A Slightly Different Focus

This past Friday night, at EJ’s loft in downtown Macon, MagTard held a launch party for their new CD. While it started at nine, I didn’t get there until almost 9:30 — but knew I had plenty of time before folks really got into the evening.
Miles and Trish were there:

I don’t get a chance to [...]

Terrell’s been mentioned here many times, most recently last week when he hosted Mark Brooker’s good-bye party at his downtown Macon gallery, the SoChi.
I returned there this afternoon to do a portrait session of him together with his two kids, in search of a photograph for a Macon Food and Culture magazine article on Father’s [...]

Mucho behind on blog posts. Apologies. Been incredibly busy the past few weeks, mostly precluding the more “leisurely” activities.
Amongst which — for me, at least — includes blogging. Like I said, sorry.
Most recently, I promised a Maine update soon. Alas, no; try as I could, the sum of those thousands of photographs is less than [...]

I’ve gotten questions this week regarding what I mean when I refer to “a slightly different focus.”
Delighted to illustrate. Starting with a photograph that … doesn’t suck, actually:

The Nuts and Bolts (of a Garden Ornament)
Good composition, nice shadows, the bits of green are a plus, etc. Almost — almost — suggests a sense of something flying [...]

Gerald and I headed up to Atlanta Friday, mostly to check a specific camera store for some look-and-touch you just can’t get online — and he hit a great deal on something he’d been thinking about for a long time.
Thus, instead of spending the day wandering around Atlanta, we finished up our other stops quickly [...]

Enjoyed a great photostroll with Gerald and Phillip last Saturday, starting with a quick stop in Preston, Georgia, followed by a longer-than-expected stop in Plains (home of President Jimmy Carter), Americus, and finally a shorter-than-expected stop in Andersonville. (We settled in just as they closed. Sheesh.)
It was especially interesting to visit the Carter visitor’s center [...]

Thursday means Cocktail Hour, which means that since I was able to go — not always a given — I was out and about with the camera. Heh.
Tonight’s Hour, hosted by Thad and Rebecca, was in their home, beautifully decorated for the holidays. (“I spend a little time every day,” Rebecca says.)
Which would include these [...]

Back in the day, photographers like Ansel Adams were part of something called Group f/64.
Go ahead and read that if you’re not familiar. I’ll wait…;)
Now, dare I suggest I’m in that sort of company? No, certainly not. But one can have aspirations.
But “aspirations” also suggests similarity. Ansel Adams produced these amazing, long-view scenes — ones [...]

Finally, almost current: photographs from a trip this past weekend along the Flint River, near Albany, Georgia.
In the spirit of “a slightly different focus,” let me get my favorite shot out of the way immediately:

Canoes (with Grass)
Yeah.
Meanwhile, there was much more to the trip — including a better-than-amazing campground the second night, next to an [...]

Wasn’t sure what to expect from an overnight in Dobbs Ferry, New York.
What I got was fantastic — not only a great place (including wireless internet), courtesy of a longtime family friend, but a today-only street fair to boot. Once again in the right place at the right time.
Further, not twenty minutes into enjoying said [...]