Exploration at home leads to many surprises

Exploration at home leads to many surprises

Aerial Landscapes

After the fall of the hard-line Taliban regime in late 2001, more than 2 million Afghan refugees returned to their country with a hope for lasting peace, but scarce resources such as housing, water and jobs forces them to live in increasingly dire circumstances.

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" - Hunter S. Thompson

Arkansas's Oaklawn Park horse racing track hosts champion thoroughbreds and high stakes purses during this premier meet of the year.

Thematic, compositional, and other visual synergies of paired images create something new.

Just shy of it's 75th anniversary, the stadium where the Arkansas Travelers played from 1932-2006 will soon see the wrecking ball.

TtV Portraits of Dog Show Champions TtV is a multi camera technique using a macro lens SLR shooting through the viewfinder of a Twin-Lens Reflex camera. It's a manual process of adding dirt and imperfections seen in the plastic viewfinder of a vintage camera to the raw image. Similar to digital photo filter apps, but more mysterious to create.

TtV Portraits of Toy Gaming Figures TtV is a multi camera technique using a macro lens SLR shooting through the viewfinder of a Twin-Lens Reflex camera. It's a manual process of adding dirt and imperfections seen in the plastic viewfinder of a vintage camera to the raw image. Similar to digital photo filter apps, but more mysterious to create.

This long closed historic hotel in pine bluff was once considered among the finest in Arkansas. Now the deteriorating building is home to copper thieves, vagrants, squatters and addicts.

The demolition derby is a form of gladiatorial combat for our times. The sword gives way to a steering wheel but the hard clash of metal on metal is the same idea, and the chance of blood is almost certain.

from - ENCYCLOPEDIA.com - Fashion photography has sometimes been called ephemeral, commercial, and frivolous, and its importance has been called into question. That fashion photography has a commercial intent implies to some that it lacks photographic and artistic integrity. In reality, it has produced some of the most creative, interesting, and socially revealing documents and revealed the attitudes, conventions, aspirations, and taste of the time. It also reflects women's image of themselves, including their dreams and desires, self-image, values, sexuality, and interests. The psychology behind a fashion photograph as a selling device is the viewer's willingness to believe in it. No matter how artificial the setting, a fashion photograph must persuade individuals that if they wear these clothes, use this product, or accessorize in such a way, the reality of the photograph will be theirs. The fashion photograph can offer a vision of a certain lifestyle (from glamorous to grunge), sex, or social acceptance (via the most current, the most expensive, or the most highly unattainable), but it is the viewer's buy-in that makes the photograph successful.

Pull-focus effect on firework bursts is achieved by spinning the focus ring from minimum to maximum for 1-2 seconds during the explosion.

Pull-focus effect on firework bursts is achieved by spinning the focus ring from minimum to maximum for 1-2 seconds during the explosion.

The streets are the lifeblood of the country. They are the social center and a primary source of entertainment, information and camaraderie. But the unique street culture may soon disappear. The mystique of Cuba is fading as the country moves under the shadow of America.