Photo of the Week: February 24, 2013

    Sunrises and sunsets are a daily blessing.  Each one is completely unique and beautiful in its own way.  It doesn't matter if you are at the beach or in the city; a great sunset can break out anywhere.  This one was taken in Solomons Island, MD.   

Photo of the Week: February 10, 2013

The sky has always been one of my favorite subjects to shoot.  The beautiful thing about the sky is that it is constantly changing.  No two days are exactly alike.  It can also change very quickly, which was my fear on this particular day.  I was in downtown Decatur, GA, headed toward a friend's birthday gathering.  I had walked a couple of blocks when I looked up and saw this beautiful, heavenly sight.  I remembered that my camera was in my trunk so I raced back to the car, grabbed it, and snapped a few shots.  There's just something incredibly divine about those rays of light.

When Everybody Wins! Felt Like A Loss

I'm involved in a volunteer reading program called Everybody Wins! If it is available in your city I HIGHLY recommend it. I'm assigned to a 3rd grader. Reading days are Tuesday or Thursday during the student's lunch break. I usually read on Tuesdays but because of an ongoing scheduling conflict (more about that later), I have to switch to Thursdays. No big deal I thought; I'm just switching from one day to another. Well when I told him about the switch, I watched his expression go from excitement to confusion to sadness. I asked him what was wrong and he said, "now I'm going to have to wait so many days for you to come." Man, I was not prepared for that response. It really messed me up.

Photo of the Week: January 27, 2013

I will be the first to admit that it has taken too long for me to post in the new year. But yesterday I found some inspiration in the form of a comforter and some towels that hadn't quite made it upstairs. Instead they were resting happily on the couch. Throw in a kaleidoscope effect and this is the result.

Photo of the Week: December 16, 2012

As a child, one of my favorite things to do was to go to Baltimore Orioles games at Memorial Stadium.  Sometimes I would go with my father, and other times I would go on trips organized by my church.  In October 2002, I went to a Braves playoff game against the San Francisco Giants.  As I waited for my friends in our designated meeting spot, I was fortunate enough to experience this incredibly painted sky.  The Braves lost that deciding game and, thus, the series to the Giants.  But I felt like a winner for getting this lasting image. 

Work of the Week: December 9, 2012

Most of the time when we draw we start with a white sheet of paper and draw images on the paper using a pen or pencil.  Now imagine doing just the opposite.  Imagine starting with a black sheet of paper (or board or clay) and creating the image by scraping through the layer of black ink to reveal the white underlying layer.  That medium is known as Scratchboard.  This is one of my favorite Scratchboard images from high school.  Oh, by the way, I got an "A" on this one.  

Photo of the Week: November 18, 2012

I never thought I’d miss snow.  Growing up in Maryland, there was no greater feeling than being able to stay home from school because of a snow day.  When snow was expected overnight, I’d wake up in the middle of the night and walk over to my bedroom window to see if any had actually fallen.  If it hadn’t, I’d do my homework that I thought should have done earlier.  But as an adult, winter weather has completely different implications.  Who among us wants to get out and drive in that stuff?  I quickly learned that in Atlanta and other parts of the South, they don’t get out and drive in it because everything shuts down.  Sometimes the shutdown is based on the forecast alone!  After experiencing a few southern snow “storms” I can certainly understand why.  One of those “storms” in 2010 made me realize what I miss about the snow.  I don’t actually miss the snow.  What I miss is the incredible artwork that it creates.