The flip-side of Garnered Images Photography.
Well, actually it's the trail again. The 2012 campaign trail. I'm working for the Michigan 9th Congressional district Volaric campaign so that means getting out and about and the opportunity to meet with other candidates up close and personal. And lots of photo ops. Shooting politicians is a lot like shooting wildlife. I find a good vantage point and wait for my subject … [Read More...]
This has been one of the busiest years in quite some time. Last year ended with my mother in the hospital over Christmas but turning the page to 2011 brought only … [Read More...]
"There's a grief that can't be spoken. There's a pain goes on and on. Empty chairs at empty tables Now my friends are dead and gone." (Herbert … [Read More...]
I went to bed last night feeling a little sore and stiff from sitting in front of the computer working essentially a double shift yesterday. I awoke early, feeling even more sore and stiff; not exactly welcome on a day when there are so many things to be … [Read More...]
She stood on the porch under the grey morning sky, photographer's eyes keen on the juxtaposition of silver and gold that greeted her on this, the final day of the natural year. The strong winds of the night before were still gusting high above the ground; a … [Read More...]
The last month had been so hectic that something as simple as the laundry had been ignored until the day she realized she was wearing her very last pair of clean underwear. Wearily, she loaded the washer and later, even more wearily, she moved the clean, damp … [Read More...]
She had caught the vaguest scent of the winds of change long before they had begun to blow. It was no surprise, then, when they arrived in earnest and her world began to spin, and then her world began to crumble around her. The devastating death of her … [Read More...]
"World's use is cold, world's love is vain, world's cruelty is bitter bane; but is not the fruit of pain." (Elizabeth Barrett Browning) It's cold. Bitterly, bloody cold. Of course, it is winter so cold is to be expected; far be it from me to complain. … [Read More...]