Yay! I Was Featured Artist on Photography Blogger. Take a Look

Thanks to Stephanie, at Photography Blogger, for featuring my photographs today, with a really nice little write-up too! This was an unexpected surprise for me. It’s always nice to be recognized and to get a little boost in awareness too. And I love how she described me as “prolific!”

See Stephanie’s post here: www.photographyblogger.net

Tree Fungus, one of the images featured on Photography Blogger today.

Tree Fungus, one of the images featured on Photography Blogger today.

Embarking on a Photo Road Trip, Suggestions Needed

Embarking this week on a road trip leaving out of Nashville, including Asheville NC, Charleston SC, Savannah, on to Jekyll Island, then possibly Jacksonville FL, Atlanta, and assorted points of interest along the way.

Look for photographs and notes to come.

If you have suggestions for great restaurants or photo opportunities… send them my way!

Follow my road trip blog on Tumblr for posts from the road.

Itinerary for the trip. Your recommendations for restaurants and photo opportunities are needed. Thanks!

Itinerary for the trip. Your recommendations for restaurants and photo opportunities are needed. Thanks!

Really Big Prints of My Photos Now Available on Fathead.com

Now available over on Fathead… Really big (and really affordable) prints of 15 of my black and white photographs, including “Rainsplashed Daisy” at four feet square. See this and my other Fathead wall graphics at Fathead.com.

"Rainsplashed Daisy" by Keith Dotson, now available really big on Fathead.com

“Rainsplashed Daisy” by Keith Dotson, now available really big on Fathead.com

NEW: A Major Portfolio of Photographs of New Orleans

I’m excited to announce that I’ve just released a major new portfolio of black and white photographs taken in New Orleans’ richly beautiful and historic French Quarter, business district, and Tremé neighborhoods. Some of these images may be familiar, but hopefully I’ve thrown in a few surprises too. All images are available immediately as fine black and white prints.

The portfolio is available on my website here. I hope you enjoy the photographs!

Voodoo Talismans, New Orleans, 2012, a black and white photograph by Keith Dotson

Voodoo Talismans, New Orleans, 2012, a black and white photograph by Keith Dotson

Abandoned House, New Orleans, 2012, a black and white photograph by Keith Dotson

Abandoned House, New Orleans, 2012, a black and white photograph by Keith Dotson

Preservation Hall, New Orleans, 2012, a black and white photograph by Keith Dotson

Preservation Hall, New Orleans, 2012, a black and white photograph by Keith Dotson

When the Saints Go..., 2012, a black and white photograph by Keith Dotson

When the Saints Go…, 2012, a black and white photograph by Keith Dotson

Thanks for reading.

~ Keith

Ten New Photographs added to Art Rental Service TurningArt.com

I’ve just added ten new photographs to my gallery on TurningArt.com. In case you aren’t familiar, that’s a website where you can rent framed art very affordably, rotate it out for other art, and rental fees apply to any art you decide to buy. Shipping to your home and back is always free.

My Turning Art gallery is located at www.turningart.com/artist/keith-dotson.

Over 30 people around the country have rented art from my Turning Art gallery page

Over 30 people around the country have rented art from my Turning Art gallery page

Learn more about Turning Art at this video piece on CNN.

Thanks for reading.

~ Keith

New Photograph Series: Abandoned Dreams — Photographs of an Deserted Baseball Field

Broken Score Board at Abandoned Ball Field, black and white photograph by Keith Dotson

Broken Score Board at Abandoned Ball Field, black and white photograph by Keith Dotson. Click the photo to buy a fine art print.

I’ve always loved the texture of dented and faded old signs. Sitting just outside the chain link fence, on the far end of a weedy and disused baseball field, this fading and broken scoreboard sadly recalls days of fun and glory that no longer occur on this land. You can see the scuff marks from years of fly balls and home runs. About 100 yards away, across a road lies a vast, old cemetery — perhaps the oldest in town. Strange, the irony of two plots of land side by side, one celebrating youth and vigor and life, while the other is a resting place for those who’ve passed on from life.

This deserted ball field and these photographs hold a lot of meanings and symbolism for me, but I’ll leave it to you to interpret them how you will.

See more of my my photographs at Keith Dotson Fine Art Photography, or visit me on Facebook.

Thanks for reading.

~ Keith

Home Plate at Abandoned Baseball Field

Home Plate at Abandoned Baseball Field, a black and white photograph by Keith Dotson

Ivy Growing in the Chain Link Fence at an Abandoned Ball Field

Ivy Growing in the Chain Link Fence at an Abandoned Ball Field

Locked Concession and Weeds at the Abandoned Baseball Field

Locked Concession and Weeds at the Abandoned Baseball Field

Falling Outfield Sign at Abandoned Baseball Field

Falling Outfield Sign at Abandoned Baseball Field

No One On the Bench, a  black and white photograph by Keith Dotson

No One On the Bench, a black and white photograph by Keith Dotson

Score Board and Outfield Fence at Abandoned Ball Field, a black and white photograph by Keith Dotson

Score Board and Outfield Fence at Abandoned Ball Field, a black and white photograph by Keith Dotson

Chain Link Fence

Chain Link Fence

Cracked Dirt at Abandoned Baseball Field, a black and white photograph by Keith Dotson

Cracked Dirt at Abandoned Baseball Field, a black and white photograph by Keith Dotson