Infrared Photo of Hurricane Rita at Cat 4 about a day before it's due to hit the Gulf Coast of Texas near Galveston Houston.
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This is a photo my cousin Robert took of my brother Tracy. He was using his new digital back for his Lieca camera body. My brother looks alot like my dad nowadays....not sure if he wants to hear that or not.
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Typical beach house construction about 10-20 mins southwest of Galveston. Lowtide.
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hehehe...whenever my wife bugs me about going back to Canada, I just show her this photo. This was actually just a few days before she moved to Colorado. We were picking up TJ from a weekend scout camp. Having just come from TX a few short months earlier I don't think she was quite acclimatized yet.
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This is an edited shot taken at the San Antonio Riverwalk. Originally in shot in color, I used Picasa2 to add Sepia toning, then added some Film Grain, and some Soft Focus on the edges. I was trying to imitate the 'Holga' look. Holga's are a cheap bakelite toy camera from years ago. They have a cheap plastic lens which causes abberations on the photo....really soft focus and grainy.
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Sometimes shooting football isn't all about capturing the action. There are a lot of good shots 'away from the ball'. I really like when a picture speaks for itself, but I feel this one needed a bit of background info. This team, the visitors, apparently sing the school song after each game....they sing to the stands and the stands singalong. In this case, they had just lost 21-20 after coming back from a 21-0 deficit in the first half. They lost on the last play when they failed to convert for a two-point attempt after a touchdown with three seconds left on the clock.
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This is a photo of my uncle. Yep, I have to admit it, but it's my uncle. Now my father had three brothers. This one is Gerald. Of the four, my father and uncle Mack were the most compatible. Both worked hard for a living....slow and steady wins the race. Mack got rich working smarter not harder. My father made a good living and was a good provider by working harder. The both supported each other in different ways. Dad would fix Mack's boats, cars, etc. Every once in awhile Mack would toss him a Jaguar or use of the yacht, or summer home, etc.

Now the uncle above, he was more aligned with the 'get-rich-quick' line of thinking of my other uncle Jack. That's not saying that they were always like this. Jack was at one time one of the top advertising salesman in Atlantic Canada...and even in Montreal. I've heard this from many people who has known him. His problem? Probably alcohol. But I won't judge that. Gerald at one time owned his own Plumbing and Heating company. In fact, my father used to work for him. He, I believe suffered from a midlife crisis, divorced his wife, mother of 3 daughters, and married a girl the same age as me and now has a 2nd family...daughter and son almost teenagers. Since then he's gone a little 'conspiracy theory', the 'government is out to screw me' ....you know the type of guy.

For years, my rich uncle supplemented these two with various jobs in advertising, heating/oil sales from the company he has owned. NOTE: My father always refused to work for Mack because of what he saw these two do. My uncle/aunt died a few years back in an auto accident. And of course, my Dad died almost 2 yrs ago. So now it's jus the eccentric uncles.

I wouldn't say these guys are the 'bad'...far from it. They were very supportive and helpful during my father's funeral arrangements and stuff. But let's just say, it doesn't surprise my sister, brother, or I to see this picture in the local paper today.

This is the foyer of the St. Anthony Hotel where we stayed in San Antonio for one night. It's classic historic hotel thru and thru. We loved the ambiance...our windows faced the park across the street, and we were only two blocks from the Riverwalk. The bathroom had a huge tub, and a seperate shower with glass door, big enough to two. The bed was a four poster, although a modern knockoff, it was still kingsize and comfy!
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Saturday we stayed overnight in San Antonio. Sunday I had 5 hours to kill so I walked around the Riverwalk and took some photos. It was drizzling all day which made it great for taking photos since it kept the shoulder-to-shoulder tourists away and the air was humid, but not blistering HOT as usual for TX. If you're going to San Antonio the one must-see place is the Riverwalk.....which is right next to the Alamo. Remember the Alamo?
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This is a sunset I captured during the Friday Night football game. Just a quick snap with a 70-200mm.....sharpened a bit in Picasa and a bit of a crop...but what you see is what you get.
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This is a mockup of TIME magazine. The photo was taken by Sigmund Solares. You can find the original photo on this blog: http://mgno.com
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This is a composite of a photo I took during preseason high school football here in Marble Falls, Texas. I hope to sell a few of these with proper names/stats.
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