Category Archives: Photography – Texas

Lunch and Photos in Downtown Houston

I had to go downtown for jury duty today.  I wasn’t selected, in fact, my number never came up at all.  I got kicked loose about 11:15 AM.  I’d already arranged to have the day off from work (the magic … Continue reading

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Ten and a half hour Cyanotype Exposure

Today I’m seeing what I get with a very long cyanotype exposure.  It will be sitting in the sun for about ten and a half hours.  Results this evening after 8 Central.   For those wondering it will be this … Continue reading

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Cyanotype Sunday

Cyanotype Sunday will be an ongoing series of images created in the historic photographic process known as cyanotype.  I have used black and white negatives that I have created from my photography and printed on 8.5×11 transparency sheets.  I then … Continue reading

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20% Discount!

I am offering a 20% discount off the artists profit on my website http://joshua-house.artistwebsites.com/index.html?tab=galleries from now until midnite 11/28 eastern time.  Use  TZBZCC at checkout.  If you’ve any questions or pieces you’ve seen on here that you can’t find on the … Continue reading

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Monochromatic Infrared Tea House

In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Monochromatic.” I’ve written about  Hermann Park and the Japanese Garden there in the past, but it is one of my favorite places to photograph in Houston.  Over the past three years I’ve … Continue reading

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Astrodome 50th Birthday Party

Fifty years ago, sports were changed forever. With the western shifts of the Athletics (from Philadelphia to Kansas City in 1955) and the more famous Dodgers and Giants moves to Los Angeles and San Francisco in 1958 Major League Baseball’s … Continue reading

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24 Frames Houston – Discovery Green

OK, much like a roll of film 24 frames isn’t always going to happen.  This visit to Discovery Green is a great example of that.  The camera complained about the cold (which I’ve never had an Olympus do before, in … Continue reading

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24 Frames – Hermann Park full set!

Here for your viewing pleasure are the images from yesterday.  I ended up with 19 usable images, which shows that even when concentrating on trying to make every shot count it’s quite easy to make mistakes. Other work from the … Continue reading

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24 Frames – Hermann Park

The 24 frames experiment began at Hermann Park’s new McGovern Centennial Garden.  This rose is on one of the trellis that have been installed.  New gardens in winter are strangely voyeuristic places, bordering on nude.  Many beds lay empty, or … Continue reading

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Houston’s Newest Garden

Yes America, or at least Central Houston, after months of delay due to weather the McGovern Centennial Gardens at Hermann Park are finally open. These new gardens abandon the style descended from a 1930s garden operated by the Houston Garden … Continue reading

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