Galveston Vacation

I am really afraid of the ocean but I always look forward to my wife's family trip to Galveston. We play games, the weather is cooler, and the photo opportunities are just different than other places. Beach fences have such an interesting look, how it gets buried by the sand and just the general aged look. They are just so common but still so cool looking.  I really never understood their purpose or if they even have a purpose so maybe it is just for cool photos.

Capital Stairs

Growing up my mom would often take us to the Texas Capital building and these stairs always caught my attention. I loved the light coming in from the windows and the massive columns. This photo always brings back memories of those days. We always stared up at the star at the top of the big dome, or wonder who each person was as they came down these stairs and wonder if they were important. Great times!

I Sit Alone

This is a picture I have always been drawn to but I have known it needed something a little more to make it really standout and pop.  I think I found what it is in need of, a tilt and shift effect. I can't afford high priced lenses, like most of America but I do have a computer that can do a lot of what I could do if I had that expensive gear. My traditional self is always fighting against my modern self and in this case Mr. Modern won out. The original photo is crucial to the success of this picture, it was well executed and has great exposure making it easy to get the effect I desired. 

My Journey

I love photography. From the moment I picked up my mom's Canon AE-1 I knew that I would always want to take pictures. That was over ten years ago and I am still picking up the camera. When I first started I was taking pictures of everything from frozen basketball nets to jump shots to church's buried under volcano rock but these days I am finding it harder to really know what I want to take a picture of. This is me rediscovering myself as a photographer. What you see will be what I am shooting at the time. I hope you enjoy the images as I rediscover my photography eye.

This first set of images were taken in San Antonio and Austin. I drove around Austin with my little brother looking for the perfect shot. The one in San Antonio was taken from the 25th floor of our hotel. That was a lot of fun to do and a challenge dealing with reflections.