Dallas Photographer Shoots More Than A Camera
Posted by Jason Kindig on Sun, Oct 30, 2011 @ 09:26 PM
As a Dallas photographer, I get to photograph a lot of things. There are a lot of terms for taking pictures, including the phrase ‘shooting.’ I do shoot a lot of pictures, but on this occasion I wanted to do some shooting that didn’t involve a camera. My dad, who is quite the hunter, gave me an old Remington Wingmaster 12-guage shotgun, and I have been waiting for months for the opportunity to get out and shoot some skeet. Enter Jim.
Jim is a great guy, and has been an incredible mentor to me. We have discussed heading out to his ranch, and between his schedule and my Dallas photographer schedule, it’s taken a while to make things line up. However, there was finally a point where things worked out, so we loaded up in his truck and headed west to hang out for the day.
The entire journey out there consisted of one postcard-worthy image after another. Between the small towns and wide open spaces, it could have taken at least twice as long to get out there if we had stopped for all of the interesting things I saw. That will probably happen in the future, but today was mission oriented. Once we arrived out at the ranch, the Dallas photographer in me did finally take over, and I shot various images of his land. I just couldn’t help myself. There is just so much space and texture abounds, so I tried to find areas of the landscape and textures that interested me. To really break things down into their most basic forms, I wanted to show them to you guys as black and white images, which I think allows the light and form to show through so well. Everything from the dried mud cracking to cactus skeletons caught my Dallas photographer eye, and it is just so cool to see the lines and shapes that are all around us. Plus there is something about being out in the country that is so relaxing. When you couple being in a stress-reducing area with taking images, I wind down completely.
Shooting was obviously a fun part of the day, especially for the Dallas photographer in me, but the best times were had as Jim and I got to hang out. We started out by walking the property and checking up on the feeders he has, and switching out memory cards on the game cameras. If you haven’t seen the photos from these cameras, it’s awesome. My dad has some up at his place and Colorado, and it allows you to see all kinds of amazing wildlife. Any way, we got everything taken care of, and then it was time for lunch. Boudain and hotlinks over the fire, eaten off makeshift plates made for the perfect outdoor meal. A great cigar for dessert, and then Jim threw skeet for me.
In essence it was the perfect day, and I hope you like the images. Enjoy!
