This is a blend of a photo provided by  Eric Rubens (@erubes1) for the current week of Mextures Collective edited by me.  I used Union App to blend the double exposure as well as mask out the background outside of the c… — This is a blend of a photo provided by Eric Rubens (@erubes1) for the current week of Mextures Collective edited by me. I used Union App to blend the double exposure as well as mask out the background outside of the clouds in the sky. I used VSCOCam for the soft tones and blended again in Union App to reduce the saturation in the sky by blending it with a black and white version of the same image to bring focus on the subject and the house.

Escape - an edit for the Mextures Collective

July 16, 2014 in mextures collective

Geometry of Nature - a first edit beta testing the new Union App by Pixite

March 12, 2014

Honored to be included in the beta testing for the new Union App by Pixite. Blend above done in Union. Geometric object added in Fragment. Stripe added in Lorystripes. Coloring added in Mextures.

Only Skin Deep - A Photo Essay with Fruit

February 10, 2014 in Photo Essay

All of our various shapes and sizes and the awkward stages we experience on our journey to maturity.

Lorystripes Bike Stunts with Derek

February 05, 2014

I Am - A Photo Essay

December 16, 2013 in Photo Essay

I am the sum of my past experiences, the unchangeable roots of my current self.

I am the aggregate of my current strengths and weakness. I am the means in which I provide for the needs of family and myself. I am the faults that I struggle to erase, I am the strengths that I strive to improve.

I am the ground in which I plant my seeds. My children will become echoes of my actions and my family will thrive at a rate equal to my, love and support.

I am a seeker of light, limited only by my beliefs.

I am not a photographer and these are not my photos. I am an adventurer, a seeker of answers, a lover of life and these are my visual journals.

A Man of Means - A Photo Essay

December 10, 2013 in Photo Essay

Following the Civil War In America, train hopping became a common means of transportation as railroads pushed west. For years trains were hopped out of necessity, especially in times of economic hardship such as the Great Depression.

From this, groups of migrant workers that made a living hopping boxcars and picking up work where they could and earned the name “hobos.”

Danger, excitement and adventure soon brought a romance to the idea of train hopping hobos, attracting writers such as Jack Kerouac, Jack London and Ernest Hemmingway.

The title of this essay is taken from the song “King of the Road” by Roger Miller and tells the story of a poor man living life to the fullest humorously calling himself the “king of the road.” While train hopping is not as common anymore, it remains symbolic of our sense of adventure, our imagination, the open road and the adventures of life ahead.

iPhone5, Camera+, Filterstorm, Mextures, VSCOCam, Snapseed