Mom’s Backyard
I shot a good number of images with my Digital Rebel, but really only prefer those shot on film for display here and on my “professional” site.
This is my mom’s backyard after my brother and I did some major cleaning. I’ll give the credit to Ryan, though… he worked for 2 days before I even began helping on the third and final (for me) day. I used a chainsaw for the first time and we chopped up 2 of the roughly 7 or so giant trees in the yard and on the house. The most impressive thing (to me) about this shot is that you can actually see grass. That’s a lot of raking, friends.
In other news, my last day as a photographer for the Texas House of Representatives was Friday, September 30. So I’m looking for work, preferably as a photographer (or related) or even as a web designer. It’s not my first choice, but I have experience and need a paycheck. And it’s a heck of a lot better than working at Old Navy. I hope to have photos from my work at the House online before long, but it’ll take some time. I believe I’ll be able to post them through an open-records request. Obviously I wouldn’t be able to reproduce or sell them. Sorry for the long text.
October 7th, 2005 at 7:33 pm
I assume your immediate family was ok. Amazing considering my house was only 125 miles away in west Houston. I think we had 40 mph winds. My brother experienced 70 mph winds close to downtown Houston. Good luck.
October 7th, 2005 at 7:39 pm
Yeah, they’re all fine. All of the houses were relatively unharmed as well, so we’re pretty pleased.
October 8th, 2005 at 9:48 am
Glad to hear everyone is okay. Good luck with the job search.
October 8th, 2005 at 1:12 pm
I’m glad your Mom’s house wasn’t too badly hit, it certainly could have been a lot worse from what I’ve heard. And I’m sure she’s grateful for such good sons.
Good luck with the job search, I’d love to see you do more portraits like those on your other site, the series of musicians is still one of my favourites from any photographer. Perhaps there’s editorial work out there, not PJ stuff, but portraits for interviews etc, I think that would be my dream job.
October 8th, 2005 at 6:05 pm
Yeah, I think it’d be a great job, but from what I’ve seen (around here) it’s mostly on a freelance basis. We’ll see what happens though.=)
November 4th, 2005 at 12:33 pm
our house in Texas looked like this too… striking image.