Winter

The other day when it decided to ice over, I managed to snag a couple of shots. I love the way ice hangs on trees. Beautiful yet dangerous.

Texas Tech Mass Communications Showcase

I entered the Mass Communications Showcase and ended up winning First Place AND Best of Show for Digital Photography. I entered 10 photographs and they were judged as a whole. What set my work apart from all of the other submissions was the variety of photos I included in my entry. The following are my submissions. Enjoy.

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An Amarillo Sunset
Local Musicians at the Blue Light in Depot District
Love Bugs
AJ Dickman asked for some "Professional" looking photos
One of my Grandfathers gifts to me
Where Have All The Pretty Black Models Gone?
Enter if you Dare
Cullen Rudine
Mescalero Sands, New Mexico
Mescalero Sands, New Mexico sand dune

Muleshoe

For Wyman's class we were given the assignment to shoot contrast of the Caprock. I can definitely tell you that I have fallen more in love with the sunsets here than anywhere else I have been.

These two shots came from my visit to Muleshoe, Texas. I plan on taking another trip out there to do some more exploring since I ran out of time and good ambient light.

Collection on the Underside

Collection on the Underside (11.8.09)

The vibrant hues of washable paint,
an explosion of Crayola art supplies
were adorned in a way any artist would be proud of
on the worn underside of the chuck;
whose recent collection of
sticky Bubble Yum bubble gum that caught with every step
and thick mesquite desert thorns
had already faded away and been forgotten
from the miles of walked adventure
the owner of the shoes had made
on the wide expanse of the Llano Estacado.

Mescalero Sands

This Sunday I headed out with Charlie Stout, who has a facination with sand dunes, and we adventured out in New Mexico at the Mescalero Sands. It was pretty awesome, but stinkin cold out there! Needless to say we both ended up getting a few pretty sweet shots. On the way back, Charlie broke my heart when he ran over a bunny. Poor thing... he tried to get across the road in time.

Though I do not have a facination to the degree Charlie has, I have begun to fall in love and appreciate the sand. It was beautiful out there and the way the light bounced up off the sand and into the trees was incredible. I honestly cannot wait for my next adventure.

Llano Adventures

This semester in my special problems photography class, the topic is Contrast of the Llano Estacado. Along with film photography, for fun I've shot digital as well. Adventuring with me is Charlie Stout. Charlie has really been a muse and a teacher to me on these trips.

Little Paint Crazy

Mylie has been such a wonderful friend and one of my favorite models. She is fearless and this is why I asked her to be a part of my project. I've always wanted to portray the artist-gone-wild.

Countless times when I was an Art Minor, I'd look at my finished painting and then at myself and see that I was covered in paint. I wanted to cover my model in paint. So I took Mylie down in the studio, did just that to her and, the fun model she is, worked the paint!

I'm very happy with how the shoot turned out. Enjoy!