I Me Mine

This was my ex-girlfriend Carla and her daughter Kassidee and I photographed in Arkansas on October 26th, 2013. We were there to attend her cousin's wedding. This particular spot was called Cove Lake, and it was located about 20 miles from Clarksville, Arkansas. Taken with a Sony ALT Alpha A77 mounted on a tripod.

This was a group of riders my girlfriend, her daughter and I went out with this past Saturday. It was all good fun and friendly people which made it a great day.

This is me standing next to the "Statue of Liberty" in March 1999. Well, it was in New York City.

My niece took this picture of me a few years back. I was going to use it for the picture on the dust jacket of one of my books, but went with a different shot instead.

This was a buddy of mine and myself on a hunting/camping trip back in 1984. We were camping about 6 miles from my hometown of Norris City. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak Plus-X, 125 ASA black and white film Date: June 1984 Location: Saline County, Illinois, U.S.A. Minolta Plus-X Camping 1984 16gff

Here's me holding about 5000 bees on the end of a limb when the bees had swarmed to a tree in my yard. I was attempting to move them to the backyard to see if I could get them to stay. Then ended up going to wherever it was they had scouted.

Me having fun during a live performance on December 5th, 2007. A fan of my group used my camera to take this picture.

Me playing one of my acoustic guitars in a hotel I stayed at. Taken on February 14th, 2013.

This is me playing my bamboo flute. Taken by my friend Diane on April 22nd, 2016.

This is me standing next to the cannon that used to sit here alongside Benton Lake. I was there again this past Saturday and found that they had moved it into Benton, near the square. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Scotch 3M Scotchcolor 100 Date: May 28th, 1990 Location: Benton Lake, Benton, Illinois, U.S.A. Minolta 3M Mom's B-Day 1990 08ff

This is me standing next to a howitzer that used to sit beside Benton Lake. They have moved it into town near the square now.

This is me taking notes for one of my shots down in Bell Smith Springs, part of the Shawnee National Forest. Taken by my sister Karla, using my little Sony Cybershot digital camera. Her camera had quit, so I loaned her one of my spares I had with me that day. I NEVER leave home without at least three cameras with me. That's for when I don't plan on taking any photos. When I'm going out to take pictures, I'll take several more with me in that event.

This was my sister's dog, Rifka, back in the 1980s. The dog really liked me and she would jump on my lap every time I visited them.

This was a Polaroid picture my high school art teacher took of me standing next to a decorated window of the library. For Christmas each year, the art students would each paint one of the classroom windows and I chose for a subject Albrecht Dürer's "Praying Hands." I suppose I was around 15 at the time.

Me holding the turkey I cooked for Thanksgiving back in 2017. My sister took this using my camera. Camera: Pentax IQZoom EZY-80 Lens: Pentax 38-80mm Zoom Film: CVS Color 400 Date: November 23rd, 2017, 3.58 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals – Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 mins. and 30 secs. at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean) Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes at approx. 100 degrees Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute Pentax EZY-80 CVS 400 Thanksgiving 2017 11ff

These three girls, Kelsey, Tanya and Savannah, used to be my step-daughters. This was one day we were having a picnic and the shot was taken by their mother, my ex-wife. Camera: Canon Sure Shot Owl Film: Kodak Gold 100 Date: February 5th, 1999 Location: Carbondale, Illinois, U.S.A. Canon Kodak Gold 100 Superbowl 1999 14ef

My step-daughters Kelsey, Savannah and I riding a gorilla statue at the St. Louis Zoo, in Missouri. Taken on October 31st, 1999.

My whole family, taken on Thanksgiving Day of 1998. Camera: Fuji Film Smart Shot Deluxe Lens: Fujinon 1:8 (1 = 33mm.) Aperture: F/8 (Fixed) Film: Kodak Gold 100 Date: November 26th, 1998 Location: Fairfield, Illinois, U.S.A. Fuji Gold 100 Savannah's 5th Birthday 1998 24hf