Photo Blog - Old

May 2008-

18: Brandon's Graduation.

17: The New York Times has an interactive feature on Ansel Adams. Hear one of his assistants from the 1970s describe the "back story" of several images from Yosemite Valley.

Monument Valley in the afternoon.

April 2008-

25: Miles Ranch (aka Kennedy Ranch) hike.

19: Hailey's Piano Recital.

15: Another fantastic sunset across the golf course tonight.

11: Lost Dutchman State Park-Jan & I hiked and looked at the birds and flowers. Still some yellow in the Brittle Bushes.

04: Hike to White Canyon.

March 2008-

28: Hike along a short portion of the AZ Trail to Barrnet Camp.

21: MBV Friday hikers went out Perlite Road and walked up the old mining road past a couple of closed mines and down to the stream. Lots of Desert Poppies in bloom. Click to see the pics. Switched back to the Canon 5D.

18:Jan & I hiked Hieroglyph Trail with a couple friends. Lots of Petroglyphs (ancient indian rock art) at the entry into the canyon (Superstition Mountain).

14: MBV Hike went to Box Canyon aprox. 7 miles east of Florence AZ. Walked in one canyon and over a ridge and out another canyon. Lunch at L&B Mexican restaurant in Florence. Since this groups travels rapidly, I used a Pentax 35mm compact camera.

 

08: Checked out the new trails on Silly Mountain with a photographer friend this morning. Click on the Desert Poppy to see the slide show.

04: Went out to a viewpoint just before sunset, set up the camera and tripod and waited for the sun to hit the horizon. Here are three more views of the Superstition mountain. Pre-sunset (with the direct sunlight hitting the west side of the mountain), then the same shot with a red filter and then Post-sunset with the indirect sunlight bouncing off the clouds.

01: A week or so ago, my daughters visited Gold Canyon. We climbed Silly Mountain, visited Goldfield ghost (tourist) town and Boyce Thompson Arboretum. Here's a pic of me setting up the camera and my daughters on Silly Mountain.

February 2008-

20: Beautiful sunset across the golf course tonight. I was grilling steaks, but had to grab the camera and take a few shots--burned the steaks.

07: This is the "Elvis Chapel;" from the old western movie town called Apacheland. Apacheland burned down a few years ago. Only the chapel and the "Rifleman Barn" survived the fire because they were a distance away from main street. Elvis' movie "Charro" was filmed at Apacheland and the old TV western the "Rifleman" was filmed here, too. Many other films also (link to Superstition Mt. Museum).

06: Yesterday there was snow on the Superstitions. I captured a couple of interesting images. Including one of the clouds that just clung to the top of the mountain all day.

04: Have gone out to Superstition Mountain to capture it's many 'moods.' Most recent was a twilight shot-the sky is dark and only a bit of red glow on the mountain. I also have an image of storm clouds over the mountain and the 'Normal' view from the south.

January 2008- 07: Rain on the golf course in Gold Canyon.

December: 16: Finished portraits of the CBR officers and committee heads. Click for Pics.

10th. The great grandson (different Grandson's son) was over for his 6 month birthday pics (see images to left).

November: 15: Saw this "Sky Highway" with 10 jet contrails.

10: Extreme Makeover - Home Edition from Cheyenne aired. Now I can reveal my still shots--I was one of two "Behind-the-Scenes" photographers. The Carter Bros. Construction company was general contractor (see the Carter Bros.under Group Portraits-left).

7: Just finished my Grandson's Senior pics. I tried some of the "Jump Portraits." He likes them as does his mother! That's always good.