I had the opportunity to go out and spend some time in the early morning hours with a couple of pro-wedding photographers who wanted to shoot some star trails. We had a good time visiting while our cameras snapped away shooting 30 second photos for a total of 90 minutes.
On June 5th, there was a nice looking cloud that moved in to the east of Midland. While it didn't make it and give us any rain, it certainly showed off, especially when the sunset happened.
I spent some time out at Lake Wichita in Wichita Falls, TX. They're in quite a drought, so the lake level was really low.
This let me get some pretty good photos by the old pier. Plus it didn't hurt there was an amazing sunset going on at the same time.
I had to go to the Dallas area for a conference for work, so I decided to go down a day early in order to find some things to photograph. I ended up at the Forth Worth Botanical Gardens for most of the day. It was such a peaceful place and a great place to take lots of photos.
So my parents are awesome. Why's that? It's because they drive around down these small country roads to find places for me to photograph. This is one of those places.
I visited Abilene, TX back in July for the weekend (I know, I know, I'm HORRIBLE at updating this blog, but I promise I'll get better!). I went to the downtown area and a few places out of the way to get some interesting shots. Let's just say Abilene has some weird stuff. I mean really weird stuff.
This weekend I took a trip up to the Amarillo/Canyon area to visit Palo Duro Canyon State Park. The clouds were out in full force and they really make my photos look a lot better. The wind, however, was a constant battle. It had to be gusting around 20-30mph all day long.
Another one of our adventures this past Saturday was out to Gose City, TX. It's pretty close to Holliday, TX, and it was an oil town back in the early 1920's.
I had my camera with me when I was in Big Spring, TX, and on my lunch break, I decided to go through a drive-thru and get some food, then go exploring the downtown area. Even though the light is the worst for photography at noon, I decided to see what I could find anyway.
I went out today, back home in Wichita Falls, TX, to take some pictures for PhotoSaturdays. It was around 4:30pm, and I got some good lighting thanks to the setting sun. I still can't believe it's setting so soon.

