This blog is primarily about photographs that I have taken over approximately 38 years. but it is also about the men who influenced me through their lives and their photographs. I dedicate this blog to my father
J. Guyton Powers

Photograph by J. Guyton Powers
for instilling in me a sense of adventure, awe and love of the camera,
to Tony Danna

Photograph by Tony Danna
for his inspiring photographs and encouragement, to R. Eugene Hayes for teaching me the nuts and bolts of photography and for expanding my photographic vision,
to Herb Blisard

Photograph by Herb Blisard
for rekindling in me the magic of photography and for encouraging me to explore with my pen and my camera and last but certainly not least my wife Kristi for enabling me through her generous nature to take the digital photographs I have created over the past 10 years.