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| '5 Poles' - 2013 snake |
the fine art of bowhunting
Smith & Bresson Club
Smith & Bresson Club - I was inspired to create the Smith & Bresson Club for photography by the Pope and Young Club, which is for bowhunters. There are certain requirements, which a bow kill needs to satisfy in order to qualify for acceptance in the Pope and Young Club. The criteria to be accepted in the Smith & Bresson club will be based on my own subjective view of my work, which I will score. In short, those photographs that are part of this club will be my best work and those pieces, which would be part of an exhibition. Any photos that meet this criteria, will be marked by a small skull icon. To view the documentary THE BLUE WHITETAIL, go to the following website; http//:filmfreeway.com/873363 or click on the Smith & Bresson logo above.
February 28, 2014
February 27, 2014
Self Portrait 18, Ship Window
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| 'Self Portrait 18' - 1986 snake |
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| 'Ship Window' - 1986 snake |
LEFT EYE DOMINANT. I am a right handed individual...I do everything right handed, bat a ball, throw a ball, shoot a bow...everything. However, I am left eye dominant, my strong focusing eye is my left one where normally it should be my right. When photographing, I hold and handle my camera like a right handed person would do, but, I look through the viewfinder and focus with my left eye.
I have bowhunted for over twenty years and have always shot my compound bow and my recurve bow right handed and aimed with my right eye. Today, February 27, 2014, I have switched to shooting a left handed recurve bow, thus, aiming with my left eye and letting the arrow fly. I will correlate shooting and aiming left handed with photographing while still using my left eye. Leica equipment will parallel my recurve bow, while I will still shoot right handed with my compound bow, to correlate with my SLR cameras (Canon & Nikon).
Going forth from this date, I will practice to become proficient in instinctively shooting a left handed bow, aiming with my left eye and meshing this discipline with my Leica rangefinder photography.
February 26, 2014
February 25, 2014
February 24, 2014
February 23, 2014
Between Trees
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| 'Between Trees' - 1986 snake |
A Good Tree Stand. Most bowhunters have a go-to tree stand that will be hunted from consistently from year to year. I have a particular tree that I hang a stand in within my favorite hunting area I have named 'the pit' and I have eaten a lot of venison from the deer which I have killed there.
The trees here are good metaphors for tools used to successfully hunt and capture a beautiful, matriarchal doe.
February 22, 2014
February 21, 2014
February 20, 2014
February 19, 2014
February 18, 2014
February 17, 2014
February 16, 2014
Hand
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| 'Hand' - 1986 snake |
When all the preparations to ensure good woods-man-ship are realized, hunting strategies planned and sound exercises in the techniques of bow and arrow shooting are complete, the bowhunter (with luck) may be in position with a whitetail deer presenting itself for the hunter to shoot. The moment of truth is that split second when aiming and releasing the bowstring to send the arrow, merge together, causing the projectile to hit the exact mark that was aimed, ensuring a quick, humane kill of the prey.
After years of studying aesthetic compositions, whether abstract or symmetrical, the photographer learns what elements work within the rectangular format to discern what works and what does not work, artistically, as a visually harmonious picture. The decisive moment is the split second in time when the eye of the artist sees and recognizes elements of the world, in time, merging together within the camera's viewfinder and clicking the shutter when all the objects fit in unison, in the critical happening to capture the shot.
February 15, 2014
February 14, 2014
February 13, 2014
Self Portrait 16, 17
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| 'Self Portrait 16' - 1979 snake |
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| 'Self Portrait 17' - 1983 snake |
February 12, 2014
February 11, 2014
February 10, 2014
February 9, 2014
February 8, 2014
February 7, 2014
Fence Eyes
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| 'Fence Eyes' - 1982 snake |
FENCE LINES. Whitetail deer will generally walk along a fence that separates two pieces of property or types of vegetation (corn field, woods) and after a few years, noticeable deer trails develop adjacent to these fences. Notice these trails and set up ambush sites with favorable wind conditions by these fence lines and the potential for arrowing a deer greatly increases.
Fences have always contributed to good photographic compositions, whether used as leading lines or as a foreground aesthetic. Always hunt for the fences.
February 5, 2014
February 4, 2014
February 3, 2014
February 2, 2014
February 1, 2014
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