beyond monochrome
Recent photographs by Walker Pickering

Month: October, 2004

Homer

Homer

Sometimes Homer and I sit in the backyard for no reason. It’s at these times that I find I’m too lazy to focus.

At Marching Practice

At Marching Practice

This was one day a few weeks ago out at Cedar Park High School. I had a notion awhile back to continue my Musician series in another direction… it’s not a dead idea just yet. But on this particular afternoon, I found the trees rather interesting as I watched them practice Holst’s “The Planets”. (They sounded amazing, btw.)

UPDATE: I’ve since learned that they placed 2nd at 5A State Marching Contest. Told you they sounded amazing!

Capitol Rotunda

Capitol Rotunda

Along with many others, I’ve photographed this rotunda many times over the last few years. I think one of the only ways to make a capture interesting now might be to abstract it. I have a similar version taken a few seconds later, completely in focus where you can read the “T-E-X-A-S” around the star, and it’s like a completely different place.

Homer Shaking

Homer Shaking

Homer shaking in the backyard. Taken with a Hasselblad SWC/M medium format camera (built-in 38mm/f 4.5 CF lens) using Fuji Provia 100F.

The Texas State Capitol

The Texas State Capitol

I started working for the House of Representatives Photography this past Friday. We don’t usually use a view camera every day, but the House isn’t in session, so I was able to take it out yesterday and shoot a slide on it. This was expired (year 2000) Kodak Ektachrome E100s.