The day is shot

Moved My Blog

2007-08-03T12:46:00.000-06:00

I have moved my blog to my own site so I can have more control over content and how it is displayed.

My goal with this new blog is to be more descriptive on my photography, while giving insight on how to create these images.

You can now find my posts, and more information about my photography here; http://www.johnnykurtz.com/blog/

I hope to see you there.

Cheers,
Johnny

G.R.G

2007-07-25T22:23:00.000-06:00

Cognizance

2007-07-25T22:16:00.000-06:00

An intentional blur, to remind me of Vermeer.

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2007-07-24T16:29:00.001-06:00

S i m p l y , P e a r

2007-07-23T14:26:00.001-06:00

C o w b o y

2007-07-06T22:15:00.000-06:00

Cowboy Kitty
1994-2007

I had a friend back in 1994 who worked for a call girl service in Denver, CO, she herself was not a call girl, but just ran the answering service for the "working" girls. One of the girls who she answered the phone for had a new baby and also a new kitten, unfortunately the kitten liked to play rough with the baby, so the kitten had to go.

On a night in September of '94, this rough playing kitten was delivered to me in a wok. My friend Noel had overheard me saying I needed/wanted a wok, so she brought me one with this surprise cuddled up inside. I instantly named this kitten Cowboy, mostly as a homage to a previous cat I had named Cowboy years before, but this new Cowboy was, and is a true Cowboy in every way.

We became fast friends, and stayed such until his life ended. Cowboy played a major roll in my life, and will be missed in ways I can not explain.

It is in a way very reassuring that Cowboy left us on the birthday of Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama. Cowboy's heart and spirit were that of a great bodhisattva, he brought peace to all who knew him, and that peace lives on.

I loved him with all I had, and can never forget him.

B l u e b e r r i e s

2007-07-02T13:28:00.001-06:00

Fan Above My Head

2007-06-29T17:48:00.001-06:00

T w o S p o o n s

2007-06-28T18:22:00.000-06:00

Spooning

. . . . .

2007-06-25T14:24:00.001-06:00

M a i d e n s

2007-06-25T14:12:00.000-06:00

A statue I salvaged from a hedge row in my backyard; I converted it to a fountain, so Caesars Palace...

E g g p l a n t

2007-06-25T14:04:00.001-06:00

T o d a y, B r e a k f a s t

2007-06-14T11:39:00.000-06:00

T o n i g h t s D i n n e r

2007-06-13T18:50:00.000-06:00

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Wine, Red

A s p e n @ S n o w b i r d

2007-06-11T15:05:00.000-06:00

Koi

2007-06-04T20:58:00.000-06:00

2007-06-04T20:53:00.000-06:00

F l o a t i n g I s l a n d

2007-05-21T14:37:00.000-06:00

An island on the Salt Flats

6 0 M i l e s W e s t

2007-05-21T13:13:00.000-06:00

Declan and I visit this spot about 60 miles west of our house, to clear our heads.

A l l i s o n ' s T r e e

2007-05-19T13:47:00.000-06:00

S u n f l ow e r s

2007-05-10T14:23:00.000-06:00

G r e a t S a l t L a k e

2007-05-05T12:27:00.000-06:00

S a l t M a r s h

2007-05-05T12:17:00.000-06:00

Red, in the foothills

2007-04-24T21:45:00.000-06:00

Just behind our house, about 1000 meters.

And Some Yellow

2007-04-24T21:24:00.000-06:00

I had 5 minute nap with these flowers

More Red Flowers For You

2007-04-24T21:00:00.000-06:00

T o p M e e t s D o w n

2007-04-23T21:57:00.000-06:00

From my new French frame

U r n

2007-04-23T21:48:00.000-06:00

S i n g l e d O u t

2007-04-09T19:10:00.000-06:00

D i s t a n t T r a c k s

2007-04-08T22:08:00.000-06:00

S a i l o r s

2007-04-08T21:39:00.000-06:00

N i k e T o w n

2007-04-08T21:34:00.000-06:00

S t a n d

2007-04-08T21:10:00.000-06:00

O p t i m i s t

2007-03-27T21:49:00.000-06:00

M i n i m a l i s t T a r t a n

2007-03-26T15:28:00.000-06:00

Don't mind me, I'm testing Adobe Lightroom for workflow, to see if it can handle color reproduction and posting to the web for clients.

Love, Johnny

S o u t h

2007-03-15T21:08:00.000-06:00

D o o r s & D r a w e r s

2007-03-15T21:06:00.000-06:00

L e g s B e n t

2007-03-07T20:15:00.001-07:00

R e c l i n e d

2007-03-07T17:46:00.001-07:00

K n e e s

2007-03-06T21:38:00.000-07:00

R a s p b e r r y & A p p l e

2007-03-06T19:37:00.001-07:00

S i l v e r L a m p

2007-03-02T15:52:00.000-07:00

R o s e

2007-03-02T15:51:00.000-07:00

A p i n a

2007-02-25T15:35:00.001-07:00

Iva's mother

W i n t e r T a n g l e

2007-02-25T15:28:00.000-07:00

S i l e n t

2007-02-25T15:04:00.000-07:00

N e a r S p r i n g

2007-02-25T14:47:00.001-07:00

L i n k e d

2007-02-25T14:06:00.000-07:00

P i l l a r O f S a l t

2007-02-23T22:27:00.000-07:00

Found these old salt encrusted pilings towards the edge of the Salt Flats.

M o r n i n g C a r r o t s

2007-02-23T14:12:00.000-07:00

C a r r o t s

2007-02-22T21:24:00.000-07:00

S i l v e r S p o o n

2007-02-14T16:10:00.001-07:00

P e a c h M u f f i n s

2007-02-14T15:48:00.000-07:00

60's O l i v e B o w l

2007-02-14T15:45:00.000-07:00

I love going to Home Goods and finding cheap crap, thank you China

N o S o u p F o r Y o u

2007-02-09T19:22:00.000-07:00

S a l t P i l l a r

2007-02-05T18:21:00.000-07:00

The Great Salt Lake is low this time of year, so I took a walk out towards the waters edge and found these old pilings encrusted with salt.

G r a s s e s & S m e l t e r

2007-02-05T17:36:00.000-07:00

Copper smelter in the background is owned by Kennecott Copper, yet more of the corporate blight on humanity.

O r a n g e O n B e n c h

2007-02-03T22:09:00.000-07:00

W a s a b i B o w l

2007-02-03T22:05:00.000-07:00

B l a c k & E c r u

2007-02-03T11:24:00.000-07:00

Single light, still life.

New lights, boxes, light panels, flags and scrims on the way for next week.

F o u r O r a n g e s

2007-01-26T15:27:00.000-07:00

G r e e n E g g s

2007-01-24T08:06:00.000-07:00

Testing Fuji Astia 100F with my studio strobes. Colour shift is to the blue channel.

R i v e r I n W i n t e r

2007-01-21T21:45:00.000-07:00

Shot 15/01/2007, Big Cottonwood Canyon.

My first post from my new camera.

Film: T-MAX 100
Developed in XTOL

A bit of blue added to the scan is CS2.

Cold, cold, cold - One tripod leg was in the river and the ice did not melt until I was home.

Cheers,
Johnny

S e l f - ish

2007-01-12T20:35:00.000-07:00

Been working of my portfolio, so nothing new to post.

Happy New Year.

M o d e r n M e

2006-12-31T21:55:00.001-07:00

2006-12-19T08:36:00.001-07:00

S n o w & W a t e r

2006-12-16T18:18:00.000-07:00

I have been practicing with a new Mamiya RZ67 Pro II.

Manual mode / Manual Focus Metered with Minolta Auto Meter 5F 1/8 sec

f/16

EC -1

Converted to B&W with Camera Raw 3.6

1 8 5 3

2006-12-15T18:29:00.000-07:00

Working with new Lucite tonight, this was my first shot.

M i c h a e l 2

2006-12-08T16:21:00.000-07:00

I n d i a n C h a i r

2006-12-08T16:11:00.000-07:00

S i n g l e L i g h t

2006-12-06T18:16:00.000-07:00

M i c h a e l

2006-12-06T18:10:00.000-07:00

F o o t h i l l

2006-12-04T16:39:00.000-07:00

About a 1/4 mile behind my house, this past Saturday.

Q

2006-12-04T16:08:00.000-07:00

C h e e r i o

2006-12-04T16:02:00.000-07:00

O N C E

2006-12-01T17:01:00.000-07:00

Building a new road bike for spring. I was lucky to find this team issued ONCE frame on eBay.

R a i n s

2006-11-20T23:05:00.000-07:00

S n o w D a y

2006-11-14T22:17:00.000-07:00

1,500 F o o t D r o p

2006-11-02T15:08:00.000-07:00

Just to the right of this tree is a 1,500+ foot, straight drop to the Colorado River.

As I was walking along this ledge, I happened upon a carabiner lying under another tree. This tree it was under could have been used to tie off a climbing rope so one could rappel over the edge, but how did the carabiner end up there?

The tree was growing out of the top of a rock, with the biner right at its base; this lone carabiner made me feel a bit uneasy. I hope that whomever it belonged to, did not tie off the rope, go over the edge, and then have the knot let loose, leaving just this carabiner as the last sign of the climber; ouch.

D e a d w o o d

2006-11-01T22:52:00.000-07:00

Just back from the Canyonlands, these were my three friends; we just met along a path

N o t M a p p l e t h o r p e

2006-10-26T21:50:00.000-06:00

I n A g a i n

2006-10-20T22:21:00.000-06:00

Back in the desert.

Heading to the Canyonlands at the end of the month, for a bit of winter camping.

S u n d a y I n C h i n a t o w n

2006-10-20T22:20:00.000-06:00

A n o n y m o u s

2006-10-19T22:43:00.000-06:00

Watching throngs of people moving through Chinatown, with their faces drawn and without acknowledgement of each other, it left me with a hard, lonely feeling.

M o s a i c SF

2006-10-19T21:13:00.000-06:00

This is a photograph from a building on Market St. in San Francisco; I have just spent five days wandering SF.

E l e c t r i c

2006-10-10T22:45:00.000-06:00

I awoke at 3:30am with nothing to do; I grabbed this shot on my journey to find a latte.

P u m p k i n s

2006-10-09T12:45:00.000-06:00

P u m p k i n s

2006-10-09T12:28:00.000-06:00

A n d M o r e P u m p k i n s

2006-10-09T12:09:00.000-06:00

E l e c t r o l u x

2006-08-29T20:46:00.001-06:00

Nothing sucks, ......

L o f t i n g

2006-08-22T22:02:00.000-06:00

S u n K i s s e d

2006-08-21T22:31:00.000-06:00

C r o q u e t

2006-08-21T21:29:00.000-06:00

S u n D a n c i n g

2006-08-20T22:09:00.000-06:00

. . . . . . .

2006-08-20T21:01:00.000-06:00

M i l k and P e l é

2006-08-13T22:35:00.000-06:00

Declan and I drove west, about 60 miles to shoot the sun setting over this mini Salt Flats area. I had seen this valley whilst hiking the mountains on this horizon and had wanted to touch it, it had the look of a bowl of milk from high in the mountains.

As we were awaiting the setting sun, we played a bit of football/soccer. I had not played since I was 14, and now I remember why.

When I was young, I was fascinated by Pelé's ability to perform a "bicycle kick" with grace and ease. I thought that I should try this in the first game of my season.

My heroic move came as the ball was let loose in my direction from an attack on our goal; this was my opportunity to prove myself to my team! As I watched the ball bounce my way, I positioned myself to let my bicycle kick fly! I launched into my reverse somersault, my cleats digging into the soil, feeling my foot connect with the ball, I awaited the cheers, but none came, only hushed silence. When I climbed up off the ground, I looked at where the ball should be, but everybody was pointing in the other direction.

I turned and there the ball sat, in our goal, my teams goal, my goal.... I had just joined the other team, as a traitor. End of career. Pelé, I am not.

B z z z z z z z

2006-08-11T23:48:00.000-06:00

How would it be, to be a bee?

R o u n d V a l l e y

2006-08-10T22:21:00.000-06:00

A place I liked to stop when I was mountain biking in the East Bay, 2004. I loved December in the hills, that was perfect weather for cycling. Hard to believe it was 105 f / 40.5 c there today.

R e b e l R e b e l

2006-08-06T22:09:00.000-06:00

My favorite shot from this weekend.

Declan and I went for a hike at Albian Basin above Alta, Friday evening. As I was showing Declan where he will be skiing this winter, he belted out the line "Rebel, Rebel" from his favorite Bowie song, by the same name.

I got this shot of him in his rock star pose.

By Christmas, this meadow will have 9+ feet of snow, and Declan will be learning to carve turns on it.

Cheers!

R e v i s i t e d

2006-08-06T22:04:00.000-06:00

Just wanted to shoot this vase again, and compose it in color.