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Saturday, June 27, 2009

Observation

Over the years, I've taken a lot of weird props out for photo shoots. Rarely is it a rural setting. And sometimes it's in a pretty public place, much to my discomfort. But a few comments about the recent photos of the Pumpkin Sentinels got me to thinking. When the joggers who ran in-between the Sentinels didn't even acknowledge their existence with so much as a smile, I started to think back on all the old location shoots. The one constant in each shoot was how people reacted when they saw me and my camera and my monster - they look away and make zero eye contact. I'm not posing this in an egotistical way. I certainly don't mean that I want them to shower me with effusive praise. In fact, I actually prefer being treated like a madman eating flies who people hope will just wander away : )

If someone's in a car driving by, they'll smile and point. If they're not in a car, they try to ignore me.

Just an observation.

The dawn photo shoot of The Bog Man. Houses to the left of him. A road to the right.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Halloween Sunset

I have a tradition each year of snapping a photo behind my scarecrows just as the sun is setting on Halloween. I figured I'd do an image search at flickr.com for "halloween sunset." Some amazing Halloween moments came up.

(be sure to check the "taken on" date to make sure it's really Halloween)

flickr source

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Feast With The Beasts

The Houston Zoo has a pretty nifty Halloween celebration each year. Found some great photos of it on flickr.com.

Feast with the Beasts (and other cool Halloween photos)

Overgrown Graveyard

I LOVE the placement of gravestones in this overgrown garden. Looks fantastic (I bet it looks incredible at night). And I'm envious that someone carved the real deal with such a creepy effect - turnip lanterns.