Tourists and locals relaxing at a street-side bar in Nuevo Progreso, Tamaulipas, Mexico on a warm Sunday morning in February. The vendor is trying to sell a necklace to the lovely ladies. The man at the bar is not interested in necklaces.
Monthly Archives: February 2015
Snuggling on the Windswept Beach at South Padre Island
This couple found an isolated spot on the windswept beach at South Padre Island, Texas where they could enjoy the soft salt air on a warm winter day under the vivid blue sky.
Church in the Clouds
This began as a photograph of the church at Mission San Juan Capistrano in San Antonio, TX. I converted the photo to a crosshatch sketch, added a mirrored image of cirrus clouds from my library of cloud photos, a blue background and some white highlights to create a church floating in a surreal sky. It is both more and less of the original image, as well as more and less of the image in my mind. I built the final illustration on 5 or 6 layers in Photoshop CS5 in about an hour or so.
Patterns, Textures, Shapes and Forms in the Sand
An unintentional visual theme developed itself during the day while I explored the dunes at South Padre Island, Texas. Some of the photos look as if they could have been taken from the space station, others produce close-up silhouettes of plants in their shadows. A couple of the photos show the sand being blown across the frame; you can almost feel the sting as the wind whips it into your skin.
Day-To-Day Photography 