Category Archives: pores

The Hostess

Often I will just play with an image just to keep in practice regarding my Photoshop skills. I spent about 2 hours on this one, just trying different things not having a particular agenda for it since it wasn’t commissioned. … Continue reading

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She Dreamt it Into Being

I love doing portraits with one eye closed. There is something so disconcerting about it at first. But it then also allows you to think about two different aspects of the person at the same time, and how they coexist. … Continue reading

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The Storm Inside

Another in my week long series of detailed portraits from the last few years.This one is of a dental hygienist where I get my teeth worked on. She is much prettier than this photo shows since I manipulated it extensively … Continue reading

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The Texture of the Truth Beautiful

Day after day I saw a new addition being built about two miles away from our house. The houses looked interesting, as much as a suburban tract house can. Finally a sign appeared showing an open house so I went … Continue reading

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The Woman Listening While I Did Not

I was at a conference in OKC that was rather uninteresting for part of it. The light was really quite good for being indoors and everyone was so still that I could resist setting my camera on my lap and … Continue reading

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Truths and Things I Made Up About This Woman #2

This woman was a customer at my hair salon. I had just got my digital camera a few weeks before and was anxious to try some ideas. She was actually getting her nails done, not her hair. I took some … Continue reading

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