Apr 132016
 

Photography — whether portraiture, landscape, product illustration, or action — enhances any message.   Contact Diana at GRAFIX to go to start the process of photographing your own business or product.

Dale Kilpatrick as Santa Claus calls his reindeer.
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Aspen leaves grace the table in Platoro, Colorado.
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Morning rain in Bosque County, Texas.
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A fine mist is refreshing on a hot day at mid-summer.
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Aug 272013
 

20130825-172515.jpg I love to visit Monticello (the little mountain), the home of Thomas Jefferson in Charlottesville, Virginia. When last I visited, the weather was cool and clear — a perfect day for enjoying one of the prettiest historical sites in America. During the many years I lived in that area, I managed to take a couple of “Jefferson and Monticello” seminars through the University of Virginia, I brought all my out-of-town visitors to Jefferson’s little mountain home, and sometimes, when I needed to get my head straight, just strolled in his gardens until the world was all better again.

20130825-225747.jpgRecent innovations at Monticello include the Visitor’s Center, museum, gift shop, and meeting rooms now being housed in new buildings at the base of Monticello next to the parking lot. All the units work as a whole in an attractive and convenient setting.

If you wanted a souvenir of Monticello, get a nickel. Jefferson’s on one side, Monticello’s south portico (as seen here) is on the other.

This view of the garden was one of Jefferson’s favorites. Mine too.

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The little one room house was a home to Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson, while the big house was under construction. She never lived in Monticello, dying young. But her daughter, son-in-law, and eight grandchildren lived with her widowed husband. Imagine their days on that place!

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Mary - photography

Mary – photography

Portrait photography will include setting the person at ease, moving to catch the right fall of light and shadow, and editing for impact with the cropping of boundaries. Mary was […]

Annaprashan

Annaprashan

When a child reaches the age to eat his first solid food, the moment is celebrated in a special ceremony called Annaprashan. The family meets in a temple, follows through […]

Eastman Kodak

Eastman Kodak

Eastman Kodak 2-A Folding Autographic, made between 1915 and 1926. Shutter settings are T, B, 1/25th of a second, and 1/50th of a second. The f/stops range from 7.9 to […]

Around the Square

Around the Square

The Hamilton Economic Development Corporation asked me to submit some photographs to use as window dressing for an empty building on the Square. I had done a similar project before, […]

Olee

Olee

Olee Bakke at St Olafs Kirke in Cranfills Gap, Texas

Shelly

Shelly

Shelly knew she was going to die, cancer had the last word about that. But, she planned accordingly, creating her own funeral. She wrote words to guide the preacher, picked […]