Charles Bridge from Southeastern Bank

The forecast for our trip to Prague was supposed to be rain and storms. Looks like science can be mistaken. For those who have an appetite for architecture, for humanity's rendering stones and tiles into media that communicate to the soul, then you will love Prague and her gothic.

Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Date: May 23, 2001

Tumbling River Touch

The sound of warm ocean waves and that of tumbling icy spring streams of the Colorado Rockies are two of the most relaxing and hypnotic sounds I know. It is the moment of the year in which the deadwood is washed away and from it comes new life, a theme that gives us all hope as we consider the deadwood we each possess in our own lives.

Location: Fairplay, Colorado USA
Date: July 2001

Two Grams of Spring in Context

One of the things about Creation is that it is the fabric, the context in which we can enjoy the particular delicacies of beauty and then, as if moving around to another facet of a great gem, we see it again as if for the first time. What is also remarkable is how Humanity can live and work within this context so that it contributes to beauty rather than detract from it. Consider the bridge in the background of this picture. It seems to flow from the landscape, as if it belongs there, adding to the beauty that we try to capture with feeble means of photography.

Location: Dallas, Texas
Date: March 14, 2006

Two Grams of Spring

I am no horticulturist, but I do know that this flower was singing to me yesterday.

The brown and cold are fleeing,
Spring's warm colors you are seeing!

Location: Turtle Creek area of Dallas, Texas
Date: March 14, 2006

Bolshevik Revolution in Kirov

In Kirov there is a wall size painting of the Bolshevik Revolution which comes out into actual tire tracks and wagon wheels of the three-dimensional flavor. I had never seen a диорама (diorama) before our visit to Kirov. It was quite fascinating as a medium, drawing you into the painting back of the props quite effectively.

The question that has always intrigued me about the Boshevik Revolution is the relative ease in which a relatively small group of people took control of not only Russia but the minds of the Russians. People will rise up against injustice while often in unjust ways. However, consider how amazing it will be when we as humanity rise up against injustice in just and gracious ways. The difference between Dr. Martin Luther King and Vladimir Lenin is quite remarkable.

Location: Kirov, Russia (north and east of Moscow, west of the Urals)
Date: February 2002

The Harmony of the Water-Wheel

Today nature would seem to serve only functions for the sake of humanity, which has somehow abstracted itself from nature. Nature is regarded as a harlot from whom her riches are to be exploited. The water-wheel comes from a time when nature was regarded for what she is, a beautiful and poetic discourse of God's revelation of himself. In this way nature was to be respected and humanity is then self-conscious of the fact that it is a concrete and inextricable part of nature.

Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Date: May 2001

Light through the Alleyway

In the midst of the daily hub-bub, a small sabor in busy Moscow market district radiates an architectural uniqueness, the "onion domes" directing one upward, to what is beyond themselves.

Location: Moscow, Russia
Date: October 2000

Urban Sunset

There are times when in the context of the mundane, beauty struts forth boldly, leaping over the concrete and glass and metal to give us pause and remind us that we are part of this mosaic.

Location: Irving, Texas
Date: March 8, 2006

my photokryptic side

I have this artistic creative side to me that does not have a lot of time to really develop and mature with school, running my business, and just trying to be a generally responsible person. However, one thing I have learned is that creativity is as much developed as the ability to think logically or play a sport. So this will be the beginning of what end I know not - but it's a beginning with hope that creativity and artistic expression will be photographically cultivated. To this end your comments, critiques and suggestions are most welcomed.

My photokryptic side is that side of me that is very much graphically oriented and pictorial in expression. It is that side of me that wants to capture beauty and intrigue in its manifold forms by means of lens and light, that in its frame these photos might move us towards what is truly beautiful.