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I decided recently to commit more seriously to making the images for this blog, rather than desperately shooting things willy nilly as I found myself doing way too much last year. In fact, I struggled to come up with a favorite from 2025 -- so many of them were just utterly talentless. I've also decided to start blogging in black and white more, since my photography hobby and eventual career began not only with a camera in my hand but also an enlarger in front of me. I love black and white and I really miss having a darkroom, or rather a working darkroom, since I do have all the essential components of one gathering dust in the garage. 

So this year I hope to make great pictures, not just pictures. Here's a shot from Sunday's dog walk that isn't very great at all but looks much better when converted to monochrome. I didn't have time to think about a better approach to this subject since I had a little dog pulling on my arm! Perhaps I'll get another shot at it sometime soon.

Second Runner Up

I had yesterday's theme in mind when I took this shot (double, for those who missed that blog post), but ended up using a much better image. I don't think this photo is a throwaway though. Keeping in mind the theme, this house had two identical lights mounted on the fence posts in the foreground, two identical baskets flanking the door, and two identical sconces above them. If you notice the big brown planter to the left of the couch next to the door, there was was another one just like it on the other side of the couch as well. Everything was presented in pairs in a pleasingly symmetrical way.

February 2026 Theme Day: Double

Well here we are again, the first day of a new month, which means it's Theme Day for participating City Daily Photo bloggers. This month the theme is double. I brained on this for days without coming up with any decent ideas, then I decided that the force was with me and a great subject would simply present itself if I let it. I was right. I went to my friend JB's today so she could join me on a dog walk, and as we wandered around her neighborhood these two nearly identical dachshunds barked excitedly at Frodo from their vantage point on the back of the couch. How perfect was this? I had already taken what I thought was an excellent photo for the theme only moments before (and I will blog that image tomorrow), but this was so much better, and funnier too.

For more takes on double by CDP bloggers all over the planet, click HERE. Enjoy!

Discussing Strategy

Today was on the warm and sunny side, which means the LARPing crowd was in their usual Saturday spot doing battle in Palmer Park. I've posted about them before (HERE). Palmer Park is around the corner from my studio and I love to see them out there doing their thing.

When All Else Fails

When you can't think of anything to point your camera at around here, there's always Starr Kempf's place. I was in the neighborhood today to see my friend Rachael, so I swung by to grab this shot for you. You can read more about the backstory of these pieces in THIS post from May of 2016.

What the World Needs Now

Tibetan prayer flags spotted in Old Colorado City on January 19th.

And now, for your listening pleasure...

Cool Looking Library

We were in Pueblo on Monday, and while we were there I made it a point to grab some snaps of the Robert Hoag Rawlings library downtown. I think it's cooler than any of the library branches in Colorado Springs.