Life Has Been So Much Fun Lately…

…that I’ve decided to say nothing about it today.  I’m getting a new car tonight, already selected it.  Just need to sign the papers and take it home.  I’m getting almost no fiction written today, which is a bummer (maybe I’ll slip a paragraph or two in later), but other things are getting done.  I’ll tell you all about the year I’ve had this past week some other time.

For now, a photograph. An old one.  Was a time I toyed with becoming a portraitist.  I was developing a style, according to some (though I couldn’t see it), but I had done some half-way decent work.  I found this the other day while looking for something else.  This is Paula, who modeled for me for a few months way back in the late Seventies.  She never wore make-up, she was just naturally beautiful and photogenic, and I would have loved to do more work with her, but time moved on and we’ve long since lost touch.

Anyway, I still do the occasional portrait, should anyone be interested.  Enjoy.

 

Paula, portrait, 1976

Old Image

Something from the distant past.  I shot this some time in 1974 or 75.  I do not remember where, but the internegative made from the original 2 1/4 square transparency has produced a rather painterly scan.

 

Frog In Leaves, 1974

Place Holder

I’m going to be writing a story in public tonight, at Left Bank Books.  I am cleaning house in preparation and playing a bit with Photoshop.  So till I have something to tell you about tonight’s frolics, here’s one of the results.

 

Brick On Granite, b&w, May 2014

I Learned A New Trick!

Which may not be a big deal to some, but given my antagonism toward most things digital, it’s a big step for me.  Following up on the previous post, I give you the original image and then the “fixed” image.

Facade Work 2, KC May 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Facade work 3, K.C., May 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah, a bit of perspective control.  It is bit easier than what I used to do, hauling a view camera to the scene, making swing-and-tilt adjustments of several minutes, etc etc.

Today

I’m feeling remarkably blah today.  Nothing in particular wrong, just…blah.

So to avoid passing it on to the rest of the world, let me share a pleasant prospect, namely the following:

 

Hosta
Hosta

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From Donna’s garden.