The Ones I Like List of 2006 – A Countdown [#1]
© All rights reserved. (If you click on the photo, you can see a larger-sized, more detailed version of the image.) Landing – Perfection…so intrinsic in nature, so elusive in craft. Every so often, however, an invitation is extended to us by nature to participate in her glory. Laughter in the rain comes to mind. […]
The Ones I Like List of 2006 – A Countdown [#2]
© All rights reserved. A nobler want of man is served by nature, namely, the love of Beauty. The ancient Greeks called the world {kosmos}, beauty. Such is the constitution of all things, or such the plastic power of the human eye, that the primary forms, as the sky, the mountain, the tree, the animal, […]
The Ones I Like List of 2006 – A Countdown [#3]
© All rights reserved. Tommy – Tommy is addicted to love – both the givin’ and the takin’. If he is sitting near you (and I assure you he is sitting near you at all times) and if you are not giving him the attention that he requires, he raises his paw into your line […]
The Ones I Like List of 2006 – A Countdown [#4]
© All rights reserved. (If you click on the photo, you can see a larger-sized, more detailed version of the image.) Abby – The most recently-taken photo in my top ten list, Abby represents a concept of photography that had for the most part eluded me up until this photo was snapped — the concept […]
The Ones I Like List of 2006 – A Countdown [#5]
© All rights reserved. He Heard the Quiet There – When I decided to submit my photos to the Houston Center for Photography this past spring, this image was the cornerstone of my submission. I submitted five black and white fog photos and named the entire submission “He Heard the Quiet There”– the title of […]
The Ones I Like List of 2006 – A Countdown [#6]
© All rights reserved. (If you click on the photo, you can see a larger-sized, more detailed version of the image.) At the crossroads…a rest stop – I took this photo at Glenwood Cemetery as part of November’s photo assignment for the Flickr group Assignment: Houston. I tend to like photos that are moody, that […]
The Ones I Like List of 2006 – A Countdown [#7]
© All rights reserved. Red – I took the photo Red in Dallas, Texas this past April. I had gone to visit an old friend in Plano, and while there took the opportunity to spend a fun photo day with my Flickr friend, Gravity Room. Gravity Room (aka Ted) gave me a wonderful tour of […]
The Ones I Like List of 2006 – A Countdown [#8]
© All rights reserved. A Lifetime of Wonder – This photo was taken of my friend’s daughter, Trinity, during a day at the Houston Zoo. We were enjoying the kid’s portion of the zoo when I saw Trinity walk to this semi-opaque window and look through it. A couple of things ran through my mind […]
The Ones I Like List of 2006 – A Countdown [#9]
© All rights reserved. The Giants Stood Helpless… — This photo was taken last winter just before the sun rose on another beautiful Houston day. I had had trouble sleeping that night, so I did what I so often do; I went out on a “before 8 a.m.” photo excursion. I’m always taken with the […]
The Ones I Like List of 2006 – A Countdown [#10]
© All rights reserved. In Uniform — This photo was taken at Minute Maid Park on the day our hometown Houston Astros received their National League Championship rings for the 2005 season. I was at the ballpark with Phillip, a friend and fellow photographer, who was nice enough to invite me to the game. (Thanks, […]