2020.  Mandatory masks meant the cowboys wore bandanas.  Scorpion Cowboy saw me coming with my camera and said, “Hey Prairie, make me look good.”  I said something to the effect of “With your mask on, you’ve never looked better!”  Then we laughingly traded “fuck-yous” back and forth for a bit.  And I got some pretty good photos out of it. And now he’s gone, just like that.  I hadn’t seen him for two years, not since he went off to shoot his big movie and then moved to low altitude due to declining health.  I wish we had more time together, he and his wife St ..read more

For years now I’ve been paying attention to car decorations.  Here are most of the ones I’ve taken pictures of in the last few years. A small zine in France even liked one of these enough to print it, and you can buy here. Here’s Part One ..read more

Not that I care too much about artificial holidays, but…this is one I can get behind. The only shame is that I can’t celebrate it by staying inside the whole day ..read more

The latest in a series of articles I’ve written for 35mmc; the original can be found here. Style wasn’t always my thing, and spending a lot of money on a custom-tailored shirt wasn’t something I’d always wanted to do but in this case it was inevitable, I suppose.  Since 2017 I’ve been working on a photo project documenting my job driving Jeep tours around Colorado Springs, and part of that job is dressing up like a cowboy.  In the last two years I’ve been taking greater interest in my appearance, developed a bit of a clothing obsession, and gotten a reputation at work for it now.&nbs ..read more

One way or another I make it into a lot of people’s vacation pics.  Hope they get a kick out of it when they review their photos ..read more

Perhaps the last of a series.  The trolley’s new engine is loud enough that I fear for my hearing. Let the old guys drive it, being old and deaf can go together here ..read more

Not to be confused with P-Dog, who is a bit less of an authentic cowboy. And I don’t have a pilot’s license ..read more

Partiers, thankfully not too raucous: standard St. Paddy’s celebrations I suppose.  I met a couple fun people at the photographers’ open house that invited me out afterward, and I was going to meet up with them at a particular Irish pub.  They offered to share a cab with me but I wanted to put all my excess stuff in my truck instead of carrying it around with me, so I went there first and walked to the place.  Of course they never showed up and I can’t blame them because there was no way we were getting in.  I got what I wanted out of the experience, which was plenty of ..read more

Both are necessary and I’ve found that dual-wielding drinks is the correct way to operate when talking all day. Also this is the time of the year when it fluctuates being hot and cold ..read more

Laying down track and trying to stay ahead.  I’m quite a bit ahead now considering I’m just getting to these photos!  And I suppose the thing is that if I didn’t tell you I shot these nearly 5 years ago you wouldn’t have known that they were that old, right? This collection has a handful of pictures in it that I really like from a composition standpoint.  As well, a couple of them feature my coworker Curly who is now retired and living in California ..read more