domesticated

i took this picture with my new camera: the canon 5d mark ii. it was shot at 3200 iso at 1/60 second at f/2.8 with a 17-35mm lens. the camera cost $1,000 more than i sold my truck for last year. it's an investment, but i'm looking forward to documenting my surroundings with it.

there's a tinge of irony in this photo. an oversized bed offers rest and relaxation from a day's labor. last night i couldn't sleep. thoughts circling and circling and circling. no matter where i go, or what bed i sleep on, i am there.

johnson shut-ins

took a trip down south to eminence, missouri with posscoon, tana, cohen, posscoon's mom and pookie-face. found a cool spot w/ some mini-rapids where posscoon got nice and scratched up.

engagement photo

a couple went down to the missouri river to get shot. there, they saw a running deer with a camera and a posscoon with a ladder. the animals told the couple to look happy. the couple reacted as best it could, though the male was somewhat reticent to follow his mate's lead. a bird unexpectedly jettisoned itself from an abandoned building, flapped its wings through a dark square of broken glass and flew toward the remaining light of an late afternoon sunset. an honest moment ensued.

stop and smell the roses and machine guns

elvis

Cohen celebrates his 1st birthday w/ father, grandfather, Elvis and Mr. E.

homeowners

mother's day

Providence and Broadway, Columbia, MO

broadway brewery bohemians

Broadway Brewery

getting high

Peace Park

ride off into the sunset

Made this one in the evening at Stadium and Ash.

x marks the spot

I made this picture at an event sponsored by Get About Columbia called "Wheelchair Roll" where people could get their wheelchairs washed. The woman in the wheelchair, Bethany, impressed me. Although her ability to communicate was impaired, she answered my questions. When I asked for her email address, Bethany struggled with the part after the @ sign. She knew what she wanted to say and she looked me in the eye, but she just couldn't articulate the letters floating in her head. After a few minutes, w/ the help of her friend, Jill, we figured it out. She signed a photo consent form with a pen in her mouth by making an 'X' in the middle of the page.