Doug Boutwell the occasional odd thought or image
Yo Soy Un Piloto | Part 3: Oil!
Halfway through a 900-mile flight across Baja California, we encounter an in-flight emergency, 30 miles from the nearest town or airstrip.
Yo Soy Un Piloto | Part 2: Okie Dokie!
My first foray into international flight, including a crash course in Mexican ATC procedures.
Yo Soy Un Piloto | Part 1: Adventure In The Clouds
This is the story of my 3-day trip to Cabo with my good friend Mark Becklund. We flew a Cessna 182-M down to Cabo, on March 17, 2010, and after 16.2 hours of flying in a small plane, we have a story of two to tell. Here are the bits worth telling, and some that aren’t.
It’s A Big Deal To Your Clients
If you’re a professional photographer, then you have probably experienced that dreaded feeling in the pit of your stomach as you’re on your way to another shoot. You have already done 4 this week – I really DON’T want to do another one. To you, it’s just another shoot. To the people you’re photographing, however, [...]
Goodbye, Murray
After having Murray in our lives for over ten years, yesterday we finally made the decision to let him move on. He was 16+ years old, and his legs and back were causing him so much pain on a daily basis that there just wasn’t much joy left for him in life [...]
Wings!
Thoughts on my Private Pilot checkride, and why it was one of the most stressful things I’ve done in years.
My Desk Today
“If you look inside someone’s home, you’ll see who they are. If you look at their car, you’ll see who they want to be.” My desk, at a glance, gives you a pretty big clue as to what occupies my time nowadays…
Buy Our Canon Stuff (UPDATE – ALL SOLD!)
Used Canon gear for sale. Get it while it’s hot! (well, not hot as in stolen, but, well, you know…)
Doug Boutwell: Photographer Of Shoes
Recent images, and a little discourse on why I have so many high-key photos of dirty shoes.