Christmas Card Photo 2014

This was our card:

The new Blanco County Courthouse, in Johnson City Texas.


I say new because this is the old one, in Blanco Texas:

At some point in the distant past, the county seat was moved to the larger city, and the larger courthouse was built.

Looks are deceiving, because we went with a side-view.
Here's a 3/4:

And the long side:

I've been trying to schedule a shot like these for many years, and it finally came together a few weeks ago.
Managed to confuse some people into thinking it's our house, but they really should know better.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to my remaining 3 readers.
Much love.

The Road Well Travelled...

"Old Blue" (my orange truck) is in the shop right now and Sylvia's car is in the on-deck circle, so we rented a KIA SOUL for a week. Took our souls on a day trip to Bandera Texas today for some antique store action and had a really nice time.

I was a little bummed that this morning's cirrus clouds were gone by the time we got there, but am still happy with this infrared photo of the courthouse.
It's been a long while since I was able to take any pictures in Bandera that weren't band related......and in fact a surprising 8+ years since I made this post which features the same building in the third photo ever on this blog.


I really need to re-focus my photography.
Results like this remind me of what I love.
All the band shots I've been doing are cool, but not very satisfying.
And it's already become a running joke that every product pic I make at work will be promoted to the main listing image on Amazon for that particular item within 24 hours. Yawn...competent lighting.

Shooting infrared black & whites, night long exposures, and nudes of fat Czech men is where my passions lie.