I THINK IN IMAGES

New Developments

2009-10-08T08:01:00.005-04:00

I am changing this photo blog to make it more current and more interesting. "Bear" with me...
---Paul

2008-09-09T12:05:00.000-04:00

BLACK AND WHITE IN AMERICA 2008

2008-03-20T09:10:00.000-04:00

MY VISUAL REACTION TO SENATOR OBAMA'S EXCELLENT SPEECH THIS WEEK ON RELIGION AND RACE.

2007-08-16T15:18:00.000-04:00

Images that just make you smile

2007-08-10T11:12:00.000-04:00

Blogging Is Where IT Is AT...so

2007-08-10T09:26:00.000-04:00

I have slimmed down my static web site, and will put most of the happening stuff here on the blog...new images, contact information, ideas, and hopefully all current and useful. My Space and U Tube and "taking over" and I feel most people are comfortable with a blog format. We will see.

Your Wedding Images Will Come In Eight to Ten Sections

2007-08-06T15:48:00.000-04:00

And generally we will put them on two or three disks so that you can easily see everything on the Picasa Slide show.

From Nelson Fine Art

2007-05-25T16:21:00.000-04:00

This is a first posting from Nelson's in JC...I have a major gallery space here...which I have just expanded. See family, children, portraits, and wedding photography. If you would like to visit with me there...just give me a call 967-7201.

Connections of All Things

2007-05-17T07:59:00.000-04:00

A day or so ago, I was sitting in the garden room, and happened to glance up when a robin flew to the upper pool of the waterfall to take a bath. She enjoyed the experience, but in the middle of the bath an ambulance cranked up its siren...even though it was far, far away, the robin got scared and flew off to the fence so she could be on alert. How connected we are in this world...who would have thought that an ambulance siren would disturb a robin taking a bath more than a mile away...I wonder what other creatures were disturbed by the commonplace event.

I did not like the sound of the siren either.

First Studio Image

2007-05-03T14:01:00.001-04:00

Naturally, my helpers wanted to be in the picture.

It Is NOT Easy Moving A Life Time x 2 of Stuff

2007-04-29T19:21:00.000-04:00

We make progress daily, but there always seems like so much to still deal with at the Kingsport house. It is fun, in a stressful way...knowing that we actually are dealing with of stuff and finding treasures. I will be pleased when this moving phase is done, and we can move on to selling the house.

Alot is Happening At The New House

2007-04-26T21:31:00.000-04:00

I got the big old laptop fired up again...and had it souped up by the techie company down the street...not bad for an old machine.

Beautiful Sunrise Over the Field and Barn

2007-03-30T07:38:00.000-04:00

Today there is another beautiful sunrise over the neighbor's field and barn.

Spring Snow and Bumblebees

2007-03-29T08:52:00.000-04:00

Yesterday in downtown Kingsport it really looked at times like it was snowing...Spring Snow...white blossoms blowing down the street and piling up on the sidewalk. And while watching the "nesting" bumblebees (maybe called something else) here at the house in JC, I noticed that they poop in flight...actually quite visiable and fairly dramatic. The question remains, "...what does a bumblebee fart sound like?'

Kind of fun to notice stuff around us.

I DID NOT Fall Off Of The Bus...Just Moved

2007-03-28T06:49:00.000-04:00

We have just moved to a new home...fits our life style well and includes a nice small consulting studio, so I will have the big studio in Kingsport and the smaller place to meet people here in JC.

The whole family has moved even Roadie...she is not happy yet, but is working on it.

Relections on the Bus - What Do You Do For 24 Hours

2007-02-23T07:45:00.000-05:00

Slightly more than 24 hours on a bus is an interesting way to live...best to bring some stuff along to keep occupied as the flat land rolls by. I had a fairly large bag, which actually can be made into a back pack. I carried my camera, a laptop, books and magazines, DVD's, and a bit of emergency food. For the most part, I think I could have done just as well with one good book and the snack food, but I used most of the stuff I had in one way or another. Some of my fellow passengers had alot more, some who were going long distances carried almost nothing except their cell phones. Everyone has a cell phone, and the hunt for an outlet to recharge when stopping at a bus station was fun and funny. Most stations do not have extra wall plugs unless you go looking in corners. One fellow even unplugged the change machine in the games area of the Nashville station to recharge his phone...when someone wanted to use the change machine he politely replugged the machine back in for them to use.

It was cold, and while the bus was heated, it felt good to have my jacket and cowboy hat. I really was never uncomfortable. Some people brought blankets and pillows, but most people just traveled pretty light and made do with an extra jacket or sweater. One young couple who had not known each other before they starting riding together, bundled up together "for warmth" a good bit. It is interesting that they did not socialize or stay together at the bus stations, just on the bus...which is passing strange.

We stopped at one remote bus station in Arkansas for a lunch break, and while most people ate a snack in the small station, a few of us went next door to a real full menu IHOP. Most people could not afford to eat a restaurant meal, and I felt somewhat guilty being able to afford the warmth and food. I gave the young man in the couple arrangement $20.00 when he asked for money to eat...they had not eaten in "two days" because of a bus schedule delay due to weather. They made the money go pretty far, and ate their crackers and similar items on the bus.

Smokers shared their cigarettes at every stop...giving away a cigarette seems to be considered a fellow traveller obligation. One young woman was down to her last four or five cigarettes and still gave one to a fellow passenger, who had none.

Another obligation of a fellow traveller was to watch the bag of a person who needed to use the bathroom in a bus station. I was asked to perform this guard duty several times because I must have looked like an old honest guy...which I am. But, the bottom line is that an informal set of rules governs the bus passenger immediately upon joining the group, and must be passed along continously as people come and go from the bus riding experience.

Relections on the Bus - Getting the Speeding Ticket

2007-02-17T18:33:00.000-05:00

The most crowded segment of our trip was from Memphis to Nashville...a night time segment. The bus driver from Dallas to Memphsis was quiet, and helpful...he was an excellent driver. If anything the driver from Nashville to Kingsport was an even better driver and a bit more talkative. I will tell several stories about him in later installations of this journal.

The driver from Memphis to Nashville was not typical, but he may have been the most interesting. The bus was crowded because, Greyhound had combined passengers with our bus because apparently there was a late bus in the system somewhere, and if passengers did not come early with us, several would have not made their connections in Nashville. Our driver really did not understand this at first, and tried to throw a couple of people from the back off the bus to wait for "their" bus. They would not get off, and on checking tickets up the aisle the driver began to realize what had happened...but he still was really quite impolite about it. He decided to make up time because we got a late start from Memphsis...maybe ten minutes late.

The road was good, the weather was fine, and the traffic was not bad. We were passing just about everything on the road. I imagine we were doing 80 mph for a good stretch of this segment, until three Tennessee State Highway Patrol cars pulled the bus over. At first, we did not understand what was happening, but the fellows in the back could see the driver talking to the Highway Patrol officers, and they were speculating that the "law" would come on board and arrest someone, and carry them off in handcuffs. There was some mild speculation who might be the guility parties. But, when the boys in the back discovered that the patrol officers were writing the driver a speeding ticket, the let out a big whoop and when he got back on they let him know what an "Ass...." he was. He responded in with an interesting statement about he did not much care about the ticket because he could afford it, and speculated that the boys in the back could not. He did not apologize to the passengers, but he did slow down.

I would not be surprised if the ticket ended his career with Greyhound...

This was my first speeding ticket...and I was not driving, and it was on the bus. In more than 40 years of driving I have never seen a bus pulled over. Interesting segment.

Relections on the Bus - The Front Seat

2007-02-17T18:24:00.000-05:00

The best view on the bus is the front see on the "passenger" side of the bus, which is normally reserved for handicapped persons. The second best seat is right behind the driver. Our bus drivers did not mind passengers sitting in these seat as long as we understood that if a handicapped person got on the bus, we would have to move.

Unfortuately, the trip from Central Texas to Middle Tennessee is flat. I mean very flat. Real flat. So, it all looks alot alike...flat. Going across the Mississippi River into Memphis was interesting. However, the highlight of the whole trip as far as scenery goes is the little town of Hope, AK. This is Bill Clinton's home town, and although the bus did not slow down and the bus driver never mentioned it, because I was sitting in the right behind the driver, I got to see Bill's first home on the main street of the town. It is a white house, and just a bit larger than most of the homes in town. Former Governor Mike Huckabee is also from Hope, but I did not see his house.

The front seats are much quieter than the seats in the back. Most people sitting up front did not say much. It is interesting how people tend to sort themselves out by personality even on a bus.

Reflections on the Bus - More From The Back

2007-02-04T12:46:00.000-05:00

Most people were not traveling as far as I did on the bus, so the cast of characters changed from stop to stop. But, the back of the bus was the place where people of character or who thought they were characters came to sit. The total capacity of the bus was 55 and it was only full on one stretch between Memphis and Nashville. So, for most of the way, there was plenty of space for people to turn around and talk and form discussion groups. One one stretch a young man heading to New York City and truly full of himself engaged three or four other young people in a rambling discussion and persuasion. He was especially attracted to a young woman who was probably 18 and traveling with one or two others who were heading to Nashville. The young man fancied himself a mover and "pimp" and proceeded to try to talk the young woman to come to NYC with him and let him introduce her into exotic dancing and more. Perhaps out of boredom or because she knew she was parting ways with him, she let him ramble through his various arguments in favor of the proposition. His language at times would get a bit foul and then he would realize where he was and clean it up for a few miles. She was a "singer" and had a website, that he was looking forward to seeing, although he never got the web address. Even the grandmother in the back seemed to be amused by his persistent arguments in favor of her giving her life over to him. I am not sure anyone was very serious about the conversation, but it passed the time for those involved, and a few of us around them who could drift in and out listening to the disucssion.

Reflections on the Bus - The Back of the Bus

2007-02-03T18:55:00.000-05:00

One most of the trip, the grandmother with the three small grandchildren sat in the very back seat so they could be together. She was a happy person and the kids were "snacked" and talked to the whole trip. She was also the guard of the bathroom, which was it the back. The door was awkward to open and it appeared locked when it actually was not...so she made it her business to tell a person whether the bathroom was available or not.

But the back of the bus was also where the talkers and braggers sat. I moved around the bus to "see" the different sections. My least favorite part was the back of the bus mainly because of the single and somewhat loud young people who congregated back there. But, it was also the section with the most interesting conversations. One young man who obviously was full of himself was heading to a new job with a trucking company. He most likely had the job, at least until they saw him, because he had a full head of curly hair and a full beard. He had a dirty t-shirt and wore shorts with black socks. He had a buddy who was going to the same company, but the did not have as much as a lock on his job. At one point, they had been out in California working, but some how the job in Arkansas was much more attractive.

A young man sitting across from the truckers was a story worth telling as a installment of blog entries.

The bathroom, by the way, was clean and convenient. For what it was, it could not have been better. I will tell the story of smoking in the bathroom later.

Reflections on the Bus - Young Moms and Babes

2007-02-02T07:27:00.000-05:00

One of the images that keeps coming back for me about the bus ride from Texas was the large number of young mothers with small children...most under five years old. These moms and kids were riding to get somewhere "better" for them...home or to other relatives and friends. The kids were amazing...well behaved and happy...very little whinning. One young mother especially was interesting...she was traveling with a daughter and her sister and they were coming home...and even though it was late at night she talked on the cell phone almost constantly for hours. These were very quite conversations. Mom probably was seventeen and her sister was a bit younger. They could not have traveled without the bus...and they were warm and safe and maybe most importantly in communication. When I left on the next leg of my journey, they were still waiting to be picked up by the family, and the young mom was still talking on the cell phone, which was jacked into a spare wall plug in the station because she had used up her battery on the bus. Still she was just having a conversation with her own Mom and looking forward to getting home.

I don't think I saw a biological father, mother, and children traveling together...just the moms with their young kids...or in several cases a mom and child with a man who was obviously not the biological father. I don't understand everything I saw, but that is the subject of another day.

My Trip On The Bus...Reflections

2007-01-30T08:13:00.000-05:00

I recently had a very pleasant trip on a Greyhound Bus from Texas to Tennessee...specifically from Killeen, TX (Ft. Hood) to Kingsport, TN. The trip with appropriate stops and layovers took about 30 hours...give or take. This is a trip I had wanted to make for years because I have seen the bus from Dallas heading to Richmond through Kingport and the bus heading to Dallas from Kingsport for years pulling into our downtown bus station. I want to write about the trip now that I have had a chance to reflect, and I want to do it over a period of time.

First, a few general observations:

Did I feel safe...Yes, very safe and while at first unfamiliar it was easy to get used to the bus routine.
Did I meet people on the bus...Yes, but in a fellow bus riding way in the culture of riding the bus...much more on this.
Would I do it again...Sure, it is an inexpensive, and interesting way to travel.

Tennessee Weather Channel - Part Two

2007-01-29T07:13:00.000-05:00

How do you tell the weather in Tennessee when it is not raining? Well a very good indicator that is very cold out...the cats won't go outside, and when they do they come right back inside. Supposed to be 13 here this morning...cats are inside. Note: dogs are not reliable weather gauges because they sometimes rely on cats to tell them about the weather, and cats have a wicked sense of humor when it comes to dogs.

The Far Side of the Moon.

2007-01-20T09:09:00.000-05:00

My Early Support Will Go To Bill Richardson for President

2007-01-20T07:24:00.000-05:00

Richardson to Launch Presidential Bid
Jan 20, 5:08 AM (ET)By NEDRA PICKLER

WASHINGTON (AP) - After years of freelancing his diplomatic skills from the unlikely position as governor of New Mexico, Bill Richardson is taking the first step toward a bid to become president and put his skills to work in the White House.

THE FULL STORY BY NEDRA PICKLER IS WORTH READING...Richardson has impressive experience and credentials.

http://apnews.myway.com//article/20070120/D8MOUKD80.html

Wine Glass in Candle Light

2007-01-19T09:04:00.000-05:00

Because I like it...

Talking with Grandmom in Tennessee

2007-01-19T08:55:00.000-05:00

The girls like to talk with Grandmom...
She couldn't come on this trip because
she is busy at the University.

Where Are You From...?

2007-01-19T08:33:00.000-05:00

The central question in John Irving's novel A Son of the Circus [I just finished reading it...] is where are you from...an interesting question when you are not presently "where you are from." Maybe one way to know where you are from is when no one asks you where you are from?

I must look like I am from Texas, because in the short time I have been here several people have asked me for directions...

In any case, I enjoyed the second half of A Son of the Circus very much...the first half is slow to develop and may be well worth reading again now that I have gotten into the story in the second half...kind of like life I guess.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Paul Irving

Born:
March 2, 1942 Exeter, New Hampshire
Occupation(s):
novelist, screenwriter
Influences:
Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Günter Grass
John Winslow Irving (born March 2, 1942 as John Wallace Blunt, Jr.) is an American novelist and Academy Award-winning screenwriter. Since achieving great critical and popular acclaim after the international success of The World According to Garp in 1978, all of Irving's novels, including well-known works The Cider House Rules and A Prayer For Owen Meany, have been bestsellers. Many of his novels have been made into movies, and Irving won the 2000 Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for his novel The Cider House Rules.

A Son of the Circus (1995). Arguably his most complicated and difficult book, it was dismissed by critics but became a national bestseller on the strength of Irving's reputation for fashioning literate, engrossing page-turners.

The SUN Is Trying

2007-01-18T10:44:00.000-05:00

"Enuff" of This Texas Winter!

2007-01-18T09:19:00.000-05:00

I came to Texas to be warm and sunny...Tennessee has been warm and sunny...we have had rain, sleet, and snow here...doesn't even make pretty images. So Enough Already.

ON THE ROAD - San Antonio Jan 13 2006

2007-01-13T23:17:00.001-05:00

San Antonio - Jan 13 2006

ON THE ROAD - I am here in San Antonio

2007-01-13T20:44:00.000-05:00

Miserable rain today...rained all damn day. But San Antonio is in slightly better shape...not currently raining.

I am taking images of simple things this trip...I think mostly BW and mostly at night.

ON THE ROAD - Henderson TX Jan 12 2007

2007-01-13T20:41:00.000-05:00

Henderson TX Jan 12 2006

ON THE ROAD Series - TRUSSVILLE AL

2007-01-12T07:55:00.000-05:00

Motel in Trussville AL Jan 11 2007

Jerry Greer...the PHOTOGRAPHER...Can Also Really Play the Mandolin

2007-01-11T10:43:00.000-05:00

I Have NOT Been Blogging Much Lately

2007-01-07T10:57:00.000-05:00

Blogger has been slow...very slow at times...they probably have so many users that their system is bogging down. Right now on Sunday morning it is going like a rocket. I hope their capacity keeps up.

Comment on Internet Explorer 7

2007-01-03T07:06:00.000-05:00

I have installed it on two computers, and I really do like the new Internet Explorer 7. ...works well, and it seems to speed up this computer on the net. We shall see.

Hi, My Name is Paul Bishop

2006-12-27T08:08:00.000-05:00

In order for the Blog Search feature to work, periodically, I need to add a post like this one which features key search words. For this post, if you find it you can go to the rest of the blog and to my website. I am learning...slowly at times. But, in any case, here goes.

I am Paul Bishop, a professional photographer, and I like to make images and see a good image.

My studio is Studio 5 Zero 1, which is located in downtown Kingsport, Tennessee.

I specialize in people photography especially weddings, professional images, families, and commercial work.

I have an innovative gallery at the studio.

My colleague is Kimberly Miller-Persson

PS: The spooky part of all of this: this blog entry was picked up by the search feature in less than five minutes!!

My Website...always changing

2006-12-27T07:55:00.000-05:00

I enjoy the energy of my website and this blog...I can try things...I can change...never satisfied, but always fun...I hope to never get it "just right." That would mean that I have stopped trying.

http://www.paul5zero1.com/
Take a peek...it is fun.

Follow Up on the NY Times and Times News Delivery

2006-12-27T07:47:00.000-05:00

Although it remains true that the NY Times generally is first to arrive, today the Times News had the story about Gerald Ford's death and the NY Times did not. So, maybe the T-N has the latest news...

Looks Alot Like Christmas - THE PARTY!

2006-12-23T08:14:00.000-05:00

How Come It Is...?

2006-12-22T07:51:00.000-05:00

That I get my New York Times delivered every morning - seven days a week - to my front sidewalk earlier than I get the Kingsport Times-News?

I Am Starting A Series of Stuff I Like

2006-12-19T10:46:00.000-05:00

This is a reflection of a shadow...very simple...very complex...fun.

Keep the Blue - Demo of Color Picker In Photoshop Elements 5

2006-12-19T08:33:00.000-05:00

This took about a minute to do from an
all color image using Photoshop Elements 5.
[This in response to a question from a friend.]

The Pond is UnFrozen and I Have Pirates...

2006-12-12T06:11:00.000-05:00

You can come home now.

What Is This Stuff DAD?

2006-12-08T13:47:00.000-05:00

Oh, I know...something to play with!!

BETHANY - The Lawn Chair Series

2006-12-08T10:18:00.000-05:00

This Fashion shoot will be ongoing for the next couple of months around
Kingsport downtown...the only constants will be Bethany and her lawnchair.

BETHANY - The Lawn Chair Series

2006-12-08T10:15:00.000-05:00

It was freezing and snowing while we made these images...she is pretty tough!

Ain't It Pretty!!

2006-12-08T07:55:00.000-05:00

It Got A Bit Cold Last Night - 13 F or so

2006-12-08T07:52:00.000-05:00

Pretty Cool Image

2006-12-07T15:26:00.000-05:00

If you live in Kingsport and have a middle school child or
ever have had one that age...you know where this is.
Think about it.

We Had A Nice Holiday Party At The House on Sunday

2006-12-06T08:08:00.000-05:00

This also shows my "wooden stove"

My Camellia Plant Continues to Bloom and Bloom

2006-12-01T10:42:00.000-05:00

Bank of Tennessee's New JC Facility

2006-12-01T09:44:00.000-05:00

View from the Bank's Balcony seen below:

I had the pleasure of doing the photography
for the special section in today's JC Press for
the Bank of Tennessee's New Med Tech
facility. It is magnificent building, and in
a prime location.

Family Together

2006-11-30T09:20:00.000-05:00

This Is Just NO GOOD...I have been to busy to Blog

2006-11-30T05:16:00.000-05:00

Don't like it...don't want it...gotta fix it.

First Light - Out of the Window

2006-11-26T14:12:00.000-05:00

Amelia Is A Happy Baby In The Morning

2006-11-26T09:25:00.000-05:00

Mia in the morning

CLICK ON HER IMAGE TO SEE THE SLIDE SHOW.

Paul Bishop Photographer

2006-11-25T21:42:00.000-05:00

This is a post to enable the blog search engine to find me. I am Paul Bishop. I am a professional photographer located in Kingsport, Tennessee. I like to make images and see a good image. My studio is located in downtown Kingsport. We do mostly people photography especially weddings, professional images, families, and commercial work.

It took seven minutes for the blog search to find this posting...pretty damn impressive!!

I am Paul Bishop and my blog is full of images...I call the blog "I Think In Images" ... My Visual Life.

My studio name is "Studio 5 Zero 1" That is Studio 5 ZERO 1 or Studio 5Zero1

This Is A Potato Peeler...it is, it is!!

2006-11-24T16:11:00.000-05:00

Thanksgiving

2006-11-24T15:52:00.000-05:00

This is Kaylie Elizabeth on Thanksgiving morning.

Life's Special Moments...

2006-11-20T17:53:00.000-05:00

I have a passion for people photography...recording the human experience...in all its many forms and shapes.

The Holly Plant Tries Real Hard...Not A Camellia...But Still Pretty

2006-11-19T09:41:00.000-05:00

Camellia Sasanqua'Yuletide'

2006-11-19T09:08:00.000-05:00

One of my favorite events this time of the year is when our Camellia Sasanqua'Yuletide' start to bloom...and they will continue for most of the winter...fun to see these blooms covered with snow [too warm for that right now].
They are:
A versatile performer displaying brilliant, fiery red blooms centered with bright yellow stamens. Excellent choice for a colorful hedge or screen, espalier, and border shrub. Evergreen. Single, brillant red flowers with bright yellow stamens. Bushy, upright growth with a long bloom season. Hardy in zones 7, 8, and 9.

Chuck's Restaurant...the Hamburger Steak Is As Wonderful As It Has Ever Been.

2006-11-18T20:26:00.000-05:00

Good service, great prices...great food.

I Appreciate Dan at Circuit City Getting The Studio Computer Going Again

2006-11-18T06:40:00.000-05:00

Nice job and I appreciate it.

For Those Of You Keeping Up With The Sweet Potato

2006-11-17T08:34:00.000-05:00

It is trying real hard...but it ain't easy.

I Loaded The New Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 Last Evening

2006-11-17T07:38:00.000-05:00

I have had 4.0 and 5.0 is just out...well worth the upgrade. Of course, on my main studio computer I have CS2, but here at the house...I really don't need it...so the $100.00 Elements 5.0 works well. In fact, it has several features that have not been put into CS2 yet. I especially like the new BW Conversion module...as I find things I will post them here.

East Tennessee State 71, Chattanooga 70

2006-11-16T11:41:00.000-05:00

Last night's game at ETSU was wonderful...in overtime in the last few seconds Pigram sank at 3 pointer to give the Bucs a great win. The Mocs played very well.

Last Evening I Had The Opportunity To Visit With An ETSU Art Seminar Group

2006-11-15T07:42:00.000-05:00

ETSU Art Class - Nov 14 2006

I appreciate the chance to visit with artists from several different fields and discuss photography in art.

One of the principal questions: Film vs Digital...it is the artist (photographer) not the equipment that makes good images...use what you like...use it all. Make images...learn...solve problems of technique...but make images. And this is where digital has an advantage...taking lots of "learning images" with a digital camera is cheap...1000 digital images is just a bit of wear and tear on the camera and some battery power...with film, forget it.

Also the Google family of web stuff is great...Picasa, Hello, Web Albums, Blogger and so forth...try them....they are mostly free or cheap and good. Imagine your art on the web...easy for people to see and to communicate with you about. And you have to put your stuff out there for people to see in order to become better and better...a positive critical comment is your best friend!

Yep...Chuck's Is Back And It Is Still Good!

2006-11-13T09:47:00.000-05:00

Here is a web listing for a full story: http://www.timesnews.net/Bmail/bmail.php?action=article&id=3697877

The Cats (Girls) Just Got Into A Fight...

2006-11-13T07:55:00.000-05:00

And Sandy Dog had to break them up...good dog Sandy.

Need that Order and Patterns...

2006-11-13T07:46:00.000-05:00

Monday Mornings...What Will This Week Bring...Fun

2006-11-13T07:31:00.000-05:00

THE WORLD IS AN INTERESTING PLACE...PRETTY SMALL VILLAGE IN SOME WAYS.
Looking for new ideas...meeting new people...making some good images.

I am going to try the new opening of Chuck's Restuarant today (definately an insiders place to eat.)

In January, I am planning a car and bus trip to Texas and back...photos along the way.

I am revisiting my big fruit images...some new takes on the familiar.

Samantha

2006-11-10T11:46:00.000-05:00

More of Sam's images will be available on the blog in the near term...she is a beginning model who is working on her future.

It Does Not Get Better Than This...

2006-11-09T08:03:00.000-05:00

Tennessee Weather Channel

2006-11-08T08:54:00.000-05:00

Chicken Fried Steak Again!!!

2006-11-08T08:31:00.000-05:00

It was rainy, Wilsie is at a meeting in Nashville, and I was hungry. I went to Pacific Grill and Scott Hsu fixed a wonderful Chicken Fried Steak meal to go. I came home and ate my supper and watched "Saving Private Ryan." Considering all things...this meal was just about perfect for the occasion.

Blue Dog Democrats...

2006-11-08T08:12:00.000-05:00

I am pleased with the election results which seem have driven both parties toward the center. Working together on issues that really do make a difference...jobs, wages, healthcare, war, energy, and the American position in a world economy...members of both parties can accomplish much. It should not be about the party in power gaining "perks" and money...we elect people to Congress to serve the general will of the people which right now seems to be fairly strong center.

Blue Dog Democrats are social and economic conservatives and centrists in the United States Democratic Party...I feel a kinship to this idea, although I may be a Blue Cat Democrat...and can embrace Republicans who hold similiar views. What I can not abide are the nuts at both ends of the Republican and Democrat party affiliation who beat the drum for very narrow issues and ones which in the end have little consequence to the American people. Basically, I think these extremists are cynical and their "so called issues" are smokescreens for self serving agendas.

It Is The Common Place...

2006-11-06T13:27:00.000-05:00

See the big image at the bottom of the blog.

Fall Comes To Us All

2006-11-06T09:10:00.000-05:00

Maggie Is SO Beautiful

2006-11-05T11:39:00.000-05:00

ETSU Basketball Is Fun To Watch This Year

2006-11-05T06:52:00.000-05:00

ETSU played Mars Hill Saturday afternoon...this young team is tall and talented. They all played...and they played basketball together. This team is well worth a trip to Johnson City.

You Heard It Here First...the Democrats Are Set To Win Big

2006-11-04T19:40:00.000-05:00

...problem is...they are not ready. And I am one...go slow guys...keep earning our trust...or you will blow it for the next several decades. Listen, plan, work hard, think, tell the truth...act like Republican know it alls, and you will be dead meat...and so will America.

First Friday Tonight - Nelson Fine Art - Johnson City

2006-11-03T08:04:00.000-05:00

I have some "good stuff" up from NYC at Nelson Fine Art...

New York City BW Images

Early Morning Calm

2006-11-03T08:00:00.000-05:00

It was freezing this morning.

Life's Little Joys...Part Two

2006-11-03T07:57:00.000-05:00

Today we took the dogs (border fence patrol squad) to PetSmart for grooming...we had a 7 am appointment. They will be ready around noon. Life's little joy...? We had a ham biscuit from Pal's at our house. The pure joy of not having to share a ham biscuit with Sandy and Maggie...hardly gets better than that.

Little "Mia" Gotta Have A Snack...

2006-11-02T07:53:00.000-05:00

Kaylie Elizabeth At HER Awards Ceremony

2006-11-02T07:43:00.000-05:00

More of What Dogs Do...

2006-11-01T15:25:00.000-05:00

Guarding the homefront...Border Security Team In Action

I Am Proud Of My Son Joe

2006-11-01T13:20:00.000-05:00

Joe received his Senior Pilot Wings the other day, and I was proud to be there to see them pinned on.

Been Out Of Town -- Could Not Blog From Afar

2006-10-31T05:57:00.000-05:00

Back to work...work...work.

Taking The Time To See

2006-10-26T19:53:00.000-04:00

I light low light digital photography, because when I push it...there is an amazing amount to see.

Last Few Low Light Images

2006-10-26T19:51:00.000-04:00

More Low Light Compositions

2006-10-26T19:28:00.000-04:00

Low Light compositions

2006-10-26T19:24:00.000-04:00

Interesting to see what there is there in low light.

Folks Who I Would Love to Have Dinner With...

2006-10-25T09:28:00.000-04:00

Helmut Newton, Annie Leibowitz, Giles Bensimon (Photographers) Frida Kahlo Toshiro Mifune...the Japanese actor

Thomas Jefferson and Abe Lincoln...Bill Clinton (if he does not bring Hilliary).

Paul Newman, Keanu Reeves, Marlon Brando, Clint Eastwood, Richard Gere, and Gene Hackman...and Ian McShane from Deadwood

Melanie Griffith, Susan Sarandon, Ellen Barkin, Marilyn Monroe, Salma Hayek, Cynthia Nixon (sex in the city), and Sandra Bullock

John Irving, the "best" writer

Scott Hsu owner of Pacific Grill and Chef

More to come...

Just Watched the Tao of Steve Again

2006-10-25T08:55:00.000-04:00

One of my favorite small bad movies that I like to watch periodically...great visuals, and phoney philosophy. I like his frisbee golf course. TIVO is wonderful.

The BUT and HOWEVER is: In my opinion most busy people are accomplishing very little of importance. For many of us, busy is just an excuse for marking time until we figure out what we really want to do. If that never happens, at least we were busy.

So, I am going to work at not being so busy...and maybe accomplishing more of the important things...but it is so damn tempting to be busy...I made a whole career out of busy.

I think drinking a cup of coffee by the fire and playing "Chuckit" with Maggie may be important...it is to her anyway.

The Cold May Have Finally Gotten the Hibiscus

2006-10-25T07:55:00.000-04:00

We shall see...

Moon Shadow - Center of the Garden

2006-10-25T07:38:00.000-04:00

This is a stacked rock bench which has been there rock solid for years.