My Work on display at Art251
Guess what! You can now see my work hanging at the art251 gallery in Keller, Texas in the Art House complex. Art251 is a beautiful, very modern art gallery and it features only the best work from local and national artists. They also made it into the coveted “Best of the Best Big D” list for D (Dallas) Magazine. I am truly honored to have some of my work hanging on their walls! If you get a chance to stop by, be sure to check out the work of Sean Fitzgerald. He’s a fellow photographer and has been to some really cool places in Africa. Art251 has a gallery in Dallas that is more “earthy” and sells things besides art, while the Keller gallery is purely art focused, which I like. Check out the art251 website for directions, and you can check out my bio page there as well.
The alligator in waiting
I set up this quick image at a restaurant called Lorenzillo’s in Cancun, Mexico. I was trying my best to capture the beautiful light filling up the trees from the orbs. I knew I had to move quick because a storm was rolling in quickly (you can see the dark sky creeping in from the right side of the image). I set up my tripod and started firing off shots but I kept running into trouble with ghosting because the storm was bringing high winds that were causing the tree to sway as well as the umbrellas on the deck. I had to of been there for about 5 minutes before my wife Kristin suddenly realized there was a freaking alligator laying beneath us! I didn’t even notice it there because I was focused on the lights in the tree, I never thought to look down. Once we saw, we both thought it was fake. I was convinced that there wouldn’t be some random, blue platform floating in the water that some alligator could come crawl up on. I figured the alligator was there to scare customers and was built on the platform and tossed into the water. Makes sense right!? This guy didn’t move an inch the whole time we were there. While Kristin was totally convinced it was a fake, I kept starring at it to see if it moved. Then I noticed something; the small waves that were hitting the shore from boats where causing the alligators tail to sway in the water! It wasn’t plaster! I was then filled with a deep sense of panic because I had been taking pictures about 20 feet from an alligator and didn’t know it was there the whole time. What if it was hungry?
Tags: cancun mexico, lorenzillos cancun, travel photography
