Balmorhea State Park

This past weekend, me and the family traveled to far West Texas to once again experience one of the crown jewels in Texas - Balmorhea State Park. Balmorhea is an oasis in the desert. Where San Solomon Springs bubble from beneath the rocks, the Civilian Conservation Corp built a pool around the springs back in the 1930's.

This place is so cool as a destination to swim and just hang out in the Texas desert. The pool is full of Mexican tetra, soft-shelled turtles, catfish, and the endangered Comanche Springs Pupfish (see first image below).

Be sure to check out the pics and the video I shot. All of these images AND the video was shot with the ultra-cool Canon G9 point and shoot camera in a Canon underwater housing.

Hunt Junkies - The New Season

April brings a new season for the popular Hunt Junkies web series.

This time, you'll hear a new theme song...

Thanks to the incredible talents of singer/songwriter Shane Jennings of Abilene, he came up with a fabulous bluesy number complete with the slide guitar.

Aside from being a talented musician, Shane is also an avid hunter and a heck of a photographer.

I hope you like this episode.

New Media

I've started experimenting a bit with multimedia storytelling and so far, I like what I'm discovering.

This presentation involves marrying traditional photographs, audio interviews, ambient sounds, and music so that the subject takes on a new life. Think of National Public Radio's All Things Considered program but with pictures..

The thing I never liked about video is that too many things are revealed and nothing is left to the imagination. With photography, I could never convey motion in all the ways that I'd like. With this hybridization of mediums, the interview I did with my brother brings a new dynamism to my website.

Let me know what you think...

Texas Faces

Texas Faces is a presentation I did about eight months ago that appears in the Gallery Section of the website. It recieved so much praise, I thought it would be great to re-introduce the piece on the blog.

Hunt Junkies Episode 6

In this episode, Bubba and I head way out west for some more whitetail action.

Hunt Junkies Episode 5

Bubba and I are in the woods again for a post Thanksgiving hunt while trying to hold off the rain.

Hunt Junkies Episode 4

In this episode, Bubba and I hunt on Thanksgiving Day which is during the prime time of the rut in this corner of Texas.

Hunt Junkies Episode 3

In this edition of Hunt Junkies, I take my two favorite girls out on opening day of the 2007 Texas deer season.

My New Book

My new book, The Kodak Most Basic Book of Digital Nature Photography is out. I am really excited about this book and I think it is selling well so far.

However, in a plea for more sales, I present this shameless video featuring my son:

Hunt Junkies - Episode 2

In this episode, Bubba and I hunt deer in Northeast Texas. But when the deer don't show... Look out!

Let me know what you think!

Hunt Junkies Episode 1

My brother and I love to hunt and increasingly, we love to video. "So," we thought, "why not combine the two?"

Therefore, for the first time seen anywhere, Hunt Junkies!

2 1/2 Weeks

I don't know if you watched this video on the main site, but it bears adding to the blog.

The story behind this video is that it is a stop motion animation of more than 6,000 still images I coolected from a Moultrie I-60 game camera. Add a little music, speed up the images, and you have the making of an awfully cool video.

Devil's River, Texas

Here me and my buddies Silas Ragsdale, John Wilson, and Paul Wilson take a cool trip down the Devil's River.