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Twisted Tree Palo Duro Canyon ...

2012-01-29T19:29:00.000-08:00

2012 is here!

2011-12-31T20:30:00.001-08:00

untitled

2011-12-27T05:43:00.001-08:00

Experiment in Photoshop - Secret Entrance To Mesopotamia

2011-10-31T10:53:00.000-07:00

Steve Jobs - 1955-2011

2011-10-05T17:18:00.000-07:00

Faces in a parade ...

2011-09-17T21:04:00.001-07:00

Random photos by Steve Douglass

Windmill & Supercell

2011-08-08T07:01:00.000-07:00

Taking flight ...

2011-07-12T20:37:00.000-07:00

I chased this hawk from pole to pole until he got tired of flying back and forth. Once he got used to me - I was able to put myself in the right spot - pre-focused and yelled at him and pressed the shutter. It was a good photography day.

The piano ...

2011-06-13T19:30:00.001-07:00

Randall County Roller Dame

2011-05-16T06:53:00.000-07:00

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Just one from the RCRG shoot yesterday. I'm now their "official" photographer and website designer. It's gonna be a fun gig.

"Kat Von D" - Ashely WIlliams Randall County Roller Girls

-Steve Douglass photographer

Spring!

2011-05-15T07:17:00.001-07:00

Panhandle Skies

2011-04-08T08:57:00.001-07:00

The Dude Abides

2011-03-21T19:45:00.000-07:00

Preview of coming attractions ...

2011-03-15T05:44:00.001-07:00

Driven ...

2011-03-05T15:21:00.000-08:00

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Photos from the hot zone ...

2011-03-03T18:14:00.001-08:00

Photographed between Amarillo and Fritch, Texas on Highway 136 - ravaged by wildfires last Sunday.

Cold cereal ...

2011-02-20T06:20:00.001-08:00

Snow Lark ...

2011-02-19T20:33:00.000-08:00

This chair is shot ...

2011-02-19T20:03:00.000-08:00

It's the little things ...

2011-01-19T20:11:00.000-08:00

First light of a new year

2011-01-02T08:22:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!

2010-12-31T07:30:00.001-08:00

The old give way to the young. New thoughts sprout from fertile ground.

While the New Year beckons us with many promises, don't forget to give the old year its due.

Learn from past mistakes and carry the lessons of time with you.

This year resolve to laugh more, love more, forgive more, friend more and learn more.

May 2011 be your best year yet!

Amarillo Christmas Light Parade video

2010-12-05T09:57:00.001-08:00

Bird Seed

2010-11-24T16:59:00.001-08:00

KACV seeking Dust Bowl survivor stories ..

2010-10-06T12:03:00.000-07:00

Did you survive the Dirty 30s or know someone who did? If So KACV producer Marcie Robinson may want to talk to you.

On Friday, October 22nd, KACV is holding an open call for interviewees to come by and tell their Dust bowl story for a special project (TV & web) as a companion to Ken Burn's/Dayton Duncan/Florentine Films production of The Dust Bowl - set to air in 2012.

For more information watch KACV or call : 806- 371-5306

Amarillo unedited: Chamber barbecue

2010-09-10T21:15:00.001-07:00

Street Portrait

2010-08-22T19:59:00.001-07:00

Sunflowers ...

2010-08-20T10:45:00.001-07:00

I'm learning a new editing program that works with my new HD camera. I hope to have this down by the next storm season. Can't wait for Spring 2011!

-Steve

Waterbirds...

2010-08-10T19:35:00.000-07:00

Water Horse

2010-07-29T19:06:00.001-07:00

A horse walks through one of the many soggy pastures around Amarillo.

-Steve Douglass

Blue Jay - across the way...

2010-07-11T14:05:00.000-07:00

-Steve Douglass

Zoom - zoom!

2010-07-05T21:09:00.000-07:00

Cruise Night July 3 -2010

2010-07-03T19:32:00.000-07:00

Small turnout tonight at Cruise Night (sponsored by the Panhandle Council of Car Clubs - because of threatening skies- however because of those threatening skies the lighting was awesome.

Enjoy!

-Steve

-Steve Douglass

Liquid sunshine ...

2010-07-03T15:21:00.000-07:00

-Steve Douglass

I tot I saw a puddy tat!

2010-07-01T13:41:00.001-07:00

Barn Swallow on my balcony this morning!

-Steve Douglass

Nighthawk

2010-06-24T09:01:00.000-07:00

-Steve Douglass

Diaphanous mayfly

2010-06-09T07:37:00.000-07:00

A mural: The Last Sippers

2010-05-27T13:01:00.000-07:00

Photographed last August during the annual "Polk Street Cruise."

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(C) Steve Douglass

Red Tail Hawk near Pampa

2010-05-25T13:01:00.000-07:00

-Steve Douglass

Big Jack!

2010-05-24T20:20:00.001-07:00

When I was out storm chasing near Pampa today - i thought I saw a dog (about the size of your average cocker spaniel) walking through the tall grass. I focused my camera on it -thinking it might be a coyote and was surprised to see it was a jack rabbit! This was the biggest rabbit I have ever seen. Unfortunately, there is nothing in the photo to give it scale - but it was huge - and as a result -unafraid.

A great e-book about tornadoes for your kids!

2010-05-24T12:21:00.000-07:00

Hello!
I'm proud to announce that my first e-book written for 5 to 10 year olds is now on sale for the Amazon Kindle and (or) for download as a Adobe Acrobat file for your PC or Mac!

Mekay's 1st life is the story of a little girl, he grandfather, a farm cat named Mekay and their encounter with coyotes and tornadoes.

Read more about it HERE.

I hope you'll consider buying Mekay's 1st Life!

-Steve Douglass

Poor little ugly dude

2010-05-06T12:11:00.001-07:00

He has a face only a mother Starling could love. I found him on my balcony this morning squawking loudly. After taking his portrait, I put on a glove and returned him to the nest in the eave he fell out of. I hope he's okay. I saw two of his dead siblings in the yard below my apartment.

The Dog Rescuer...

2010-04-30T13:33:00.000-07:00

A young fireman emerges from a house clutching a dog who was left inside when it caught fire. The fire was caused by a man who was free-basing cocaine next door catching two houses on fire.

Evening drive ...

2010-04-13T08:53:00.000-07:00

I just love the Texas Panhandle. It is such a mixture of city and country, sky and land, tamed and wild - all within a few minutes of my humble abode.

In five minutes I can be in a place with the growing city at my back and an amazing pristine sun setting in front of me.

Last night I decided to take advantage of the wonderful weather and drive around Loop 335 that circles our city.

As usual- I brought along my camera and in just the span of an hour I took over 150 photos - the best of which are attached.

So next time the spring weather beckons, and you don't want to spend another evening bored-silly watching the tube- grab your camera and get out .

Open your eyes to the photographic possibilities and suddenly you'll start seeing things that you normally wouldn't have seen.

Enjoy - Steve Douglass

Balcony posers

2010-04-10T09:19:00.000-07:00

I'm surprised how the birds on my balcony are getting so conditioned to my presence. I can now sit on the deck about 5 feet away and they don't seem to care as long as I don't make any sudden movements.

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Startled Starling:

This Starling was feeding, unaware I was there until he heard the click of my shutter. He squawked at me and flew away.

-Steve Douglass

Water Crossing #5 1986

2010-04-05T19:15:00.000-07:00

Here's another negative scan. Water crossing #5 in Palo Duro Canyon-circa 1986.

Green Peppers in Black & White

2010-04-05T19:04:00.000-07:00

I was going through an old box of black & white negatives (1980s) when i found this still life I shot many, many years ago. I scanned it in and it made a lovely print. I kind of miss shooting with film, the wide latitude-not the mess or expense.

-Steve Douglass

Good Friday ...

2010-04-02T07:30:00.000-07:00

Good Friday is the mirror held up by Jesus so that we can see ourselves in all our stark reality, and then it turns us to that cross and to his eyes and we hear these words, "Father forgive them for they know not what they do."

That's us!

So we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves.

We see in Him a love so amazing so divine that it loves us even when we turn away from it, or spurn it, or crucify it.

There is no faith without understanding that through Him we see into the heart of God and find it filled with mercy for the sinner whoever he or she may be.

Chinooks in Amarillo

2010-03-31T14:41:00.000-07:00

I caught a couple of Chinooks out at the airport today - and just had to take a few photos. I've seen them here often (from Ft Hood I'm thinking) but they are always impressive none-the-less.

-Steve Douglass

Spring is finally here!

2010-03-29T07:58:00.001-07:00

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I captured this Robin this morning on my balcony. Although I see them everywhere, they usually are too shy to visit my feeder. I guess he wanted to see what the sparrows and cowbirds were fighting over.

-Steve Douglass

Outrunning The Duster - 1926.

2010-03-17T18:20:00.000-07:00

Photoshop montage - three photos all modern.
1. Old house in Texline, Texas.
2. Ken Hanson's 1926 Ford Model t ( restored)
3. Mean sky from my archives

-Steve Douglass

The Creeps -

2010-03-15T15:56:00.001-07:00

The Creeps ... abandoned living room and ghost children, Boise City Oklahoma - experiment in Photoshop CS4. Something to do an a rainy day.

(C) Steve Douglass

Texas Savannah -

2010-03-06T15:41:00.000-08:00

"Prongies" in the Rita Blanca National Grasslands near Texline, Texas. Shot while location scouting for Ken Burns/Dayton Duncan "Dust Bowl " series to begin principal photography in the area in April.

-Steve Douglass

Colossus: the Forbin Project

2010-02-10T14:54:00.000-08:00

I watched one of my favorite old "computers are evil" themed movies today: Colossus: the Forbin Project and was inspired to make this for my desktop. Now your computer can be evil too. Colossus makes HAL look like a abacus.

I hear they are making a remake.

click to download

HIGH REZ LINK

The Grackle has landed ..

2010-02-10T06:19:00.000-08:00

Old Mill - Dublin, Texas

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Park bench - Dublin, Texas

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Drip .. drip .. drip.

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I shot about 300 frames to get this.

Enjoy the thaw.

-Steve Douglass

Rust Never Sleeps

2010-01-23T06:37:00.001-08:00

Rest in peace my old friend ...

2010-01-20T14:26:00.000-08:00

Salvador "Buzz" Douglass
January, 20, 2010

Sparrow under glass

2009-11-29T17:01:00.000-08:00

I've been experimenting with the sparrows whom frequent the bird feeder on my apartment balcony. They've become so accustomed to being fed that on most morning I find them waiting patiently waiting for me to fill it. As a result they are becoming quite tame and tolerate my close proximity because they know it means a free meal.

I've been experimenting a tad - by removing the feeder and putting in its place different (and I'm sure to them) odd shaped containers holding their bird seed, just to see how they will react and also hoping for different and unique photo opportunities.

In this example I replaced their feeder with a wine goblet hoping to catch a photo of a bird inside it, but have yet to do so. Instead they stand just outside it - pecking at the seed through the glass, sometimes furiously. To them it must seem like some kind of alien force-field - tempting them with food so close yet unreachable.

In this shot the lighting was just about perfect as this female came up and lifting one leg tried to peck through the glass. Looking at it all I can think it's too bad sparrows don't wear top hats and sing "Putting on the Ritz."

Mountain biking is fun ...

2009-11-16T06:33:00.001-08:00

Taken during then Palo Duro Panhandle Marathon.

(C) Steve Douglass

SEE MORE AND BUY YOUR PHOTO HERE.

How do they know?

2009-11-10T15:15:00.000-08:00

In the fall and winter I put out a bird feeder. It's on my back patio and about ten feet from where I sit at my computer, working on web sites, writing, etc. My camera sits on my desk, always ready and that's how I've been able to get such great shots of the sparrows and finches.

When it is warm, Salvador, my twenty-three year old blind and almost deaf cat likes to sit right under the bird feeder. He soaks up the sun and is oblivious to the birds feeding just a couple feet over his head.

But what is amazing is that the birds seem to know that Salvador can't harm them. Sometimes they even fly down and take a close look at him, face to face. I've never been able to catch it with my camera until today. I was taking some photos of Salvador on the balcony (for the first time in a few days due to my cat-hating neighbor) and along came this male sparrow to check him out. I got two frames before he left and flew back up to the feeder.

Good thing he did. Right after these photos were taken, Salvador felt the air being disturbed by the air and became alert- either that or he smelled the bird, which is the only keen sense he has left.

But the bird didn't come back down, I guess satisfied that my cat was no threat and continued to feed.

The shots are a tad out of focus, and a bit grainy, but it was one of those quick events that gave me little time to react. Still, I think its a cool slice of life captured.

Only processing I did was to sharpen it a bit and work with the exposure to enhance and lighten the details in both Salvador and the bird.

I hope it happens tomorrow so I can get a better shot - one that is focus and lit better.

- Steve Douglass

This shot gives you a better idea of what Salvador sees.

Solar Sparrow

2009-11-09T17:19:00.001-08:00

On the wing ...

2009-11-03T16:11:00.000-08:00

Pain On The Plains

2009-10-26T12:54:00.000-07:00

Just a few shots from the "Pain On The Plains" mountain bike race in Palo Duro Canyon on Sunday. ALl the photos will be published for purchase on wrongwayphoto.com soon.

Click to enlarge.

(C) Steve Douglass

Good Gavin - Evil Gavin.

2009-10-16T20:05:00.001-07:00

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Having some Halloween fun in Photoshop tonight.

Still life with pumpkins.

2009-10-16T19:28:00.001-07:00

Little does it know ...

2009-10-04T11:31:00.000-07:00

Little does it know, resting in my grandson's dirty palm, that the being who holds it could easily end its life.

It's so small - so vulnerable - and blissfully unaware. My grandson found it as it jumped out from under a small pumpkin he had found in a farmer's patch near Etter, Texas.

"Can I keep it?" Gavin asked his grandfather.

Looking at the little toad I couldn't help but be reminded of the many times when I had seen my grandson throw a fit when he was denied something.

I knew the toad's fate was dependent on my reply.

I bent down and put my hand on his shoulder, making sure to look him in the eye, with my eyes filled sincerely with concern for both little ones.

"Would you like a giant to keep you?" I replied.

"A giant?" he asked confused.

"To the toad - you must look like a giant monster!" I said. "You could easily squish him and he knows that."

"He does?" Gavin replied suddenly realizing he must seem very big indeed to the little creature in his hand - something my little grandson had never experienced.

Gavin isn't very tall. Everyone in his class is taller - even his sister is taller - and that's something that bothers him.

"It's up to you. You could keep him in a jar -away from his toad family and friends and he would never be happy - and then one day he would die and you'd be sad ...

... or you could let him go now and both of you go on with your day - both happy."

"You got to catch a cool little toad - and he saw a giant and lived to tell about it! You'll be famous among the toads as the giant who was nice!"

That's a much better story," Gavin said.

He bent down, parted some reeds and let the little toad hop out of his hand.

-Steve Douglass

Adobe Moon

2009-09-27T13:43:00.000-07:00

Variations on a theme.

2009-09-14T15:27:00.000-07:00

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I shot this photo (a Kodachrome slide) many years ago when I worked at a local newspaper. It was a photo-illustration for a story on women and handguns.

Back then (late 1980s) once it came out of the developer, there wasn't much one could do to manipulate the image, but now, with Photoshop & NIK filters it is possible to take an old image and drop it into the computer machine and change it to one's heart's content.

Sure, that is hardly news, that photos can be manipulated in Photoshop, but most amateur photographers either don't know how or are reluctant to take an image they like and experiment with it to the extreme.

With that in mind, I scanned in the slide (via a Canon "Canoscan 8400F scanner) and began to work on it tosee what I could do - in just a few minutes.

The first thing I did was to use the cloning tool to clean up a few blemishes, then I applied a NIK Coloe Effex Pr0 3.0 "glamour glow" and "blur vignette" filters.

I liked the result - giving it a kind of mysterious film noir quality, but I didn't like the way it blurred the gun, so I carefully erased parts of the top layer to show the sharper bottom layer below it. This put the emphasis on the gun and also toned down her hand which (in my opinion) looked to big and almost man-ish.

Better - but I wanted to take the image further. I decided I wanted it to have a more illustrated look so I used the posterization filter built-in to any version of Photoshop.

Here it is colorized with the NIK "Bleach By-Pass" plus the addition of a orange graduated filter.

I also cropped it a bit.

Last but not least, I took it to the extreme - wanting it to not have any photographic look at all and applied the NIK filter "Old Paper."

This gave it the look I was looking for, like a pulp fiction cover.

So as you can see, there's a lot of experimenting you can do using Photoshop filters that can literally transform any photo from blah to ha!

Just make sure you save a copy of your original images and only work on a copy!

As always your comments are welcome.

-Steve Douglass

My blind cat.

2009-09-12T16:33:00.000-07:00

I have a cat. His name is Salvador. He is twenty-three years old. He has been blind for the last five of those.

It's genetic the vet says- something about an Abyssinian gene.

It doesn't seem (blindness) to bother him that much. He knows my apartment well and the only time he has problems is when something changes, like when I leave the vacuum out or a door that is normally open is closed - then he bonks his head.

Once in awhile, when he can't find me he yowls, kind of like a momma cat for her kittens.

I pick him up and pet him and reassure him I'm here and he's happy.

In the late evenings he likes to go out on the 2nd story deck of my apartment and do (what I call) a "stroll and sniff."

He walks down the deck, sniffing the air and from what I can tell his nose still tells him more about his world then I can ever deduce.

There was a day when he ruled this apartment complex, kept the strays away and lived to torture my neighbors dog.

But Salvador is retired now and is living out his last days, eating, purring, strolling and sniffing.

Some people say I should have him put down, but as long as he isn't in any pain and can still extract some joy out of life (like curling up on my lap, using his paw to scrape the sides of his bowl to get that last bit of tuna) I'll let him be.

I know some day, I'll have to set his kitty-soul free of its' blind and earthly entrapment, but until that day, Salvador will be my cat.

-Steve

The Beatles & my daughter .. an early Photoshop experiment.

2009-09-09T07:48:00.000-07:00

I thought this post might be relevant today in light that the release of the remastered Beatles catalog (not to mention Beatles Rock band) and (quite possibly) the expected announcement from Apple that Itunes was going to offer the entire Beatles catalog.

I did this many years ago (too many to count) when I was learning Photoshop and trying out a new scanner. Pretty simple technique, I did a head-replacement and put my daughters (then a teen) head on one of the Beatles.

She liked it so much I made a print of it and it hangs in her home today. He kids all think she really knew the fab four.

So where's Paul?

I think he was dead man.

-Steve Douglass

Close encounter of the turtle kind.

2009-08-27T15:05:00.000-07:00

Can you imagine what it must look like to a turtle? No wonder he won't come out of his shell.

Osprey buzz

2009-08-26T06:43:00.000-07:00

I shot this MV-22 Osprey (fresh from the factory east of town) out a a test hop today. It circled southwest Amarillo for about ten minutes before disappearing into the gathering cumulus clouds.

-Steve Douglass

How to add depth to a canyon.

2009-08-25T17:54:00.000-07:00

A few months ago I took this photo from the rim looking into Palo Duro Canyon. This year the canyon is very lush and green which contrasts well with the red rock. This photo was shot on a day when clouds were gathering making the sky much more interesting than it would be a a sunny day.

PLEASE CLICK ON EACH PHOTO TO SEE THEM FULL FRAME<

Although I liked the shot - I wasn't thrilled with it because the photo couldn't do justice to the amazing depth of the canyon.

To improve (in my mind) the shot I undertook a few processing steps in Photoshop which I feel more expressed this wonderful natural geological beauty-scape we have lying practically at our doorstep.

The first thing I did was to copy the image and paste it into another layer on top of the original.

I then used the brightness and contrast controls to adjust the tonality in the sky (ignoring the landscape) to where the clouds stood out more and weren't so washed out.

Then (on the top layer only ) I (using the adjustment menu) converted the layer to black and white, paying close attention to the gray values in the vegetation and the red canyon walls.

I then used the eraser tool (on the top layer only) to erase the bottom part to reveal the properly exposed canyon on the bottom layer. I then combined both layers by flattening them.

I then copied the image and pasted it into another layer and then (using the image-adjustments-black & white) and removed all the color paying close attention to adjusting the red and green sliders to attenuate the red and green values.

Then (using the layer opacity controls) I slowly took down the opacity until the bottom (colored layered) showed through, but not completely. This technique helps bring out the texture and detail in the rocks and foliage.

I then flattened the image and boosted the saturation levels to where they looked natural, but not overblown like it was in the original photo. I was going for a more muted look.

I then went into my NIk (Colorefex Pro 3.0) filters and used the split-field Graduated Neutral Density filter to darken the top half of the sky which had the effect of making the mesa on the right hand side of the photo, look like it ws in the shadow of a cloud. adding even more depth.

I then used another NIK filter (Tonal Contrast) to bring out even more depth and detail in the canyon, but I then erased the sky (to show the more natural looking cloud-scape underneath) because the filter made them look too contrasty and unreal.

The finishing touches were to selectively dodge and burn certain sections of the canyon to simulate dappled light coming though the clouds and lighting up parts of the canyon rim and rough terrain.

In closing, I think it gives the scene a sort of hand colored postcard look while also improving the sense of depth to our marvelous Palo Duro Canyon.

-Steve Douglass

How to make a good candid portrait better.

2009-08-24T16:20:00.000-07:00

A while back, I took an informal portrait of my grand-daughter. Since I love her so much, I have taken hundreds of photos of her. This one ( taken about six months ago) is one of my favorites. It was one of the first portraits i had taken with a new 70mm to 300mm Nikkor zoom lens.

Telephoto zoom lenses are an excellent choice for portraits for several reasons, chief among them being their long focal length (with used with a large aperture) helps isolate the face from distracting background.

I can't tell you how many times I've seen good portraits ruined by a "merger" where something like a tree (in the background) looks like it is growing out of someone's head.

In any case I took this candid portrait in a park, and although I considered it good (I just loved her smile) it wasn't exactly perfect.

So I did the following processing steps in Photoshop CS-4.

1. Corrected the overall orange color cast using the saturation controls.
2. Copied the entire image and pasted it into another layer on top of itself.
3. Boosted the reds and greens using the saturation controls. This brought out the color and detail in her top.
4. On the top (now saturated) layer I used my erase tool to let the more natural subdued skin-tones show through by erasing the area around her and hair only.
5. Merged bottom and top layers.
6. added a top layer, and using my brush tool painted bright white (dots) simulated highlights in both eyes giving them a sparkle.
7. Used the blur filter to make the highlights in her eyes look more like reflected sunlight.
9. Merged all layers together again.
10. Used the dodging tool tyo bring out the color of her eyes.
11.. Using "reflector effects" in the NIK Color Effex 3.0 filter pack and used it to fill in the shadows on her face and especially under her left (my right) eye.
12. Used the "Dynamic skin softener" in the NIK Color Effex 3.0 filter pack to add softness and a natural glow to her skin.
13. Copied, cut and pasted the image on top of itself into a new layer.
14. Used "Tonal contrast control"" in the NIK Color Effex 3.0 filter pack to bring out highlights and details in her hair.
15. erased area around her face to let the (softer) facial features show through.
13. Fixed a few (slight) blemishes with the tubber stamp tool and merged all layers and saved the photo as a copy.

Here's the finished product which (if you hadn't seen the orginal) looks much better and yet still very natural and candid.

Please click on each image to view them full-size.

-Steve Douglass

Side by side comparison:

Please click on each image to view them full-size.

4 Ever After

2009-08-20T15:39:00.000-07:00

Here's a quick sample of a video I produced for a newly-married, Utah couple's parents as a special gift to be presented at heir reception.

Using photographs provided by the couple, i edited and animated it in IMovie.

It was just a small segment of a much longer and large DVD containing hundreds of photos of the bride and the groom as they were growing up. It took me about four days to produce it.

Everyone at the wedding reception just loved it. maybe you know someone getting married soon who might like a video like this?

If so contact me at the e-mail link above.

PS: The high-definition version looks, sounds and plays much better than this streaming web version.

-Steve Douglass

Let them eat cake ...

2009-08-20T14:17:00.000-07:00

I'm just about to finish up THE CAKE FACTORY site.

It's been an fun (and delicious) project.

I got the gig through my niece, Kristen who is one of the cake decorators there.

Needless to say I've had my pick of delicious cakes, cookies and cupcakes (to photograph for the site) that also somehow ended up in my stomach.

If you are in the Amarillo area and need a custom wedding, birthday or specialty cake, or just have a sweet tooth (like me) and want a delicious cookie, cupcake or brownie, drop in and tell them Steve Douglass sent you.

Also, ask them for a tour while you are there. Watching them create edible works of art is not only fascinating but yummy as well.

HERES THE LINK.

Panhandle Skies: Wish me luck!

2009-08-20T13:57:00.000-07:00

I just sent off a author's submission letter to the University of Texas Press for a book I hope I can find a publisher called Panhandle Skies.

As a certified ( some say certifiable) National Weather Service storm spotter I have been witness to some of the most incredible and breath-taking meteorological vistas that mother nature can conjure up.

My book consists over a hundred amazing images, all photographed over a span of the last five years.

From placid winter morning skies, to turbulent tornadoes, I've witnessed it all, and now you can too by downloading the prototype book I've posted HERE.

Keep in mind it is a work in progress and it is missing some text and a few more photos.

All images copyright: Steve Douglass

Welcome To My Blog!

2009-08-20T13:08:00.000-07:00

Photo by Steve Douglass "self portrait with an inflow jet"

Create or stagnate - that's my philosophy. Welcome to my blog. Of all the twenty plus blogs I manage, this one is - well - my most recent.

All kidding aside, this is also my most personal.

I view this space as my drawing-board, test bed of sorts, where i will post photos, videos (and whatever strikes me) that may or may not inspire your creativity.

"Who are you?" you might be asking.

Here's me in a nutshell: LINK, but I describe myself as a website designer, photographer, writer, graphic artist, videographer and all over rabidly creative human creature.

I'm only really truly happy when I'm doing one of two things, either playing with my grandchildren, or being creative, be it writing a story, photographing and documenting this amazingly beautiful world and or experimenting in graphic and video arts.

On this blog you will find samples of my work as well as tips and tricks that you can use inn your own creative projects.

I'm just getting started so stay tuned!

-Steve Douglass