The Daily Bird #80

A Ghost Bird! A black-capped Chickadee in pale motion. Click for full size.

Invictus. (Possibly NSFW.)

The goal is to fund the publishing of two large-scale, hardcover, coffee table books. This is my third Kickstarter campaign, and like last year I will produce a book featuring wounded veterans of the Gulf Wars, Invictus and a second book featuring male figure studies using fitness models from around the world, Adonis Blue.
Invictus
Over the past year I have photographed fifteen severely wounded veterans from the Gulf Wars, all of them amputees who lost a limb or multiple limbs from IED attacks while deployed. Of these fifteen veterans, ten served in either the United States Army or Marines. Five served in either the British Army or The Royal Marines. The format and size of Invictus will be the same as last year’s Always Loyal: hardcover photo book with dust jacket, 96 pages or more and measures 13.5 X 10.4 inches. Like last year I will include individual bios for each veteran. All the images are already photographed and only need to be organized and published. When the book releases, I anticipate a full retail price of $79.

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35 Degrees South: Camellias Going Berserk.

From Lofty, a beautiful riot of camellias. Click for full size.

Hopper & Spider.

Hopper & Spider – sounds like an ’80s television show. :D Fabulous photos from Kengi. I love the shy grasshopper, such a beauty. Click for full size.

The Daily Bird #79

Juvenile Grackle. Click for full size.

Fleurs du jour.

From Giliell, breathtakingly beautiful flowers. We’ll start with friendly blossoms poking through the fence, which are Nasturtiums, gorgeous flowers and a great edible plant, flowers and leaves, followed by water lilies. Click for full size.

Pokeweed.

Beautiful plant, this. From Kengi. Click for full size.

Random Monday

Since I’ve been posting work on the tree quilt, I decided to show a small bit of a different part of the process. When I first started, I was trying to figure out how I wanted to lay the tree out, so I decided to spend a day outside with my camera and sketch book, staring at trees. The pursuit of shape resulted in a great many photos and even more sketches, many of which were incorporated into the tree quilt. Click for full size.