Ellis Vener Photography

06/03/2026

Teapot

05/27/2026

05/25/2026

Anyone in the Houston area missing a Canon 400mm f/2.8 lens? Friends of mine found the following items in their driveway in Montrose on the morning of 5/17.

05/13/2026

Watching the growth of the onion’s flower continues to bring me joy.

04/26/2026

Onion flowers. About four or five weeks ago I noticed that one of the organic onions we had bought at our local grocery store but hadn’t gotten around to using, had started to push out some short green shoots.

I decided to plant it in an empty planter on my deck, just to see what might happen. After a few days I noticed the shoots were growing. Two of the shoots developing onion shaped heads. Those heads are now opening and these tiny flowers have appeared.

04/08/2026

Spring is Springing in

03/29/2026

I don’t shoot a lot of selfies, but this morning I needed a subject to test how well the Profoto Camera iPhone app works when using a Profoto B20 monolight flash as illuminant when shooting with my iPhone 14 Pro. I set the app to shoot in auto mode and record the image in ProfotoRaw (DNG) format. Except for adding a slight bit of dark vignette and flipping the image so the image is right reading, this is to the corners this is straight out of the iPhone with no further processing.

Is being able to use high quality lflash lighting a game changer for photographers? In the right hands it might be. I’m going to have to do some further testing on real world subjects.

03/26/2026

at the in , 25 Mar 2026

Set list:
Richard Thompson set list , 25 Mar 2026 Variety Playhouse Atlanta

Stony Ground
Saving the Good Stuff for You
Valerie
Pharaoh
Beeswing
Walking on a Wire
If I could live my life again
Walking the long miles home
Vincent Black Lightning

(With Zara Phillips):
It was the Co***ne Walking (from the album coming out Sept 25)
Withered and Died
She Twists the Knife Again
Bad Dreams (new record Sept 25)
Wall of Death
She Sang Angels to Rest
The Rattle Within
Tinker’s Rhapsody
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
Down Where the Drunkards Roll
Sorcerer’s Apprentice (from the upcoming album)

I have heard Richard Thompson perform live maybe ten times since 1983 or 1984, both solo and with a band. This was maybe the best. He sang and played with vigor -and clearly was enjoying himself.

If you haven’t heard of him before he is not only only one of the very best guitarists of the past sixty years in any genre, but also a great songwriter - don’t take my word for it, ask any musician or songwriter.

03/22/2026

In Atlanta on Mar 22, 2026

03/20/2026