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nothing ever stays(Enlarge)
Irving's Heritage District.
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a new way out(Enlarge)
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her arms in the setting sun(Enlarge)
This was taken just after sunset about 30 miles north of Dallas, TX facing South West. These clouds were the outer most reach of Hurricane Rita's western edge.
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a reward from patience(Enlarge)
I almost didn't wait for this one. The thick line of clouds was hiding the sun. It was over 30 minutes after "sunrise" and still, I'd seen nothing worth looking at. I was ready to pack up and find a spot to shoot in the other direction using the sun as light [...]

Stefanie 7(Enlarge)
I think I've given up on titling basic poses and portraits. If I were to name this, I guess it would be called "girl crouching with hand to cheek" but, that's just as interesting as "Stefanie 7″.
This is a shot from a very fun shoot held on September 1st. I had such a damn [...]

all of this space(Enlarge)
This is my first attempt at stitching photographs together. This is 6 separate images all overlapping and then combined backed together.
Done entirely in Linux using Hugin, Autopano-sift, and The Gimp.
Certainly not my best work, but historical and noteworthy none the less.
Of course every photograph in the world is best viewed big. But [...]

not too close(Enlarge)
This is a very experimental shot. I wasn't too sure out using barbed wire — out of focus, no less — to frame a shot like this, but I went for it. I like the way it turned out but I also acknowledge that it is quite edgy.
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Jess and I went on a photography trip yesterday. We went down gravel roads behind silos, cemeterys, and chicken coups. We found cows, and horses, and donkeys, and goats along with giant fields, bails of hay, and hard bright light from the West. All in all, we had fun.
But the best part was the new [...]

don't look away, I want this to last forever(Enlarge)
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curious(Enlarge)
This is Amy, one of "Gloria's":http://flickr.com/photos/revjim/tags/gloria/ beautiful daughters. It is also my first attempt at photographing an infant. I think I did pretty well, considering. It helped a lot that her mother was there. I need to work on my "making babies smile on command" skills.
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