Why would I take a photo of a billboard on Interstate 35 in New Braunfels, Texas? Because my photo is on it. This is one of a series for Cordillera Ranch, directed by the supertalented Trish McCabe-Rawls of Creative Noggin. (Side note: Yet another reason the Nikon D3 is worth its tag. I shot this one through a dirty windshield at 75mph at 800 ISO.)
More landscape artistry from Dylan Robertson and his team at D-Crain. I’m sure people hire them for different reasons, but it’s their insane ability to fit their designs into any environment that I find extraordinary. Stay tuned for a shot of the wedding area they did at Umlauf Sculpture Garden.
Drove by Zilker today. Things are getting cranked up.
A few months back, I took a 1900-mile tour across Texas and Louisiana, shooting construction projects for Wilmax. I shot a few other things along the way, like this one right in the middle of a downshift, barrelling up the Sunshine Bridge over the Mississippi River out of Donaldsonville. South Louisiana is a magical place.
Austin Texas 2008
If Austin is going to keep itself “weird,” it’s going to have to try a little harder. Here’s a stoplight shot from yesterday. Weird alright, but not the kind intended by the slogan.
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Owners (and previous owners) will instantly recognize that mirror. There’s a complete subculture of people who have these things. I’m luck enough to have a 1989 with only 80k miles. Shot this one on the way back to Austin from Marble Falls a few years ago.
UT Golf Club Hole 15
I’ve been out at UT Golf Club lately, shooting all the holes for a display that’s going up in their new clubhouse (scheduled to be open in October 2008), and although this one didn’t make the cut as the shot for the 15th hole, it’s easily my favorite. Why? Because it makes me want to play golf. UT Golf Club is a good design, but the condition of a golf course is what does it for me. Tough demand to put on a golf course superintendent (hats off to Rich Cope), but it’s the cold hard truth of what golfers talk about when courses aren’t around. Just look at the condition of the fairway and rough. Makes even the worst golfer feel like he can hit a good shot. As for design, who doesn’t love an enormous fairway? Co-designer Roy Bechtol’s tagline is “It’s Boring in the Fairway.” He’s referring to how he rarely hits them, and how much fun golf is when you don’t move with the herd. Life, too, I suppose.
Getting old sucks. No hair where you want it, some where you don’t. Cracks, wrinkles, spots. I guess one day I’ll look back at this and laugh at how old I thought I was. Anyway, I was continuing my off-camera strobe tests and captured this one. Technically one of my best so far, but I need to shoot someone else.
