Working on a challenging image for a client. He has a restaurant named for a cowboy and one named for an Apache tribe so naturally he wants a cowboy and an Apache breaking bread over a campfire. Went home after lunch and did a couple campfire studies, like this one of campfire lighting with Black Mountain in the background:
![](http://api.ning.com:80/files/OzAD7qZ75ClvqBeC0kWWKDmpDbyWcWsXwxOfMFsfVVOmT4yEIhNMDzDdvpY7OwF1ylcHXEWlM*YCmcyvaafS6AgvJDMsYzjG/tontocampfirestudy.jpg)
Decent effects, but tried another one, a closeup to study the spreading heat and smoke:
![](http://api.ning.com:80/files/OzAD7qZ75CkNs71SIhyIMAnQb-v1LRtW4fmzlek5eKGp-ESIeUSScrNZ1w5PFMRFgCLptSQmujiFwVSJNFiSKeF5R0GPYuGV/tontocampfirestudy_03.jpg)
Has some potential. Then shifted gears and tried one with the cowboy and the Apache clinking cups:
![](http://api.ning.com:80/files/OzAD7qZ75Cl7YibPliRnugcOSG0IsFiOd4jqR*8ZN1QWNBnW-ExM*wbanKAEnUIjNvy7lCgeVBQpNVFggK2cvNMoNPkUHvd4/tontocampfire.jpg)
And then one of just the figures:
![](http://api.ning.com:80/files/OzAD7qZ75CnBaEPxAlFw1Jo*DWR7s8gusIgRkz83d-EjgoZZlmkDoUqNoWLdblHoD8*ziTDZCAGr5mEsAiOxJ14IKlCyNBwH/tontocampfirestudy_02.jpg)
Need to put it all together this weekend in one solid composition. What to call it? Well, I know what NOT to call it:
"Here's to the good times."
—Old Apache toast