Welcome

How and where to begin...oops, sorry, did I already lose you?   I'll try not to bore you to death as I spell out my background and intent for this blog.

First I'll discuss the spirit of this site so you don't waste your time seeing if you want to read further or not.  My overall intent is to put up some of my work and discuss some of the thought processes behind each piece.  I'm not a professional photographer (though one day I would like to be) and hope that through this blog I can get some additional guidance from other photographers out there.  With that being said, my other reason for this blog is to create a space for me to occasionally vent about 'WTF' -- albeit funny or serious.  Don't worry, I'm fairly 'middle of the road' so I'm not going to take topics off the deep end or to re-iterate what is being said on the news (which I try to stay away from).

About me:  Currently I'm a Capt. in the USAF as a Range Control Officer at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.  Though I won't delve too deeply into my former duties, I will say that I've had a fairly interesting ride thus far...from pulling nuclear alerts in the plains of WY and NE for four years, being mortared in Baghdad, to launching rockets here at the Cape.  I'm happily married to a very wonderful woman that I really don't deserve and we have two hairy boys.  Hairy boys?  Yes, our 'boys' are a Border Collie named 'Basil' (pronounced Ba-zil) and a Golden Retriever named 'Rinker' (due to his size, which is relatively small for a full-grown Golden).  

You might be asking what this has to do with photography...where's the connection?  My undergraduate degree is in Photocommunication (i.e. Photojournalism) from Texas Tech University.  Unfortunately the rigors of training and missile duty were just enough to stump my mental abilities to function creatively, thus I did not pick up the camera much during my tenure as a missileer.  However, within the last year I've picked it back up and am now running full-speed ahead and trying to craft my abilities to the fullest...with your help of course.  Please feel free to comment on any of my pieces of work, albeit good or bad and to provide some feedback on my 'rants.'  Though I would never do well in a debate, I do enjoy hearing all points of view.  

Thanks for viewing!

Cheers,

Bill