Kelley needed photos for a spread in a magazine. I think the article was called, “Come to Dayton, Please!” The editors recommended having the photoshoot at the 2nd Street Market, which would have been fine, but I was angling to drive up and visit the installation by Patrick Dougherty at Wegerzyn Gardens. Everyone agreed and I [...]

Sometimes I make adjustments just to make a photo appear more like it really seemed.

I think just about any photo can be saved with cropping. This would be an extreme example with dubious results. (This is what happens when you take one photo for the day.)

Uh-oh, between my backlog of photos (there’s some heavy duty days ahead with hundreds to sort through for each), I’m also beginning to prefer the “unedited” versions. My goal was to do this for a whole year to share what photos look like before fiddling. I’ll stick to my guns and continue. This is likely [...]

It’s bike season. (yay) Went all along the river with my friend Heather and ended up in the new area by the baseball field for a beer to eliminate all the calories I had burned.

Mother’s Day kicked off in Northside for brunch. That’s me up there with my mom and brother. Then there was talk to put pavers or something down to eliminate lawn from my mom’s backyard. We decided to try gravel and that seemed to be the right way to fill in the path. Filled up both [...]

Visited with friends over at Anne and John’s. While everyone’s kids ran around (they’re getting more and more independent these days), we kicked back with some brews and caught up. John not only went across state lines to have Fat Tire, but he had a few other beers coolin in the fridge. Fell in love [...]