Archive for March, 2009

old school with a side of new

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Every couple seasons I get pegged to do the All-Area high school athletes, only this year I got pegged with little warning.  I had kept this idea of shooting with a digital through the viewfinder of an old, dirty Kodak Duoflex camera I had sitting on my shelf in the back of my head for [...]

see spot

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

Found this at a high school weightlifting meet at Booker High School in Sarasota, and if I ever thought it would run I might have actually turned it in.

cause and effect

Saturday, March 14th, 2009

Man, fairs are so much easier to shoot at night…2pm on a Saturday afternoon doesn’t lend itself to the best lighting in the world.  Oh well, here’s some from the Sarasota County Fair midway today. The first frame here makes me feel like I will be fielding calls all day at work, but to be [...]

what a bunch of bucking bull

Friday, March 13th, 2009

I spent the afternoon today in one of my favorite local towns – Arcadia, Fla. – for the annual Arcadia All-Florida Championship Rodeo.  I swear the 45 minute drive from my snowbird importing, condoville of a town in Sarasota is like stepping back into time or at least another state altogether.  Actually makes me a [...]

little red corvette

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Spent some time at Muscle Car City – a new museum opened by collector Rick Treworgy in an old Wal-Mart in Punta Gorda, Florida.  The place is insane – aisles of once was generic cookies, gun racks, and bad clothes has been replaced with pristene, vintage cars that all run perfectly.  In fact, he and [...]