About David Mortenson
I'm David Mortenson. I've traveled widely in my business and frequently photo-documented various business projects. I have been fortunate in being able to photograph nature, culture, interesting architecture and the like while abroad in Europe and Asia and across the Americas. As you'll see in looking at Another Good Reason, nature is my favorite subject, be it flowers, bees, birds, spiders, snakes, or bears. I'm also fascinated by patterns, man-made or natural, and doors. You will see all of these subjects in these photo-cartoons, as well as interesting and beautiful architecture and landscapes. While beautiful is also interesting, some interesting things may not always be beautiful, while still being photo-worthy.
The basic concept for Another Good Reason is a photograph--beautiful and/or interesting--with a short, 2 or 3 line story with quirky humor not unlike Gary Larsen's "The Far Side". Often the flower, bird, or other subject of the photo will have a funny story to tell or a problem to solve. The goal is to entertain without negatively targeting any ethnic group, religion, political party, or nationality. Public figures, however, are fair game. Lady GaGa, Al Gore, or anyone in the headlines has or will have a story about them.
There's a wide variety of excellent photography equipment out there, but I've been a Nikon photographer for years because of their sharp, crisp lenses and "bulletproof" gear.
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Twyla Sue, a bighorn sheep, rued the day she had taught her friend's child, "Baa-baa black sheep, have you any wool." First, the little one sang it from dawn til dark, & second--always a detail fanatic--bighorn sheep don't have that kind of wool and none of them are black . . .
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Barbara Anne, just fresh from the salon, wondered if she was getting an invite to A-Rod and J-Lo's wedding--After all, she was also pretty exotic. Maybe too exotic . . .?
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When Her Royal Fuzziness, the Princess Buttercup, heard the expression "Let sleeping dogs lie," she wondered why dogs would lie at all and especially if they're sleeping. In fact, how could they lie if they were sleeping . . .
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The preppers, concerned about the outcome of the impeachment proceedings and the spreading of the coronavirus, decided the only sane thing to do was just dig in and hunker down. And there was always some wise guy saying, "I can dig it" who mostly just leaned on his shovel . . .
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