A very sweet woman

Afer spending nearly three hours covering an antique roadshow at the Kentucky International Convention Center, I came out of the center, relieved that my time there was finally over.

That's when the best picture happened.

A woman who had attended the roadshow was sitting in her antique chair outside the center waiting for her husband to pick her up. I saw her there and it was so very sweet. She just sat there, stroking her antique doll while waiting.

July 27-Late in the Day

I was struggling on Friday to come up with an image. A late day assignment aided the search. I was sent to cover environmental groups on Louisville's Belvedere. Near the booths, a sporting goods company had set up a portable rock wall. Two youths were trying to climb the wall. One got pretty high but was still uncertain as he reached out to steady himself near the wall.

I like this picture because of the graphics, the city skyline in the background, and the uncertainity of the boy as he daggles from the rope.

Picture Two: Evening July 26, 2007

An exercise to stimulate creativity

I decided to start a project two days ago....A project I hope will stimulate creativity. It's beginning to get deep into the summer, people are on vacation, and not much is happening. Football is a month away, and basketball is not far behind. At any rate, I have challenged myself to shoot one picture a day, a picture that I like, a picture that causes me to try to get at things differently. About sixty people in the Louisville area showed up on Louisville's Great Lawn to try to stimulate conversation about a project entitled 86-84. It's basically a movement that organizers hope will stop additional construction on Interstate 64 that would cause problems for the Great Lawn. Here's my first two pictures.

Not Expecting Much...Then it happened!

Early last Saturday morning, I had an assignment at the Wayside Christian Mission in downtown Louisville. I wasn't excited about the assignment and wasn't in a hurry to get there. I stopped about a block away when I saw a huge shadow of a cross reflected on a nearby building.

It looked great as a still life. But then, I saw a man running with his dog, running across Market Street, and toward the shadow. I waited, composed, and bam! It happened.

I love the moment of creation. It seemed that this picture was destined to be made.

An early image

First of all, welcome to my new blog. I have been inspired lately to write a blog because of the great blog Dave Harvey has been publishing. (www.davidalanharvey.com) For those of you who don't know David's work, please check it out. Dave has been a regular contributor to National Geographic Magazine for years, and continues to be one of the finest photographers on the planet. He is very inspirational and has a lot of good things to say.

The picture here was made by my dad in Germany in 1947. I was three years old and had no idea my mom and dad would divorce soon. I found this picture while at my moms house over the Fourth of July weekend.

It once again reinforced my belief in the power of photography. Photography is the greatest time machine invented. It shows us context, space, and those that love us and have loved us.

My friend Sam Abell, also a fine photographer for years at National Geographic, published a book back in the early nineties entitled "Stay This Moment."

I'm glad that photography has allowed me to "stay this moment."