I shot this on my old medium format a couple of years ago. It was taken in downtown Greensboro near UNCG.

Not your local grocery store.

Moore County, NC October 2006

I forgot the magic of film.

I processed a roll of B&W film last night that I had shot 6 months ago or so, and now I know why I hate my digital camera.

I love that feeling of not knowing what I shot or if it came out or not. This one did, although slightly underexposed but I'd take it anyday over what my 10D could do.

Bird Flu Experiment

I hate having my picture taken and much less publishing it on the web, but this was for science. And I did not get the bird flu. (although will try again next time in Europe)

Estonian Public Restroom

At first I couldn't understand why all of the public restrooms were lit by blacklight. It was so weird. I didn't want to seem like an idiot for asking, but after about the first month I asked Max, and he said it was to keep the heroin addicts from shooting up in the bathrooms.

Well, I guess it keeps the lines down at the bar.

F#*$ the World

I think we all have those days.

Although I still don't understand why they like to graffiti in English when they speak Russian or Estonian there. Maybe I'll spray paint the side of my apartment building with "Poshlo vse na huy!" which is Russian for the same.

Poshlo vse na huy.

Hitler fan

One of the larger Hitler portrait tattoos I've seen.
Viru Keskus, Tallinn, Estonia 2006

Concrete Desert

I shot this at a Christmas parade in Greensboro, NC a couple of years ago, and I'm just now going through the images. All the world needs; another parade picture.

Ship Welder

This is Wynona. I met her my first winter in Alaska at Cook Inlet Processing.(The fish plant where I worked on and off for three years.) She is part of a nomadic tribe that travels the world by jumping trains and hitchhiking. She once spent 3 months riding a bycicle through South America. She would live a whole year off of $3,000. Anyway when I took this photo she had just finished welding school and was working at the ship yard next to the plant in Seward.

Nastia

This is Nastia. She is Russian and lives in Lasnamae just a few apartments away from Max's old apartment. I remember this day last spring; it was so warm and beautiful. Max, Vlad, Nastia and I spent the whole afternoon on the porch drinking beer, talking and taking photos.

Tobacco Road

I shot this over the summer while working for the Pilot newspaper. Glenn and I were driving in the country near Carthage when we saw these guys working in the tobacco field. I'm so envious of people who grew up working off the land. I bet a cold beer never tasted better than after a long summer day in that field.

Love Valley, NC

This was taken in a little town called Love Valley, just a few miles from where my mom lives. 2006

Panoramic view of Tallinn

Tallinn, Estonia Spring 2006

A Night in Lasnamae

Hanging out with Russian friends and family in Lasnamae, a Soviet built suburb of Tallinn, Estonia. (I guess if there is a suburb in that city.) Most people think Russians only drink and smoke, but if you look at the photos we are talking also.

Iron... the only Russian dog I know. He loves people, food, and snow but will try to eat any other dog that crosses his path.

Music Man Stills

A still from one of the scenes from Music Man.

I shot these for The Pilot newspaper. They are stills from the play Music Man. I just used my 10d and my wide lens.

The Dance of Prey

I shot this a couple of weeks ago on my front porch. I don't have a macro lens so the quality is not the best. Something about the spider killing the bug was just really fascinating to me. At first I watched the spider entangle the bug in its web for about 15 minutes before I thought to take a photo. I guess it so interesting because it is the raw form of nature, the predator and it's prey. And how we all get caught in webs and sometimes catch others in ours.

After school delight. A Russian girl stops on her way home from school to swing on a cold spring afternoon. Lasnamae, Tallinn, Estonia. 2006

Angel

Sylvia Hipp at Malcolm Blue Farm Aberdeen, NC. 2006

She reminds me of an angel.