Kentucky People

Tonight's wallflower is played by Jon...good job Jon, way to look longingly into the sea of dancers...I think this is the only one where he isn't smiling...
ladies or video camera, Brian was working the room with both!
photo "students" that were in my group, under the direction of Bob Lynn. Left to right, Yanina & Jacob K., Gen & Jacob K., bacardi & Jacob...
I forgot how much fun it is to hang out with people who like getting their photo taken...and will even take yours! left w/ Jonathan Y. right w/ Jacob K.
One of these peeps won the Pulitzer this year...hint? she's a she...

Subjects I photographed
while in Kentucky.

Kentucky Things

The longest time I've spent in Kentucky, here's a couple things from Boyle (pronounced 'bowl') and Casey Counties.
According to most meteorologist, this has been the driest year for Kentucky since the dust bowl. Carroll and Doris remember this creek over-flowing, now it's just dry rock...and a few things that were left behind.
Carroll's uncle died in a farming accident almost 50 years ago. Carroll drove his truck until it wouldn't work, now it's becoming a flower pot.
A very cool shack, my guess is it was a holding place for tobacco, right next to the railroad track, painted and decorated with lots of art work.
Hand guns at the door...in sock drawers, in cabnets, bedside and scatterred throughout the house.

Tobacco dries in a barn, according to Carroll, when you hang tobacco the best place to be is on top, you have less work to do.


I asked Doris not to bother to make breakfast, but I had a feeling Carroll wasn't going to eat all that ham...

Horses hang out along the county road.

Tobacco stalks dry in a barn painted black in Casey County.

Alec & Kristee

Favorite subject of mine & amazing friend, Kristee, finally got her son to agree to get some photos taken for his senior portrait. He was a little awkward initially, didn't work it like his momma, but ended up getting the hang of it near the end...now if we can get him to put on her white wig!

New backdrop!

My mom poses with her latest birthday gift, some sort of electric wrinkle zapper. she's actually laughing under the mask, which makes it kind of weird...uhm...weirder...

a man and his possessions

Rick takes a Friday afternoon nap in his living room amongst the last of his possessions. He was a little tired after couch moving, martini's, tom collins, gyros, police, and me dragging him out of bed for a 9:30 bikram class. I think we were giving everyone in the class a contact buzz from our sweat.

I mostly shot this photo because i was jealous...i wanted to nap!!!

Another weekend in TC

(left)Hot in the sun, cool in the shade, amazing with a breeze, what great weather for tasting wine at the 1st Old Mission Wine & Food festival.
(below)Emily in a slight food, but mostly over-worked coma...
(second down)From left, Chris, Jody, me, Pete and Karen, late night work at getting the Higher Grounds Coffee Bar completed...although at 1am after a day in the sun, I think i just added an extra 6-pack and comic relief...





(bottom photo) On the ride back downstate, the sun shines through the clouds. A friend of mine recently wrote about his mother's recent passing and the blessings of a rainy/cloudy day, how it makes one reflect more on oneself and makes you realize every day is a gift..I didn't read about his experience until after i shot this, i was just thinking how beautiful it is and reflecting on the weekend, all the blessings i have in my life...

Another weekend in TC

So I was back in Traverse to work on Friday, but made lots & lots of time for play on Saturday...
I'm thinking Rick was getting tired of having a camera in his face...
New thing this year, white netting to increase heat...and make the photogs happy!

Okay, so i'm not really sure where he was going with this, but at least he was committed...
Higher Grounds coffee bar...organic, fair trade and their counter tops are logs that were found in Lake Ontario from the early logging days...