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Shaping The Landscape

The Great Sand Dunes Colorado

When I was going through the archives last week, I stumbled across this image. I always want to keep the content here fresh, so I knew I couldn’t post it last week. It would have conflicted with the other image I posted. Unless I’m doing one of my signature 5 part stories, I always try to hold up my end of the bargain by providing you a pleasant surprise. However, I couldn’t wait a month to share this one, I just liked it too much. I remember making this image. The wind was blowing fierce that day. It was as if we were in a sandblaster. The dunes were being shaped before our eyes. I decided I would try my best to capture, in a photograph, what that shaping process was like. This is what I came away with.

If you are new here, I wanted to let you know you can always click on the image to get a lager version to use as your daily computer desktop. See you tomorrow!

iPhone Photography Field Trip

If you are in the Colorado area, or know someone who is, my iPhone Photography workshop is running on Living Social for 1 more day. Make sure you take advantage of the discount. The class is really fun, and makes a unique gift for the creative enthusiast in your life. It also makes a great date for those romantics out there. CLICK HERE to get the deal.

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The Tasting

Castello di Amorosa

Castello di Amorosa is a little winery in the Napa Valley. Apparently the proprietor not only loves his wine, he loves his castles. So much so that he used the materials and artisans from Italy to build a full sized castle in his vineyard to host guests, banquets, wine tastings and jousting tournaments. I’m not totally sure about that last thing, but I’m pretty sure I saw a dragon while we were there.

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American Muscle

The History Of American Muscle

I hope everyone had a great weekend and enjoyed last week series The Bull Riders. I have a big week lined up for everyone, including the debut of my newest movie, ‘Contrast’, so let’s get to it!

If you have been a regular here for a while, you know last year I did a story on a little town called Crescent Valley. It is a mining town smack dab in the middle of the richest counties in the US. During the week I was there, I got to know a lot of the residents. One of them had a cool collection of cars that he restores when he’s not at the mine. He invited me to come by one evening to photograph his shop. What I found was a little history in American muscle cars.

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A Little Town Called Elko

A Little Town Called Elko

Elko Nevada is a place you might pull off to get some rest if you are on a long road trip, but not a place you would set out to visit. It is an old gambling town, with a few buffets and card games. What I didn’t know about it was that just a mile over the hill (you can’t see them from downtown) are the Ruby Mountains, and they are amazing. I will make sure to post some photos from the Rubies in the future. They actually call Ruby Canyon a mini Yosemite…and they aren’t lying!

Rodeo

My work on the story of the Rodeo Athlete continued tonight. Here is a quick iPhone pic from the chutes. In case you were wondering, he made 8!

Bull Riding iPhone Photo

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Afternoon At The Museum

Anchorage Museum HDR

You are looking at the Anchorage Museum. It is where you wait for your bus that picks you up to take you to a cruise ship. That is the obvious difference between an Alaskan cruise and a Caribbean cruise. Although I haven’t been on a Caribbean cruise, I’m guessing you aren’t getting cultured waiting for you ship. You are more likely slamming margaritas getting primed to make some bad decisions.

Rodeo

This week I’ll be working on our next story. It will be focused on the world of Rodeo and the athletes who compete in it. I will be posting a lot of behind the scenes images like this iPhone image every night on Facebook/Twitter so give our FB page a like or so you can follow along.

Also, if you have any questions for either a bull rider or rodeo clown tweet them to me or post them here or on FB and I will do my best to get them answered.

National Western Stock Show

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