iPhoto portraits (i only had a few minutes with her)

Its amazing what one can do with a beautiful woman & an iPhone. She resembled Audrey Hepburn, her facial bone structure, so i thought to edit the images as a bit timeless…She is my physical therapist & i shot these in her place of business, here in Birmingham, Alabama.

tree bark turn green when the rain falls

This tree is Mobile, Alabama…tree bark turns green in Birmingham too. While the tree remains dry, the bark is brown.  i love the Southern rains, always strong & heavy, nothing subtle about rain that falls here.  It is magic to drive the roads i do everyday, or to just look at my own backyard &…

the first celebration of Mardi Gras was in Alabama?!?

After living in Alabama for 20 years, i still can’t associate Alabama & Mardi Gras together. I mean, Mardi Gras is New Orleans, right? Wrong!The first celebration of Mardi Gras in the United States was celebrated in Mobile, Alabama, the year was 1703….fifteen years before the birth of New Orleans!! Mobile was the first capital…

portraits of two women

the first two images are of my sister-in-law, the other is my daughter. We are in Gulf Shores, Alabama