Parades. Denton does throw some parades. I hadn’t photographed one in years, and I am glad to say they are still all they once were. Denton parades, and especially a Fourth of July parade? It’s kind of like a giant slice of one of those, dare I say, gaudy birthday cakes you get from the local Walmart. From the icing, to the cake itself, you never are sure exactly what you’ll see.
DENTON STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY
These latest images are being added to the stockpile for a new website www.dentonstock.com, where people can buy/sell stock photography of Denton, Texas.
A long time coming and a long time gone, as the song goes! We went through a bit of hell while bringing down the attackers who hobbled the www.shannondrawe.com website among others on the node. BUT, here we go again.
COUCH ART
The “Couch Art” book is coming along nicely, although there seems to have been word passed that I was working on this book. Why? Because now I rarely find any couches on the streets of Denton, Texas. However, I did find a very nice one two days ago. The first time I shot it, the light was late and bad. So, I went back and did it again – when these clouds kicked in once again.
If you are saying, “What the hell is couch art?” Perhaps you are too young to remember a time when traveling art shows would rent out a ballroom at a hotel, and run ads on local TV. The ads promised artwork, not one, not two, but maybe three huge paintings for the price of one! The ads were the predecessors to those monster truck ads if I think about it …
Anyway, the artwork was painted in generic colors to match the latest fabric used in upholstering couches. Hence the name “couch art.”
Besides the disappearing couches, weather has been a huge story here in North Texas.
