The Desert Botanical Gardens’ Butterfly Pavilion is an enclosed structure designed to keep the fluttering insects in. The interplay of the the pavilion’s roof reflection and the pond caught my eye.
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Nature Photography: Swallowtail Butterfly
One of the many fluttering insects at the Desert Botanical Gardens’ Butterfly Pavilion.
Graphic Design: 30th Birthday Card
A computer-phile friend just had a milestone birthday. So, I designed a card, complete with some birthday code…
Nature Photography: Agaves
Agaves at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.
Nature Photography: Bee and Rose
Sampling a rose outside the Sun Bowl Amphitheatre in Sun City, Arizona.
Travel Photography: 1-10 Under Phoenix
From the Interstate 10 tunnel near Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport.
Event Photography: Butterfly Pavilion
If you’re into fluttering insects, the Desert Botanical Garden’s Butterfly Pavilion is the place to be. Located in southeast Phoenix, the Pavilion is quite the draw for photographers, including my friend and mentor, Judy Vorfeld: Judy and I visited the Butterfly Pavilion this past Saturday. You can catch the Butterfly Pavilion exhibit between March 1…
Graphic Design: Ambitions
When we think of graphic design, we often think of doing clever things with graphics. But why not with words? Designing with type is one of my favorite activities. The above postcard, which was sent to clients and prospects, is an example.
Graphic Design: Dot
When is a word not just a word? This postcard design was inspired by Andy Warhol and other pop artists of the mid-20th century.
Nature Photography: Spring in Tucson – Aloe in the Wall, Iceplant in the Yard
The aloe that I planted four years ago just can’t contain its enthusiasm. This bud is growing through a crack in my retaining wall… The iceplant is much more tame — except for the flowers…
Graphic Design: Hard Work
This was a design-with-type exercise that ended up on a postcard to promote my studio. The sentiment expressed is one of my all-time favorites. It comes from a book on federal law enforcement job opportunities. Now, if you’re wondering why a graphic designer would read such a book, let’s just say that I’m a literary…
Event Photography: St. Patrick’s Parade
Yesterday was cold, windy, and rainy. Despite the not-so-perfect weather, the annual St. Patrick’s Parade wound its way through Downtown Tucson. The Seven Pipers Society helped lead the way… Since this was a Tucson parade, it had to include some industrial-strength weirdness. The Mashed Potato Queens were more than happy to oblige… This puppy found…
Graphic Design: No Bike Bans
Since I get around by bicycle, I have more than a passing interest in where bikes can and cannot go. Hence, I am quite opposed to bike bans, especially in these days of high gas prices, global climate change, and widespread obesity.
Graphic Design: Just a Cog
Leftover bicycle parts and graphic design — a marriage made in heaven!
Event Photography: Police on Bikes
Yesterday was a great day for a ride, and I’m not just referring to bicycles. I pedaled mine down to Fourth Avenue, where the Tucson Law Enforcement Motorcycle Festival and Swap Meet was raising funds for the Special Olympics and Shop with a Cop. As one would expect, there was a lot of highly polished…
Graphic Design: Butterfly Fantasy
This collage combines three photos taken at the Desert Botanical Garden back in 2006.
Construction Photography: Makeover’s Done!
Last month, I wrote about a Watershed Management Group project that’s transforming a steep slope on a private property west of Downtown Tucson. I’m pleased to report that this project is now done. A small, but mighty band of WMG volunteers applied the finishing touches this past Sunday. Tip: I am available for construction photography…
Graphic Design: Flowers and a Birthday
It was almost two years ago when my good friend, Judy Vorfeld, and her brother, David Crook, took me to the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix. They loaned me one of their digital cameras, and thus began the rebirth of my love of photography. One of the DBG images became the basis of a birthday…
Construction Photography: Creating a Greenlot
This past Saturday, the Watershed Management Group ran a workshop to install earthworks on an undeveloped urban lot in central Tucson. Participants working with an excavator (shown above) to create large broad basins, raised pathways, and swales. The goal is to transform this lot into a green space where wildlife can thrive and people can…