StaticSparks http://www.staticsparks.com/blog The ramblings and travels of a self proclaimed photographer Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:19:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Badlands http://www.staticsparks.com/blog/?p=84 http://www.staticsparks.com/blog/?p=84#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:42:39 +0000 StaticSparks http://www.staticsparks.com/blog/?p=84


Badlands, originally uploaded by Static Sparks.

One evening just before sunset with stormy skies, we spent some time driving around the Badlands National Park. It’s a pretty nice park with some amazing colors and gorgeous scenery even though it is kind of in the middle of nowhere, it was really better than we expected.

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The Last Tow

It looks like this old tow truck pulled this Caddy in and they both just died there. This is located right off of old Route 66 in Oklahoma and the whole area just oozes character.

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Rosey Outlook

Had a photo-shoot last night with a bunch of flowers. Thanks to Wendy Dunn for setting it all up, had lots of fun and got some pretty nice shots…. (at least I think so :-)

]]> http://www.staticsparks.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=27 2 http://www.staticsparks.com/blog/?p=22 http://www.staticsparks.com/blog/?p=22#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:24:51 +0000 admin http://www.staticsparks.com/blog/?p=22 On the way home this Sunday from a gymnastics meet in Cabot, AR, we stopped in Clarksville, AR at McDonalds for a little break and noticed a nice looking trail leading out of the parking lot. Turned out to be quite a nice trail; paved and 1.8 miles long and part of a city park. This neat old bridge was very near the trail-head and I just had to get a shot of it.

Spadra Creek Bridge

On older gentleman walked up to me and was trying to ask me something, but he was so hard to understand that I couldn’t really figure out what he was wanting or looking for…? He finally gave up and walked off. Something about looking for his hunting partner who was somewhere near in the woods. It was a little bizarre.

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The Stream

Sometime everyone needs to just turn off the television and go outside…. it’s much better than the old tube anyway!

]]> http://www.staticsparks.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=30 1 Winter Pond in Oklahoma http://www.staticsparks.com/blog/?p=61 http://www.staticsparks.com/blog/?p=61#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:38:40 +0000 StaticSparks http://www.staticsparks.com/blog/?p=61 Winter Pond in Oklahoma

Winter Pond in Oklahoma, originally uploaded by Static Sparks.

Went out shooting in the cold, just above 16 degrees after the wind chill was factored in. Driving across a bridge between Picher and Cardin Oklahoma and saw this site, the warmth of the reeds and willow really made me feel warm inside so I had to shoot it, still warms me up just looking at it. Not really sure what the yellow colors in the water were, sadly this water is contaminated with lead and zinc and deemed unsafe even for swimming.

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Truckers Barn, originally uploaded by Static Sparks.

A sad old shed with a lot of stories to tell. This is in a town called Cardin, OK. The government is buying out the entire area due to lead and zinc poisoning, and many of the elder locals are convinvinced that there is really no poisoning but that the government is really making everyone leave so that it can “steal” the mineral deposits from the ground after the town is abandoned.

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Lost, originally uploaded by Static Sparks.

This old shack is nearly lost to the world. It’s in a state of disrepair and slated for destruction. A little spooky and forelorne.

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They Only Come Out at Night

A fun little shoot with the kids. We were all on the trampoline and I noticed the wild looking clouds in the background, so I broke out the wide angle and this is what we got… The kids really had a lot of fun growling and making faces at me. The toughest part was trying to get them not to jump while I was lying on my back shooting.

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HBW Wildflowers, originally uploaded by Static Sparks.

We went on a little hike in Glacier National Park to see a waterfall and found this little meadow full of wildflowers along the way. It was so beautiful we had to just stop and take it in for a while.

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