Fun Stuff

Every so often a flash of "graphic joke" inspiration strikes and I get to work. Am upgrading software skills a bit and having fun with politics too. "The views expressed are solely the owner's". Here's a few you images might enjoy:

"Staredown"

"Suburban Wilderness"

"Suzanne Shoots the Moon!"

Self Portrait: "Keeping It Real"

2023

"Lovebird's Overlook"

My new book...!

"I'm afraid it's mate again... in 3 moves -

... but you've really improved since last time"

I photoshopped a Halloween image of my younger brother Bruce into this pulp fiction book cover...

Here's another take... "Money Street"

And one more for the road...

Youngest brother Pete - he and a friend started the Seattle Solstice Parade in 1989

Oldest brother Dave

Brother Bruce again...

I took this portrait for his entry into Reed College, 1973

Here he is all grown up, a mobster!

NEWLY DISCOVERED ART FIND!

- Mona Lisa's brother, Keith -

My entry in the Bernie post-inauguration meme-fest :)

Hawking my latest book

My friend Scott, at PSP - "The Lifer"

Eastern Washington's Dry Lakes, 1962:

Me, age 9 with my first camera.

I purchased it with cereal box tops, which took months to accumulate -

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Restoration Work

In the last few months, with some of the new digital tools available now, I've taken more of an interest in old photo restorations. I use a combination of Lightroom, Photoshop and Topaz software, usually in about that order, but with considerable back and forth. Each image has it's own needs, so it's a matter of choosing the right tools for the job. These photos are digitized from original 35mm slides, family photos taken mostly in the 50's and 60's. It makes for a fun and rewarding project, as each photo is a kind of puzzle to be solved.

I've been experimenting with a kind of "Ironic Mininalism" project I assigned myself. Here's the brief, what I was aiming for broadly, which I met to a greater or lesser extent: - Say as much as possible with as little as possible - Lots of negative space, texture or repetition, simplified subject, bare essentials - Colors, vibrant or subdued, complementary - Appears real, looks "in-camera" - except there's an impossible element... - Off-kilter element creates a question, an immediate reaction in the viewer's mind - The image must ask / say / demand something: "Deal with THIS!" "What does it mean?" "Oh that's funny!" "Is this real?"

Dark Sky Images

Award Winning Images

Below are images that have been judged in one or more Photographic Society of America recognized competitions. Judges representing the Coachella Valley Desert Camera Club (CVDCC), the Southern California Council of Camera Clubs (S4C), and the Coachella International Exhibition have reviewed and awarded each image as detailed:

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