Tally-Ho!

The Brazos Valley Hunt Club opened their 2011 season with a foxhunt between Rocky Creek and Mustang Creek. I was invited to record the festivities and the action again this year and I'm happy to share a few of the shots with you.

The hounds are ready.


Everyone gets fancied up.


A blessing is given.


And the hunt is on!


Here's one of my favorite action shots.


Everyone had a great time. Some even got a reward at the end.


If you'd like to see more, just click on one of the photos and then again when the photo pops up. It will take you to the gallery on my website. Hope you enjoy!

My Favorite Time of Year!

Fall is definitely my favorite time of year. Football, changing leaves, hunting season: It just doesn't get any better than that.

You've seen plenty football photos from me this year so I thought I might share some of my other adventures. I recently traveled to Denver on business - yes, I do a little work- and then I continued on to Idaho to spend a few days in the mountains. For those of you that have not been to Idaho and Wyoming during October, I can tell you that it's all about the color and the wildlife.

Mid-October is a little late for the aspens but the cottonwoods were really showing off. Also, fall is a time for the big bull elk to gather their harems and do their thing. That is truly a sight to see. One of the coolest things I saw this year in Yellowstone was a red fox. The little fellow was really focused on something in the weeds. My focus was on him and when he turned back toward me to show off that pretty face and the bushy tail, well, he had me at hello! Wow!

I hope you enjoy my photos. If there's something you'd like to know about my photography or the places I visit, please feel free to post a comment or send me an e-mail at james.albritton@att.net.

- James

CHECK THIS OUT!

My photos appeared on the Sports Illustrated website today! HOW COOL IS THAT?

Johnathan Gray of the Aledo Bearcat football team was profiled by Sports Illustrated staff writer Ben Glicksman and I provided three photos for the story. The first file shown below is the main High School page of their website. I saved it off the website knowing that a link to the page won't last forever. The next three are the original photos I provided.









The one above is from the 2011 season opener against Stephenville and the one below is from the 2010 State Championship game against LaMarque.



Here's another one from last year's State game.



It was pretty cool to see Photo Courtesy of James Albritton / SaltForkImages.com on the Sports Illustrated website. Of course, special thanks goes to Johnathan Gray. Without his extraordinary talent, none of this would have been possible.

- James

Football Again....... and Fall Portraits!

The Bearcats are underway again after two consecutive state championships. It ought to be another good year!







AND....

A few folks are taking advantage of the slow season to get their Senior Portraits out of the way. Here are a few of my favorites!

Senior Portrait Time

It's not too late to shoot some portraits of your graduating senior. Send me an e-mail at james.albritton@att.net or call me at 817-875-9640. I usually start my shoots at 6:00 in the evening and we finish up just before dusk. Here are a few samples of this year's photoshoots so far.

Springtime in Texas

It's springtime in Texas which means that we're on daylight savings time and I get to shoot some sunsets. Here's one from yesterday. Enjoy!

ACE is the PLACE

Those of you that know me well know that I have a lot of interests and I am involved in a lot of things. I've written here about my love of travel - that's probably obvious from my photography. I also enjoy sports - again, it shows in what I shoot. I love to hunt and shoot guns and I love watching my kids do whatever it is that they happen to be doing. What I've not talked about much is my professional life.

I'm a mechanical engineer by training. Time at Louisiana Tech University and Clemson University back in the 80's yielded Bachelor and Master's degrees. I spent three years in the aerospace industry and then I struck out on my own to do the entrepreneur thing. That was 20 years ago. Some might say I've not had a REAL job in the last 20 years. I've often said that owning your own business means you only have to work half a day - deciding which 12 hours is the hard part.

We've been very blessed in my work. I had the good fortune of meeting good people at opportune moments throughout my career. The result is that I now have 14 U.S. Patents and I've licensed several inventions to some folks that have worked hard to sell my products all over the world. My highway safety inventions can be seen on five of the seven continents.

My success in the engineering world has made it possible to pursue other interests as well. Two years ago, a series of investments led us to full ownership of the local ACE Hardware store. It's been a lot of fun watching the store grow and seeing my very capable staff take it from loss to profit. We are challenged by a less-than-perfect location but we continue to make headway. As the local economy snaps back from recession we are seeing our business pick up significantly. The increased revenue is allowing us to expand our inventory in important areas like our Lawn and Garden Department. I never thought that I would enjoy retail but I've come to appreciate the special challenges it offers.

I'm not sure who said it - maybe my mom or my grandma or maybe I read it in a fortune cookie - but you should "bloom where you are planted."

I've attached a few photos of our store and some of our recent "blooms.". I hope you like them.

Willow Park ACE Hardware - ACE is the PLACE!