What a fast and random weekend of shooting. Here are but a few of many photos taken.

Finals! Calynn studiously procrastinating

Amateur tight ropers practicing late at Denton's courthouse.

Lauren and her nimbus

ƒ/2 at 1/250 sec ISO 1000

Okay, here’s a thought.

An aspiration, as of late, has been to find the unexpected and/or create an element of unpredictability in a photo.

But how can one plan to take captive something unexpected? I can’t set an bear trap for an unexpected moment, that is, unless I am trying to capture an unsuspecting Syrian black bear.

I dont have any answers at the moment, just thoughts.

Concerning my perspective, I can train myself to push my photographic eye to see something that is out of the ordinary.

Now that I am considering this, everything is unique.

Nevada Wier has a wonderful saying that articulates this abstraction. “There is no such thing as a boring subject just boring ways of looking at things.”

My reflections work was a result from a similar exercise. For a time, I kept returning to the same unoriginal location and the same dead point in my creativity. I conducted this exercise until something original bloomed.

So initially, 1.) it’s a challenge to engage the innate and obvious originality of  a subject, 2.) to seek the endless possibilities of viewpoints that this originality can be captured from, 3.) to scuttle my dependancy to conventional shooting styles.

First Shot.... same old pose

Second Shot: an attempt to be more unexpected.....attempt indeed

50mm ƒ/2 at 1/80 sec ISO 800

The very sweet Betsy Phillips, known by me as Betso or Bitsy, and I shot this week for her EP that is coming out.

What a fun time. I dismantled her kitchen because it is my favorite apartment kitchen in San Marvelous. The lighting in that nook was spontaneously lovely.

Thanks again Betso!

Betsy’s Facebook Fan Page

50mm ƒ/2 at 1/100 sec ISO 800

50mm ƒ/2.2 at 1/60 sec ISO 800

A learning photographer is blessed to have great friends who do senseless photo shoots with them.

For some time now I have been wanting to photograph in the rain and therefore the mud. I wrapped my D700 in plastic wrap and headed out to the closest sodden field.

Note to self: Controlling settings on your camera, when they are wrapped several times over in plastic wrap, is difficult.

Thanks to Holly, Katie and Grayson for getting completely covered in mud.

The Muddied Trio

50mm ƒ/2.2 at 1/2000 sec ISO 800

35mm ƒ/2 at 1/2500 sec ISO 800

35mm ƒ/2 at 1/2500 sec ISO 800

35mm ƒ/2.8 at 1/2500 sec ISO 800