At 1pm we met at the courthouse and a couple of tour guides walked us around downtown Huntsville. Learned a lot but the light was so bad I shot very few photographs. Bad time of the day. Afterwards Debi, I and several of the group drove over to the cemetery where Sam Houston is buried and then later out to the museum park that has a couple of his homes. It was a great trip, really enjoyed it. But I don’t think I have ever gone on a shoot where I shot as few photographs and got so few that I enjoyed. Would love to do Huntsville again, but at a different time of the day.
Bill Thomas, incarcerated March 2012, 20 years to life for photographing in a mall. Suspect in several photographings of Houston Metrorail. |
While everyone else ate lunch I got to shoot the girl scout parade |
Waiting for lunch at the Cafe Texan--in business ince 1936 |
Matt Ferais and a fellow photographer conversing on the bench in front of the Roche's Denistery Office |
Charlie Macaw Sits for a Portrait |
Soda Jerk |
I'm not sure why my last comment didn't post but I was telling you that I absolutely love the Texas Cafe shot. If the average photo gets a 3 second glance, this one was way over the average! I guess I'm homesick for Texas because I stare at it and think about what I could go inside and order! I'm noticing more and more than any photo with writing in it draws and holds my eye. Love it.
ReplyDeleteJan, thanks. I love stopping in small town restaurants. I always try to find the places where the locals eat. Paul and I are discussing meeting in north Texas and doing a few days hitting small towns. Don't know if that will come to pass but I hope so. I would love to get the take of someone that has lived in New York City for most of his life. And as you know I have created this idealized world of small North Texas towns in my own mind. It is based on memories of a time when I wasn't quite so cynical. I know it doesn't exist but I love roaming around in it anyway. LOL
ReplyDeleteWell, if he agrees to the idea, I hope you can do it before it gets too hot! It would have been nice to have planned it for spring.
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