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.
Cassandra had 4,276 friends on Facebook, 13, 212 people following her Twitter feed, was on Snapchat & Instagram–and Instagram alone took 6 hours of her day. She wondered, what did social butterflies do before electronic media?
When Jorge’s accountant told him he was late filing his taxes, he thought she said they were going to have to “Bison time”. He wondered how, since Bison don’t have money or clocks . . .
Cedric had told the others that since he was here first, all four of the feeders were his, but he had to watch; they all tried to sneak in a meal if his back was turned . . .
Horace found that changing parties after the election and while the new guys were draining the swamp was tougher than he had expected . . .
Under the Affordable Care Act, Jack had gotten them to agree to repair the back of his “farm helper,” but it looks like they didn’t get to it in time . . .
As Brian walked along the fog shrouded beach he couldn’t help but think “If politicians had just this much foresight . . .”
