Expect the unexpected

Expect the unexpected and you just might be surprised. I found this image one morning while going to check out another location. This was one of those rare and truly wonderful mornings to be able to witness and photograph. This image was just the beginning of several great photo opportunities, and is just one of a couple of my favorites from that morning in the fall of 2009.

R.I.P. JJ

Over the decades I had the pleasure of many great visits with JJ. Though I never had him as a teacher or coach he taught me a lot about life through these visits. Many years ago he had a cheese shop in town and he allowed me to put some photographs on his walls, It was the very first time I had ever had any of my work hanging in a public place. This was a huge first step for me as some one other than my mother took interest in my photography. In recent years the visits were too far and few as we had moved from Walker, but I will always cherish the memory of those visits. JJ thank you for being you, my friend.

My favorite 2009 image from New Iberia.

Last spring we spent some time in New Iberia Louisiana. I found several older buildings whose exteriors were in less than great shape which is what I was looking for. Whit that said this is my favorite 2009 image from New Iberia.

Tucson’s Barrio Viejo

Tucson’s Barrio Viejo is full of interesting images and this is one of my favorites from last year.

More 2009 Favorites

Any list of my favorites would not be complete if I did not include an image from Itasca state park the headwaters of the Mississippi River. I have been photographing this park for nearly twenty years and some how I keep finding new angles from which to photograph the beginning of the mighty Mississippi.

The changing of the year brings us all sorts of lists, the best of, the worst of, the top ten, ok you ask where are you going with this? Well I glad you asked. After viewing many of these lists I thought of my own work and I was going to put together a list called my top 10 from 2009, then I thought who am I to deiced which of my images should be in the top ten. So I through that out the window and decided that I would do several post with some of my favorite images form 2009. I am not going to set a specific number of images, however I will set a time limit, I will post favorites for at least the next two weeks, and will not go past the end of the month. I hope you enjoy and I would love to read your comments.