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Photo by Marlene Lister, edited by John Lister (myself)
Shot with Fuji point-and-shoot camera by the subject, Marlene.
Angle, composition, lighting, etc. all just seemed to work.

Meet Sam the Bald Eagle.

A photo of Marlene in the woods, with a cool zoom effect.

Every inch of sky's got a star
Every inch of skin's got a scar
I guess you've got everything now

We went on a trip to Chiang Mai with our hosts while vacationing in Thailand. This wonderful gentleman was in a small shop next the market where our host's cousin had a stall. He has an apparent joy of life which seemed to cheer everyone around him. He refurbishes and repairs furniture.

How can you just leave me standing?
Alone in a world that's so cold
Maybe I'm just too demanding
Maybe I'm just like my father, too bold
Maybe you're just like my mother
She's never satisfied (she's never satisfied)
Why do we scream at each other?
This is what it sounds like when the doves cry

Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am home again
Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am whole again

My heart
I was used to it
With loneliness
Who would have thought that by my side
Would you stay
You came to stay.
You make me happy
You make me sing
Like this

All eyes have a story..........

This sugarcane, this lemonade
This hurricane, I'm not afraid
Come on, come on
No one can see me cry

I was never faithful
And I was never one to trust
Bordeline bipolar
Forever biting on your nuts

Don't you know no one alive can always be an angel?
When everything goes wrong you see some bad
But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh, Lord, please, don't let me be misunderstood

Don't promise me to much
No i'd rather you don't
A promise don't mean much to me no more
Be mine, be mine

but now i've got someone who cares for me, (yeah)
wrote my name in silver sands
i think you know you've lost the love of your life
(you said) i was the best you've ever had
because i'm in demand, (hey)

She's the face on the radio
She's the body on the morning show
She's there shaking it out on the scene
She's the colour of a magazine
And she's in fashion
She's in fashion

If I was the wife of an acrobat would I look like the living dead boy?
You're on the wire and can't get back, let's talk about the living dead
Could have had a car, could have had it all,
Could have walked in the sky but we stare at the wall

And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
Jesus loves you more than you will know (wo, wo, wo)
God bless you, please, Mrs. Robinson
Heaven holds a place for those who pray
(Hey hey hey, hey hey hey)

Ask me what i did with my life
I spent it with you
If i lose my fame and fortune
Really don't matter
As long as i got you, baby

Did a project with a friend called Dark Meadows. This session included a lot of paint!

Taken with a Nikon D7100 with 50mm 1.8 lens She's only 13 and already a great model.

Photo shoot I did the other day with 3 beautiful women...I'll be doing this ones senior pictures soon

Shall I stay?
Would it be a sin
If I can't help
Falling in love with you?

Senior Portrait beside the Nolichucky River in East Tennessee.

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This is from a maternity shoot I did recently...it's been a while maybe 20 years since I've done one...we had a great time.

Took some maternity pictures for a friend the other day. Had to cut it short but was a nice shoot. I'm glad they ask me..

This is my friend and super model Ashley.. She is a lot of fun to shoot. Great lady too.

Ashley is a friend that is such a great person and just happens to be beautiful too..

I couldn't pass up this great character I saw... Bet he has some stories to tell

You bury your treasure where it can't be found
But your love is like a secret that's been passed around

I'm not the only one
Staring at the sun
Afraid of what you'd find
If you take a look inside.
Not just deaf and dumb
I'm staring at the sun
Not the only one
Who's happy to go blind.

From my series, "Moth Queen."
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My niece Michelle. Just did her Sr Portraits. I feel old! Seems like yesterday she was crawling around on the ground. Oh where does the time go? :-)

They say it fades if you let it,
love was made to forget it.
I carved your name across my eyelids,
you pray for rain I pray for blindness

I've seen this done a few times and finally had a chance to try it out. Levitation is kinda fun...It will take some practice though.

I had a great time photographing Brooke...she is a body builder and doing very well. It was starting to get dark so these were taken in a hurry. She did great. Taken up on the Haulapai Mts. near Kingman Arizona

From my series "Contemptu Quae",
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From my series, "Stomach Aches",
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From my series, "Purge."
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From my series, "Metamorphosis."
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From my series, "Icarus."
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A frequent visitor at a friend's farm. Their rabbits are caged. This one just appears from time to time.

From my prom shoot recently...I'll be doing more work with this beauty to be sure.

This little cutie needed no cuing. She moved like a pro

From the prom shoot...no way a person could get a bad shot of this young woman

This photo is of my friend Dallan. He looked smashing at his porm this year!

My wife, Jane did a much better job of my portrait, here. Some cropping and minor tweaking from post.

This shot is from a book I did called Persistent Poverty written my Dr. Richard Roper and photographed by me.

I took a long trip in Southern Utah to photograph Coral Pink Sand dunes. When I got there every bit of the dunes were covered in atv tracks. Not a good shot in site so I started back to my car very disappointed about driving a 100 or so miles. Right at the edge of the dunes was this tiny area about a foot square...this is the only shot I got.

From a recent dance schools photoshoot i have done.

One of the old cowboys that came to the wedding I shot last week..

I needed a model to test drive some new stuff...she is beautiful and did a great job for me. This was shot with an on camera Nikon SB800 stobe and a rogue flash bender mounted on the camera.

A friend up in Vegas has been having issues with her son. He won't let her see her grand daughters any more. Just a big mess. This is the only picture she has of them. She asked if I could do some magic. The original was taken in her kitchen.. This is what I came up with..

Wear your eyes as dark as night
Paint your face with what you like
Wear your love like it is made of hate
Born to destroy: born to create

This little cutie is running for Rodeo Princess

I've been so busy I haven't posted for a while. This beautiful lady is running for the Colorado River Roundup Rodeo Queen which she held 2 years ago

“But to die as lovers may - to die together, so that they may live together.”
― Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla