Fired up the time warp machine again over the weekend. Didn’t look like a deLorean this time, though…
Taking us back to those thrilling days of yesteryear… when, this time, nobody actually wanted to hang the photographer. Much.
(Click on Mr. Rice or his fine machine (1920 Model T Ford) for more)
Okay, so (a) it’s not yet Friday, and (b) there’s probably not much flying for this guy…
but certainly he’s decorative enough… and although the book says he’s shy and retiring, I don’t think he reads much…. he very nearly stepped on my foot.
Saturday evening in Sugarland for the finals of the Sugarland Superstar talent show.
Somewhat better than it might have been, though as a dedicated non-fan of Amateur Hours and Open Mike nights, I had no trouble thinking of places I’d rather be.
Fortunately, one doesn’t have to be lost in the performances to photograph the performers.
Cedela Abdulla sings Mariah Carey… and quite nicely, too.
Other pix HERE, and following.
Scanning proceeds at fairly slow speed, organizing as we go and throwing out many many slides of which I was once quite proud… I’m better, smarter, and have higher standards now. This is a great deal of a good thing.
Some of the old stuff was good, even now, though… and it brings back good memories of good times.
Going way WAY back here… when we were all very young.
Girl In a Purple Coat
Girl In A Top Hat
Girl with Keys
Girl with Sticks
Fort Worth in Summertime isn’t a great deal cooler than Houston in Summertime; it’s preferable only because (a) in a Fort Worth summer, evaporation still works, and (b) Fort Worth does actually have OTHER seasons as well.
These small, but meaningful, differences mean that it’s possible to actually venture out of the air conditioning for brief periods during the Fort Worth summer without an environmental suit.
One can, for example, visit the lovely Japanese Garden in the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens.
Mind you, in mid-July the dominant color is definitely green (with minor tinges of yellow), and it’s still pretty hot…
but it’s a very nice place. I’ll have to make arrangements to go in with serious photographic intent sometime this fall. (For Houstonians: Fall)
On the too-rare occasions that I get time and opportunity to visit Mom in Fort Worth, we make it a point to visit Oscar’s – a justly popular Mexican eatery and one of our favorite spots.
Complete with mariachis.
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Apropos of the Creation and Naming of a new computer to run scanners and video capture…
I remember all over again why I like film.
Now just a little less than four years behind….
In the course of doing some computer reconfiguration, I found a folder full of shots I’d planned to process and post… several years ago. Of course, one thing had led to another and they just never made it somehow. Very annoying, since they’re pretty decent work if I say so myself.
So over the last few days I’ve cleaned them up and scaled them down, and now I’m happy to present…
The Li-Mei Hua Dance Academy 2005 Dance Gala
(just a little late)
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Enjoy. At long last.
From a magnolia tree at that most southern of Southern Mansions, Bayou Bend….
So I get this email from the boss, accompanying an assignment to shoot the Tommy Tune Awards, the annual Theatre Under The Stars gala awards presentation for Houston-area high school musical theatre productions, and she says “shoot a lot; the boss wants to do a gallery.”
Okay. I can do a gallery.
The neat part of this was that I had the opportunity to shoot several of these productions during rehearsals, and I’ve shot most of the high school companies in west Houston one time or another over the last few years, so I KNEW I was in for something special. A boatload of work, for sure, but lots of fun and a fabulous show.
They did not disappoint. Kudos to all the participants, winners, nominees, coaches, parents, TUTS people… everyone.
Ladies and Gents, Grills and Bars, there’s one born every minute…
It’s SHOWTIME!!!!
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