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On our way out west to The Grand Canyon we stayed in Winslow, Arizona. There is a great hotel named La Posada. It is a beautiful piece of history from the booming days of the Santa Fe Railroad. For anyone passing through, consider spending a night.
I was driving home today after a meeting with new clients (Kari and Will it was great to meet you!) and I spotted a man in Army BDU’s with his wife and kids in the Little Elm park. My guess was he had just gotten home from Iraq and was playing with his kids in the park. I saw someone taking a picture of them under the high noon sun. We all know how disappointing those shots can be. I turned around in the next parking lot and drove back to the park.
I introduced myself and asked if they would like some nice shots. My guess was correct. Michael had just returned from Iraq and they had stopped at the park on the way back. He is a medic and has been in the Middle East for 18 months. He gets 29 days with his family and then reports back to his post in North Carolina until the fall. After that it’s back to Iraq. We talked for a minute about how high the moral is there with our troops and the speed at which the Iraqi Security Forces are taking over responsibilities. Good news that you don’t hear much on TV.
We took a some family portraits and it made my day. What a beautiful family.
To all our troops at home and abroad, thank you.
I saw this pay phone when I was in New York and it struck me. “I don’t know when the last time I used a pay phone was. They’ve gone the way of the dodo. Better take a picture before they’re gone forever.”
This image is simple enough. I liked the back light from the doorway through the glass.
It’s called “Waiting for Friends”
My Mom was in town for Easter week from Tennessee. She, Lee and I spent part of the the day Saturday at the Dallas Arboretum. It was a beautiful day and the tulips were especially colorful. Here are a couple favorite shots. The first shot was taken with my Voigtlander 58mm SLII manual focus lens on a Nikon D300. The second shot was with the same camera with my new lensbaby mounted. That lensbaby is pretty cool but the focus is very touchy. The last shot is just a fun silly shot of Lee with the lensbaby.
