Cold Water for Thirsty Souls

I'm getting VERY happy!

With my growing ability to recover so much more and more from the many scans I've made of film negatives from my archive. I'm impressing my-self, even if I still type with only one finger!

These are from 1986 one of many, many trips to the Big Bend. Lucky for me I still have not only the camera, lens, but some frozen film!

And that I got the pleasure of hiking up to and camping on the South & East Rims of the Chisos Mountains so many times!

My companion from that trip, and so many more! Oh! and I still have this woman, and she lets me sleep in the same house as her! But she turned my darkroom into a wine cellar. I don't drink wine.

I just have to wonder where my priorities were to take so many pictures of rocks and cactus with this beautiful woman beside me?

remember to click on image for a full screen view! maybe some day I'll stop re-editing and start printing!

An Important note ( to me anyway) NO letting AI transform my photographs or their processing. I stick to the things I knew how to do in my darkroom- I just do them better now! And in the daylight! Hell I dont even shoot RAW in my digital work, just plan on getting it right when I take the photo.

Measure twice and cut once!

trust me, you'll still make some horrible mistakes!

Its Forever

ago it seems! It was our first trip to the Big Bend together! I was so afraid my new bride wouldn't have the passion I did for the area. But she did and I didn't wreck her fathers pickup which he had warily lent me, although I came pretty close on Black Gap "road". I proved to her there that warning signs are for smart people! We stopped at a little cafe in Ft Stockton on the way back, solely because of the wagon wheel windows! I cant remember the food but- her there, across the table, has always been the most exciting thing about any trip we've made!