Father ,Son and Holy Ghost # 14

This image was influenced by a song that came out in the early 1970's. Don McClean's song American Pie. In his song the lyrics were ; "the father, son and holy ghost", we don't hear too many songs today with those kind of words in them anymore. The song was a tribute to Buddy Holly, the day the music died.    

Phenomenon # 13



I walk out of my house the other morning and look up and saw this in the sky. I entered my car but my mind wouldn't let me just ignore this phenomenon. I had to shoot this image and share it with my classmates in photo class. This is what photography is all about, the beauty of mother nature captured on film or digital. I really enjoy using photoshop and all the other skills, I plan to use those skills if needed to make my images better. This image doen't need anything to make it better.

Sherwood Forrest #13

I always wanted to take a walk through Sherwood Forrest and join Robin Hood's mery band of outlaws. I have been watching the series that broadcast in England and it inspired me to create this image. Unfortunately Robin wasn't there, I guess I will have to go to England and see if the real one exsists.  

The Outer Limits #12

There is nothing wrong with your computer. Do not attempt to adjust the image. I am in control of it. If I wish to change filter, I will make it sharper or add more blur. If I wish to make it softer, I will adjust it in color balance. I control the brightness. I control the darkness. I can rotate the image or flip vertical and horizontal. I can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. So, look at my image and tell me what you see and fell. I repeat: there is nothing wrong with your computer. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to… The Outer Limits.

3 Heads Better Than 1 #10

The insperation for this image is that I was drawing a blank for a new image to post on my blog. So I decided to put my three heads together which are thought, createtivity, and photography and came up with this one. I didn't want my ability to create unique images die. The old saying, "Three heads are better than one", hopefully will work out ok.  

London Room # 9

 I went to London, England and I loved it there so I created a London room in my basement. My hertitage is from England and I am really proud of my English brackgroud, but prouder to be an American.  

Speed # 8

I always wondered how special effects made a person look like they were moving at warp speed. So I experimented with lights and 20 sec aperture speed at night and came up with this image. With a slow walk it appears I am moving very fast through time. 



Round and round # 7

This image was taken at a cemetary in Middletown. I was looking at some headstones and trying to find some interesting ones to shoot and decided to take an image of myself with the camera facing up and myself spinning around in a circle with trees in the background. After I was done I almost fell onto the headstones, but the image came out great. Just goes to show me what I would do to get an a photo.

Wall of Honor poitrait #6

This image represents 24 years of Military Service to the greatest country in the world. "The USA" This is my Wall of Honor I created in my Man Cave and am very proud of it. I took an image of the wall and enhanced it with other images in photoshop.  

Camo # 5



I really don't know what to call this, but I tried to get a special effect kinda look. I potographed an image of myself in sunlight, then I facepainted myself and took that image and superimposed it on the original image.

Sin City Self Poitrait #4

I was watching a movie called "Sin City" the other night and saw this special effect in the movie and wanted to recreate it as a sel poitrait. I wasn't sure how to go about doing it, but after several attempts figured it out. I used monochrome setting with black and white. Speed is 1/60, f stop is f4.5 and ISO is 800. I was wearing dark clothes and a black head cover. I went to the darkest are in my downstairs area to snap the image, but  the glasses didn't give me the results I wanted. So I cut out pieces of white paper and taped it to my glasses and shazzam it worked. It looks kinda eerie, but I created the special effect I was trying to do. 

Stitching Self potrait 3

Can you picture me doing this as a hobby? Sitting there hour after hour sticking a needle in a satin fabric, creating an intricate design that looks so unique and beautiful. Well, I think I would end up pulling the rest of the little hair I have left on my head out. Not my idea of a fun hobby. That's why I would rather be taking photos. I can move around, take several photos, edit them on photoshop and spend hours designing and creating my own vision of art. The lighting used in this image is sunlight, it brings out the natural colors of the threads and makes it easier to see how the designs are developing. 

Husband Self Potrait 2

On April Fool's Day in 1985 I met my wife and instantly knew I was going to be with with her for the rest of my days. For the last 27 years we have went from living in squawl to living comfortable. We've  had good times and bad times, hardships, money problems, reared three children, and had our share of knockem sockem disagreements, but some how there seem to always an agreement reached. I end up agreeing with whatever she wants. When  shes happy I'm Happy. She was my anchor when I went on my tours to war, talking to her everyday kept me going.  

Battalion Aid Station Self Potrait 1

This is a photo of me at  the pharmacy at the Batallion aid Station at Mehlar Lam Afganistan. When a patient was treated medication was distributed to them from here. As you can see there wasn't a vast variety of meds there but there was enough to get by when it was needed. It was my job to make sure all the meds were not expired and that stock was kept up tp date. That was just one of my resposibilities of running the Aid Station. In the year I was there, approximately 2,000 patients were treated at the Aid Station from sick call to combat casualities.