As for me, I’m heading out for a three day camping trip. I’d like to say that I’m going to be roughing it, but that is a bit of a stretch since the campground I’m staying at has running water and indoor bathroom facilities.
I love the reflection (or is it a shadow?) that the sun creates when shining through this hand-blown glass globe. I would love to tell you that this was taken in a high-tech photographic studio, but it was actually captured sitting on the roof of my car. I set it there as I was unloading some stuff at the office and noticed the cool shadow/reflection.
I spent some time this past Saturday at the eye doctor. The good news is that my right eye is 20/20. My left eye though, not so good. The doctor told me that it is somewhat rare for someone to have this much difference in vision between their eyes.
During my life I have pretty much taken my good eyesight for granted. This brief episode made me stop and realize what a precious gift we have with our vision. Even for those with less than perfect vision, the amount and quality of vision correction remedies available to us today is astonishing. We are blessed.
Today’s capture is a close up of that less than perfect left eye.
This past Friday I went rock climbing with my family and some friends up Big Cottonwood Canyon near my home. The trail we hiked to reach the rock face involved crossing Cottonwood Creek. On the return hike after a couple hours of climbing (right before sunset), I noticed the remarkable lighting on the rocky creek-bed. Even though I had my camera with me (surprise!), I did not have a tripod nor the time to hold everyone up for some photos.
Armed with the info from the previous night, the next evening I packed up some camera gear and headed back to the creek right before sundown. This photo was captured with the camera & tripod sitting in a shallow part of the creek.
My shoes still haven’t dried out….
I ran into this gentlemen at the drugstore recently and he was kind enough to allow me to photograph him.
Have a great weekend!
This photo of railroad tracks is being used by independant folk musician Barbara McKay on the cover of her new album titled Era. Barbara lives in New York and found my photography through the web. Take a second and drop by Barbara’s website at www.barbaramckay.net where you can listen to some of her songs.
The first time I visited the Kennecott Copper Mine was in 1993 with my family. When we reached the visitor center and looked over into the large open pit, my son Kris (who was five at the time) asked, “Are they building a volcano?”.
After our most recent visit, I called Kris to let him know that they still haven’t finished the volcano. He was thankful for the update.
I took my nine year-old daughter up to see Kennecott Copper Mine, the world’s largest operating open-pit mine. Even though the mine is only 15 minutes from our home, she had never seen it up close.
Of all the impressive things we witnessed at the mine, the numerous jumbo-sized dump trucks were the most popular. After we returned home I did a bit of Googling and found that these 2,700 horsepower trucks are capable of carrying up to 320 tons of load at speeds of 40 mph.
With the ‘ginormous’ size of these trucks, I felt that it would serve the capture well to edit it to appear as though the vehicle is a child’s sandbox toy. Here is the resulting image.
This windy mountain road reminds me of the type of route that gets used in sports car commercials with the disclaimer on the bottom of the screen.
Unfortunately I wasn’t in a sports car. I was in an SUV with the wife & kids… :)
