location photography
Lou Ruvo Center - Las Vegas
Recently I flew into Las Vegas for a two week trip to camp and photograph around the state of Nevada, Before heading out of town I decided to look around for a few hours to check out the city. I came upon this abstract building glowing in the afternoon sun. It is the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health and was designed by architect Frank Gehry. While my trip was primarily focused on the landscape, I feel this image was one of my most rewarding ones I made on the trip.
We recently returned from a two week camping trip in Nevada and enjoyed the vast and empty landscape of that area. Most of Nevada is owned be the BLM - Bureau of Land Management and we were free to camp most anyplace we desired. In the eastern part of the state we visited Cathedral Gorge State Park. It has numerous slot canyons with a moonscape look. Nevada is a great place to travel and explore with its open range and wilderness areas.
Quiet Afternoon
I enjoy the days I can get out in my small boat on a lake nearby. Often times I am the only one on the water, and the quiet time is a nice break from the negative noise most of us have to endure with during these times. The winter months in Florida can have some great skies with the occational cold front that moves down from the North.
The sights and sounds of Havana Cuba offers a photographer plenty of opportunities to make a few good images. Havana is full of bustle with the daily activity of people coming and going trying to make a living in a very sparse economy. The country as a whole lives at a poverty level that many of us have never experienced. Everywhere you see the harden faces the people worn down by years of struggling to aquire their basic needs. Despite their poverty the people are very freindly and helpful with strangers, but with some people it is an attempt to ask for money. Cuba was once the richest Island in the Caribbean. When you walk the streets of Havana and see the disrepair and crumbling of what was once grand buildings of Spanish architecture, it is evident the communist government is a failure and the people suffer because of it. It is the desire and yearning of every human to live free and pursue happyness .
Old miners cemetery
I was in Terlingua Tx. this past year to do some night photography. This area of Texas has wonderful night skies and a few interesting old mining towns. I made this image around midnight using a flashlight to paint some light on the crosses. I have made several trip to this area over the years and I am always fascinated with the rugged landscape and the history of the area.
Swamp walk in S.C.
I made a stop in S.C. at Santee State Park while traveling back from up north. I found an interesting swamp near by with some nice cypress trees. After the sun had set I waded out through the swamp with my tripod and camera to look for an area to photograph. The light at this time of day is soft and directional and provides nice detail in the scene. This region of South Carolina has plenty of areas to explore and I hope to revisit it again to spend more time there.