[19/100 Strangers]: Briezy and Lee
After taking Julian’s portrait (Stranger 18), I moved on to this couple. Forces of magnetism kept them locked. I realized they were going to be a two-as-one item, even though […]
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High Five and Getting Unstuck
In a recent city sponsored event, I watched this candid moment unfurl. If you’re a regular reader of Snapmammas.com (and thank you!) this picture is jumping the chronological queue of […]
Jazz Hands at Dawn
It is said that each Saguaro is like an ancestor. When immersed in a landscape where they are growing, they do take on forms that captivate imagination. They bend to […]
[18/100 Strangers]: Julian
I approached Julian, who was standing on the sidelines of his nephew’s soccer match. He was with two other people who appear as the next subjects in my stream of […]
No Tree Hugging Here
Saguaro National Park. Where You Can’t Hug the Trees, But You Can Stand Next to Them. The enormous cactus shown here, easily over 20-feet tall, is anywhere from 150-200 years […]
The Waffle House Gang
On the first morning of our visit to see the Saguaro National Park we walked over from our hotel to the nearby Waffle House breakfast joint on Ina Rd. These […]
Independence Day | 07.04.2015
We fought for freedom, liberties and independence. Celebrate it safely. Like a wedding cake topper, this is an antique store’s roof in Tucson, Arizona. I spied it along the random […]
[17/100 Strangers]: Stephen
Stephen, it turns out, is the husband of one of my repeat photographic customers from over the past two years. He is a car salesman who left work on a […]
Saguaro NP | Panther Wash at Dawn
When you move around looking through a wide-angle lens, things are closer than they appear. It’s much the same as with the objects seen on your rearview mirrors in an automobile. […]
[16/100 Strangers]: Tina
I won a used lens on Ebay, and it arrived safely in fine working order. So excited I was to give it a whirl that I brought my camera to […]
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