Category: Portfolios
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Chair | Seattle, WA | 2016 Viewing objects from odd angles reveals details that the eye-brain partnership might initially ignore. Sure, the eye accurately records the shape and construction of, say, an Adirondack chair. But seeking efficiency, the brain provides a rough sketch using points of dimension and contour, and then hastily fills in the…
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Sign | East Wenatchee, WA | 2016 “Jesus was a man for simple people. He didn’t make his messages incredibly complex. If you were a person that
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Ominous | East Wenatchee, WA | 2015 Every so often I can sense the day teetering on the cusp of change. You know that feeling, right? Dogs are restless, people are edgy, clouds scud low. Something is about to happen, but I don’t know what. Usually it’s just a sudden shift in weather — downpour,…
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Aquarium | Central Arkansas | 2015 I always try to find characteristics shared between humans and other species. Dogs express joy; cats exude self-centeredness; parrots maintain a nervous chattiness. But fish? They’re harder to categorize. Sure, they like to swim and eat (we do, too). But unlike us, they don’t emote. Or that’s what I…
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Tracks | Wenatchee, WA | 2016 Yesterday’s temperature in Eastern Washington hovered at around 100 degrees with 105 predicted for today. So an image from January 2016 of snow — even if it was just a skiff — seemed … well, hopeful. Such a dusting can transform black asphalt into the perfect
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Warehouse Wall | Quincy, WA | 2016 We live in fruit country, where gazillions of cherries, apples, peaches, pears and grapes (along with potatoes) are processed and stored in enormous warehouse-like buildings. I’m talking tens, maybe hundreds, of millions of square feet of covered space in a five-county area. Driving past one of these climate-…
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River Glow | Vantage, WA | 2016 It’s not mystical. The glow from the bottom of the Columbia River is a trick of light — reflection off a sandy bottom or an underwater cliff angled just right. But I’ve visited this spot in all seasons, and even on cloudy days there’s an intriguing
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(Today marks half a year of posting daily photos from my archive — 183 so far. Many thanks for following this blog.) Zebra Truck | Wenatchee, WA | 2016 A slatted fence and setting sun were all that was needed to transform the white truck into a (sort of) savanna equine. At least while it…
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Ravens | East Wenatchee, WA | 2016 Raven has a bad reputation: Dark Angel, Sky Omen, Bird of Death. But my own experience with Raven has been less gloomy and more playful. He’s a Trickster, cackling as he
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