Saturday, November 21, 2009

Bottom-feeders - An Ode

Buzzards know carrion when they see it. The scavengers above know exactly what they're doing. Kent County, MD - 1998.

So does this guy, lurking above Shenandoah Junction, WV in 1998.

This one has no idea, but he's learning. The strand of barbed wire is helping. Shenandoah Valley, WV - 1998.

Pygmy goat, near Point of Rocks, MD - 1998. He sees me.

"Whot?"

Shenandoah Junction Cat - 1998.

"Whot?"

Thursday, November 12, 2009

=OUT OF ORDER=

While we're waiting for the photo blog repairman, here's another dose of photographic whimsy. Above, a work train gondola, tagged by the legendary Cool Disco Dan (or some poser - it looks authentic to me, though), Brunswick, MD - 1991.

Skipping ahead to June 3rd, 2004. This is Portland Head Light, Cape Elizabeth, ME - shot with my 2.0mp Kodak - my first digital camera.

Skipping back. (I'm out of order? No, you're out of order. This whole COURT is out of order!) Alcatraz Island, as seen from Where Everybody Sees It - Fisherman's Wharf - San Francisco, CA - 1987.

Jumping to March, 1993 - this is the aftermath of the wreck of CSX S-216 at Germantown, MD. Those are mushed new cars, retrieved from shredded auto-racks at the bottom of a 40-foot ravine.

Falling WAY back, to Spring of 1982, this is the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, MO - shot on 126 cartridge film with my Instamatic. I kid you not.

Jane and Bubba The Party Snake - Rockville, MD - 1990. Jane loved Bubba.

Hurtling forward through space and time to 1998... this is the view looking northeast from the summit of Spruce Knob, West Virginia's highest point. That's yours truly's shadow at the lower left.

Hurtling back only one year, this is the War Correspondents Memorial in Crampton's Gap, MD in 1997.

Zoom - it's 2004 and we're in Maine. Barely visible through the morning mist is a tiny harbor and a lobster house where they probably don't take American Express.

Six years prior, here's a 1998 shot of the Shenandoah Skyline. There was meteorological shenanigans afoot; that streak of white is a low-hanging cloud deck unto its own self.

Okay -Now I have to get back to what I was supposed to be doing. OR.... find something else to do that isn't what I'm supposed to be doing! Hmmm...
Seeya!

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Time For Church

Gotta keep this one short and sweet, gang. This is a sampling of some of my early work on churches in DC, MD, VA, WV and PA. I threw in a few odd detail shots, just for fun. More to come...

(This last one is actually 100% [Maris]'s shot, but she let me post it. The scan doesn't even do justice to the colors in this photo, but we still love it.)

See you in a few days...