Downtown Dallas

Dallas has been in the news lately. I hope that the message of unity - even after the senseless killing of five police officers - shone through. Come to Dallas and enjoy this bustling megaplex in North Texas. Take a stroll downtown, visit Thanksgiving Square (above) and be prepared to change your view. Dallas has nothing to do with the TV show of the same name, which probably hurt this town more than actually reflecting the inclusiveness and diversity this city projects. Just wandering around you will find tons of great opportunities to shoot. Dallas is "a steel and concrete soul with a warm hearted love disguise" as it says in Jimmie Dale Gilmore's song "Have You Ever Seen Dallas From A DC-9 At Night?"

This shot and other photography of mine are available through Dispatch Press Images for publication.
Originally published at Downtown Dallas - Niume Photography Blog -  on July 29th, 2016.

Gilley's In Dallas - No Honky Tonkin' Anymore

Even though the name Gilley's does imply Dance hall, Honky Tonk and country music in general, the original Gilley's in Pasadena, Texas, was none the less founded by country singer Mickey Gilley and was the backdrop for the movie "Urban Cowboy," the new Dallas incarnation seized to be a Honky Tonk in 2011 "due to the high demand for private events" as their website puts it. The 92'000 square foot place now hosts pop, rock and hip-hop concerts and offers it's eight different rooms for private events.

This shot and other photography of mine are available through Dispatch Press Images for publication.

Lookin' In

Study In Rust I

I like rust and it's decaying beauty. Often the oxidizing makes for some really beautiful discoloration and delivers an almost abstract sense of morbidity and attractiveness.

This is part of a construction machine, where oil and the weather formed a sublime structure of beauty.

Stairway to Heaven

Dog Days of Summer

Vintage Fun

This is an old blog, from 2 1/2 years ago, containing some of my mobile phone photography - even though hardly ever shooting with my phone anymore, I still think that some of these "old" images captured the moment, I was looking for and trying to preserve it. (Oct 2016).

Twenty20 (formerly InstaCanvas) is a social media platform to showcase, discover, and buy the best in mobile photography & art.

They hold challenges regularly and for this weeks contests I entered an Instagram I shot almost a year ago. A friend of mine bought a 48 (?) Plymouth I did a photo study on.

Twenty20 - Challenge: Vintage II - Plymouth 

Another challenge open this week is Fun. I chose an Instagram, I shot last summer of Country Funker (Mike) Barfield. Shot during one of his shows at the White Horse, in Austin, Texas

Twenty20 - Challenge Fun - Country Funker Mike Barfield

For more on Barfield follow him on his Facebook page.

Shot with Motorola Droid / originally published on Instagram.

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