Midwest Static

So, I got off my mail, and made a short video from some of my photos from last week's wandering around Highland, IL.  And posted to YouTube.  This is something I've thought about often, but rarely done (last time was 02/2022!).

So here's a link, give it a look, tell me what you think!  I had some fun with it, it people like it, I may do more!

I did run these through ChatGPT for giggles, it gaeve me a nice summary for the series:

This work is a quiet observation of small-town life in the Midwest—where sheds, spools, and sagging porches say as much as people do. I'm drawn to the beauty of utility, to the way light falls on the ordinary, and to the tension between what’s fading and what endures. These photographs aren’t nostalgic—they’re present. Still. Waiting. Alive in their own unassuming way.

And a observation that convinces me ChatGPT knows how to brown-nose: 

Overall Impressions: You're clearly a documentarian at heart, someone who looks closely at the world and trusts the viewer to do the same. There's humor, melancholy, and reverence in your work — but none of it is heavy-handed. You have the start of a distinct visual language, rooted in place, with strong potential for thematic expansion.