Cedar Falls, 1993.

I've photographed this waterfall for well over 25 years. It's hard to believe I shot this photograph over 20 years ago. I shot this with my all-time favorite film camera, the Nikon F4s using Kodachrome 64. I converted the slide scan to b&w.
Cedar Falls, Petit Jean State Park, April, 1993.
Photo # PJSP26:2.

Stopped...

There's something oddly poetic about this photograph. Arguably all the lights are red, the cab appears to be stopped and the man walking the dog looks poetically posed. The first building on the left is the Flatiron Building, completed in 1902, it was one of the tallest buildings in New York City.

Fifth Avenue, New York City, 2011.
Photo # KS1_1842c2.
(c) Kelly Shipp Photography.

"Life is a delicate balance of holding on and letting go..."

"Life is a delicate balance of holding on and letting go..."
A piece of down clings to a reed, in the middle of a field. Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas.
Photo # KS4_0563.

"Best friends"...

"Best friends"
Best friends since they were 5 years old, these two cousins are sitting on a front porch swing where they and family members had spent many hours. The guy on the left just happens to be my father. This was an impromptu, candid portrait of these two. If I had asked ahead of time, they would have likely declined the offer. I asked them if they could fit on the swing, laughing they replied, 'Of course we can'.

Location: Mitchell's homestead, near Hope, Arkansas. 12/2013.
Photo # IM3_5709_716h2bws2.

Cardinal in flight during heavy snow...

Cardinal in flight during heavy snow, 2010.

Photo # _ks20043b.

Grace in small packages...

Weighing less than 1oz, and only about 5" long, this Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) is banking in sun-lit flight.
Photo # KS3_6953cbws.

"Doorway to the Past"...

You are standing in the center of a hallway of a home built in 1917 and had been lived in until just a few years ago. The room you are looking into is the family room, of which condition is arguably preserved from the 1950's. I turned off all the lights, so the only light is the sun coming through the windows. You are standing in a hallway that has 12-foot ceilings and is approx. 10 feet wide. This hallway includes double-doors at each end, giving it the "dogtrot" (breezeway) style of house. Nothing was moved for this photograph. I found the juxtaposition of natural light, position of the chair and doorway very captivating. Imagine the stories you could hear from this hallway. Each of the five rooms, including the front porch, led to this hallway.

Backstory: My father is very close to the generations of family that lived here.
Location: Mitchell's homestead, near Hope, Arkansas.
Related photos: Photo # IM3_5361h4 is the front porch of this home.

Photo # IM3_5684-90h2bw3.
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