I recently traveled to California to shoot some art photos in the desert.  At the same time, I spent some time with my good friend Tammy Warnock for a one-on-one boudoir workshop (Tammy is one of the BEST out there - check out her work at True Blue Intimates).  While there, I had an opportunity to photograph this beauty - which was used as a prop.

The guitar belongs to Tammy’s brother Smitty 50 (Chris Smith) who is a musician.  His band, which I had the pleasure of seeing play while out there, is Six Pack to Go and let me tell you, they put on a GREAT show!  Great rockabilly band!

Anyway, here are the photos of this gorgeous guitar.

Tammy, thank you for your time and your knowledge but most of all, thank you for your friendship.

Chris, ROCK ON!  You guys were great…I still want that CD! 

I recently took a drive in the country - if nothing else to get Baby out on the road.  It was a beautiful day and I just went with the flow - and my camera!

Here’s some of what I got.

It was a fun drive.  Next one will be in a different direction!

Over the last couple of years, I have developed this love for “cars as art”.  I love cars - just not a “fanatic” of cars.  I love the beauty of a sleek sports car.  I love the details of a fine antique.  I love the rawness of a hot rod.  I love to photograph that and capture the cars as works of art.

A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of photographing some fine examples at the Woodlands Car Club meeting.  I’d like to share some of those.

I love them!  Next post will be some hotrod details from the Hotrod Hoedown.

I recently attended a photographer’s convention in Nashville and beyond the amazing education and great networking opportunities I did a bit of shooting. 

Yes, my friend Chuck Arlund scheduled a “shootout”.  Chuck out did himself with the locations and models and I had a blast shooting with some lighting help from a few other friends who held lights for me while I shot (I returned the favor for their own shots).

So, here are a few of my favorites:

This was GREAT.  Thanks “Chuckie”!

So, it had been well over a decade since I last set foot in New York City.  I did - back in November of last year!  Yep, you read that right - November.  It’s just been crazy busy and I had not gotten around to posting this. 

NYC is a much nicer city than it was when I was growing up - but it’s still the same!

There’s no place like it in the world - and I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to visit a lot of large cities, among them London, Berlin, Hong Kong, Beinjing, Shanghai, Taipei, Sydney, Vienna, Munich, Amsterdam, and many others.  While they’re all unique and wonderful in their own way, nothing can compare to the “Capital of the World”:  NYC.

So, during the short visit, I shot some stuff.  I wanted to get an edgy and gritty street feel to these.  Enjoy.

Of course, one must visit the “Ground Zero” site - the place where the World Trade Center once stood.

And there’s no way you can go to NYC and not go to Times Square and walk the surrounding areas.

Now, remember, this was back in November - the stores had the Christmas stuff out.  I just loved this image.

…and the historic Empire State Building.

The day started out with some rain - just enough to get me to buy an umbrella which was used for about two blocks.  It then stopped raining and the sun came out - and I wound up walking around with just a t-shirt on as it warmed up nicely.

It’s a great city and part of a day is just not enough to do it justice.