I was asked to provide stills for an in production horor video. From these shots I have been making production posters. Video title is, "The Vial of Life". This has been very challenging as well as much fun and got to meet many varied people. We started shooting in early March. It was cold, wet, muddy and in the biginning was in the dark. I have 4 more posters and will upload them soon.VialOfLife4 VialOfLife5 This last image is a collection of outtakes from a planning meeting for an upcoming shoot.

I have a beautiful mixed CollieChow. He looks much like a collie in color and temperment but everything else is choweyes, nose, ears,etc. Pablo is an out of doors dog totally. He loves people, cats and other dogs but he absolutely hates racoons opposums and other forms of wildlife. He has killed many of the above even while he is chained to his tree. Pablo "10" Wildlif "0" has been the score until now.Happy Groundhogs' Day This meeting was very noisy but not fur flew or blood let. Pablo just wasn't sure what to make of this vicious foe. Mr. G dug in under the neighbors fence and left to bother them and to invade their basement later. HAPPY GROUNDSHOGS' DAY EVERYONE.

Drab Army Green aptly describes the lowly artichoke. Not only drab in color but requiring far too much work to undress. In the end, you arrive at the tiny heart of the little guy and wonder why You even tried. But modern marketing and somebody with a colorfully bright imagination gave real hope to the LG... Artichoke Salad - A reflection

I photographed an Indian Hindu Wedding last weekend (Labor Day Weekend) It lasted 3 days, 45 hours of shooting (off and on) and 2800 pics. Gruling to say the least. But rewarding in many ways. First off in general Hindu Wedding are some of the happiest and colorful that you will find anywhere. There are many rituals and ceremonies and foods to eat. I find them very fullfilling to shoot. I have filmed many of the years and although similar to each other each is still different in other ways. Sometimes the men and women are separated, sometimes they are all together. Some meals are stricktly vegetarian and still other lean more toward beef and chicken dishes. North Indian is very different from South Indian and Sihk. But one thing that is always true are to fantastic array of colors with the bride never being in white. Practically any color but white  DESCRIPTION_HERE . Ones Caste is always important as well even here in the USA. Weddings are usually large with 200-500 guests not being unusual. Many guests travel great distances to attend. Here is the bride filmed in situ on day one. Day 3 is the wedding. Day One is when the brides side of the family get they hands painted with henna.

I was on assignment to cover a Native American Pow Wow in Camp Atterbury (Edinburgh,Indiana). The immediate area contains a recreation area Johnson County Park and the JC Horse Park. The parks offer many activities such as r/c model airplanes, swimming beach, hiking, 1/8 Scale Steam Locomotives that you can ride on. Back to the story; while at the Pow Wow I was observing the people in attendace and those taking part is the festivities. Then I noticed an individual that made my day. #1 Original photo, backlighted, off center.DESCRIPTION_HERE  #2 better composition, shadows lightened converter to sepia for older feel. His wife was in garb as well as his Squaw.DESCRIPTION_HERE

I have been requested to upload some of my manipulated photos. That could be practically all of them. There are very few that need nothing at all. Sometimes is just a little other times it is a lot. It all depends on the purpose that I took it and what I need to convey to my views. I have been asked how about those fun photos where are they? Well I have those many of them in fact but when I purusing through all the files I end up opening the ones that pique my interest at the time and then I go to work of them. And voile a masterpiece. Oh if it were only that easy. Here are three representative pieces:#1 from a hallway at church  DESCRIPTION_HERE and then one from a concertDESCRIPTION_HERE and then one from an assignment in a Mexican Nite Club. The lighting was almost as terrible as my Spanish But one must come thru with the goods. You decide...DESCRIPTION_HERE

This is the upstairs seating area in an old Presbyterian Church near downtown Indianapolis. Huge octagonal building -exterior photo to come tomorrow. DOF does not only mean shallow dof as it can also be extreme dof, as in this photo.