The Devil's Tower

A month before my friend Mike was set to start basic training in the US Army, we decided to road trip it out west and catch some sights. On this day, we drove from our hotel in Deadwood, South Dakota to just inside of the Wyoming border to see Devils Tower. Mike is not known for his patience, and convincing him to stick around until the sun was right for this photo was a chore. But in the end I think it was worth it. 

Devils Tower, Wyoming

This is a composite of 50 images with the full size print coming out to around 50 inches by 20 inches at 300ppi. If you're interested in purchasing a print, contact me.

Peekaboo Portraits

So I got called in this week by my good friend Chris Biddle to take pictures of his new burlesque show Peekaboo.  Thursday evening was their last dress rehearsal before the show and he really needed to get portraits of 4 cast members who did not have a good Halloween headshot.

So here are those 4 shots in no particular order...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's awesome to get asked to do black and white.  I learned photography on black and white film, and most of my favorite images are black and white (I know its cliche, but works from Weegee, Ansel Adams, Henri Cartier Bresson).  When I'd work in the dark room I used to love the photos that had true blacks and true white, grays are important but I really like to emphasize the extremes.

This show looks great, I hope you get a chance to see it.  I'll post some show pics soon after the show opens and is into it's run.

The Human Story Begins

Was at the field museum walking through exhibits when I caught this shot.  His mother was taking a picture as well, so I snapped this as the IR beam was lighting up his face.  After the shot when I was approaching them for information, I was momentarily distracted.  When I turned around they were gone.