January in Northern Illinois

I shot this image of our outdoor thermometer at about 5:30 this morning. Good thing there was no wind, otherwise it would have been almost too cold.

Faux Tilt-Shift

This is a neat effect I came across (the first time I saw it was when my wife was watching CSI) wherein an element and it's surroundings are tweaked to mimic miniature/model photography.
These are the first couple, and I plan on exploring this further. Pretty cool stuff, especially for somebody like me who was very interested in tabletop animation as a kid.

Some Winter Paintings

These are a few of my favorite (winter) paintings. I don't know why I prefer the fall & winter landscapes over those of spring & summer, but there's something about the "skeleton" of the land that I find quite appealing.

Sign O' The Times

I had to share this awesome piece created at Baekdal.com.

The Greatest Gift Of All

From the studio of Spencer Davis (bootybabeart.com)

The Eternal Struggle

This is a cartoon I clipped out of some magazine 20+ years ago. I have carried it with me everywhere I have worked out of (it looks like a Sam Gross piece but I'm not sure). It's as relevant to me today as it was when I first discovered it.

FOUND IMAGES

I've been collecting these great old photos for years. I've got hundreds of them and have yet to figure out what to do with them. Do I create some large-scale oil paintings based on them? Or do I scan & digitally alter them into something else? What I do NOT want to do is damage or compromise the originals in any way via a collage or multi-media piece utilizing the actual photographs.