
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Your feedback please
July 05, 2012 - Now it's time to ask which sort of blog entry you folks would prefer to see?
A single picture with a lengthy blog entry...
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Here we go
July 02, 2012 - Due to circumstances beyond my control (thank you, Mother Nature) I had to delay things here a day or two. Lots of wind...
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First!
June 30, 2012 - So here it is, July 2012. Time to embark on a different kind of journey. I've dabbled in photoblogging before, but it al...
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