Gayton & Short Pump, Virginia

Gayton

Cambridge Church

Children line up outside of Cambridge church for Team Kid activities while inside the babies are ...

... growing up. Lindsay gets an assist from Nelson picking out select pieces from a Brunswick stew until ...

... she declares she has done all she can do. Meanwhile ...

... Harper heads out for a walk all on her own with mom and the photographer trailing discretely behind.

Short Pump

Copperas Creek

Sadie maintains an interest in anything that may go on this evening.

Photographs taken with a Canon 5D Mark II

Short Pump, Virginia

Olivia draws cartoon characters after hours on a chalkboard in a local coffee shop.

Photograph taken with an Apple iPhone

Short Pump

Copperas Creek

Sadie working a bone this evening.

Photograph taken with a Canon 5D Mark II

Father of Click

has been down nearly a month A dying hard drive took me out. It took most of the month to recover and archive 4,000 images which disappeared when the drive started to go.

During that month I continued to produce images and save them until I was able to post again. A sampling is up now under the date they were taken. If interested, scroll back through February 15 and that will bring you up to date.

Several of you wrote asking what was wrong, saying you missed seeing new images on this site. Thanks for your concern. We're good to go again.

Gayton, Virginia

Cambridge Church

Pastor Jay Smith prays with members and guests during morning worship at Cambridge church.

Gene's fingers move across the keyboards of the organ during morning worship.

Photographs taken with a Canon 5D Mark II

Richmond, Virginia

West End

Jenine can always be counted on for an image. Whether testing a cheese quesadillas at Su Casa ...

... or playing with strings of beads.

Photographed with a Canon 5D Mark II

Short Pump, Virginia

Copperas Creek

Self portrait with Sadie.

Photography taken with an Apple iPhone

The Daily Grind

Elena, above, of Rod and Elena is in concert tonight. She plays guitar and is vocalist while her husband ...

... Rod backs her on the vocals and plays ...

... drums. They are talented and excellent. It makes a great evening.

Raimy, one of the workers at the Grind, in her braids.

Rod and Elena are joined by two more musicians. This is the inaugural of Weeping Molly, new band in the Richmond area. They have only practiced together twice. From the way they sound tonight, they have a lot of promise.

Toward the end of the evening Shannon overcomes her shyness and dances to Rod and Elena.

Photographs taken with a Canon 5D Mark II

Short Pump, Virginia

Toby enduring his photo being took one more time. This will be Dianne's latest drawing project.

Photographed with an Apple iPhone

Memphis, Tennessee

En route from Fort Worth, Texas to Richmond, Virginia

Aerial photograph of Memphis, Tenn., from 34,000 feet. My grandson, daughters, sons-in-laws and a number of friends are down there somewhere.

Photograph taken with an Apple iPhone

Arlington, Texas

The Blue Cow Coffee Shop

And I thought cow tipping was an urban legend ....

Photographed with an Apple iPhone

Fort Worth, Texas

Southwestern Photojournalism Conference

The Stockyards

Whiskey Joe's namesake is a legendary horse who drove cattle north along the old Chisholm Trail from ranches in Texas to railheads in Abilene, Kans. The current Whiskey Joe greets visiting photojournalists. This year we host a pre-conference workshop for students and turn them loose in the stockyards.

Every morning and afternoon modern-day cowboys round up longhorn cattle and ...

... drive them through the stockyards. They pass the building where the cattle exchange is still located, only today all trading is done online.

Jose has crafted handmade boots for 50 years. The least expensive pair sells for $750 and go up from there — depending on materials and the amount of detail that goes into them ...

... but how far they go up the calf doesn't affect the price. The same amount of work goes into them no matter how tall they are. Jose measures instep and rise, tracing the outline of any bumps and bunions accumulated through the years and constructs a model of the foot around which the boot is built.

Antique bridle and tack for sale at the Cross-eyed Moose.

Proof that pigs can fly ... ignore the string.

Riley Auditorium

The evil Jim Morris appears after the lights turn low, off to the side, in the back of the auditorium where images are projected.

Photographs taken with a Canon 5D Mark II

Fort Worth, Texas

Southwestern Photojournalism Conference

Jim, left, and Kat, right, wait in the courtyard of a fish and chips joint for lunch that includes fresh ...

... hushpuppies, vinegar and hot sauce to taste; butter for the less hardy souls.

Photographs above taken with an Apple iPhone

Joe T. Garcia's

At Joe T. Garcia's in Fort Worth's Stockyard there are only two things on the menu — fajitas or enchiladas — and you can't lose on either. It's a little cool on the patio, but a Mariachi band heats up the night.

Billy Bob's

Biiled as the largest honky Tonk in the world, Billy Bob's is the perfect place to begin our pre-conference workshop for students. We are too late for dance lessons, but turn them loose on dancers on the floor.

Photographs above with a Canon 5D Mark II

Sandston, Virginia

Richmond International Airport

It is a travel adventure. I got up at 3:30 a.m. to catch this plane for a flight which would get me into Dallas-Fort Worth by 8:30 a.m. When I arrived at the airport a bit before 5:00 a.m., I was told there was a minor problem and the flight would be delayed for a half hour. Then it was another half hour, then an hour and then two more hours. When I finally left Richmond at 2:00 p.m. on another flight, this is how the plane still looks. I finally arrive in Texas in time for dinner.

Photograph taken with an Apple iPhone

Byrd Hill, Virginia

Ricky, head pressman, checks early impressions of the second issue of CommissionStories magazine ...

... then consults with Kathy, the design editor, to assure a quality product for this edition (below).

Photographs taken with a Canon 5D Mark II

Cover from art files

Short Pump, Virginia

Whole Foods

Aubrey finds Whole Foods a little to noisy for her liking. 

Photograph taken with a Canon 5D Mark II

Copperas Creek

The dogs and Dianne relaxing for the evening are a fitting way to end the month.

Taken with an Apple iPhone

Short Pump, Virginia

Daily Grind

It is open mic night again at the Daily Grind. There is a good contingent of artists with an eclectic blend of music ...

... including Harry Gore ...

... rocking with good friend Chris Branch ...

... and a father with his two son pulling down some Blue Grass.

Photographs taken with a Canon 5D Mark II

Gayton, Virginia

Carver Talent Show

This year the talent show at Carver Elementary School included a young Michael Jackson ...

... a new twist on hula hoops ...

... and Jenine, left, in a dance group called the Chipmunks. (She says it was OK, but she's really a singer.)

Photographed with a Leica M8

Short Pump, Virginia

Children at Cambridge church dance during Wednesday evening activities.

Photograph taken with a Leica M8

Nashville, Tennessee

Long-time friend Joe is a newspaper editor, great investigative reporter and man with the bow tie. I was best man in his wedding 20 years ago. We are both in Nashville for meetings and are preparing to share some bison before going our separate ways.

Photograph taken with a Leica M8

Nashville, Tennessee

Dinner at P.F. Chang's outside Vanderbilt University.

Photograph taken with a Leica M8