On a recent flight, my view from the window seat let me observe a beautiful sunset at 35,000 feet. Along with the dramatic colors I had an added benefit of the emerging moon appearing in the scene. I have to admit that…
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As the temperatures outside take a dive, I thought that a fitting image to end the year would be this winter fire engine portrait taken in northern Alberta … when it was extremely cold. The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo…
A small example of the power and force behind water was evident down the street when a water main broke and forced the street to buckle.
On my way home from Arkansas on Saturday, I found myself at the airport with about a half hour to spare … too much time to spend waiting at an airport (in my way of thinking). Fortunately for me, my…
When my wife and I were in New Orleans last week, one of the sites we visited was the St Louis Cemetery #2 just outside of the French Quarter. Enormous in size and visible from the elevated interstate highway, it was…
Part of my time spent in Arkansas involved photographing a Rogers Fire Department house burn down at the culmination of company training. Since my focus for the trip involved new apparatus from Rosenbauer, the fire department had one of the new…
A quick post from Rogers, AR … one of two Rosenbauer Commander engines pulling out of the station. Photographing a fire engine at night was accomplished here using a slow exposure with the camera mounted on a tripod to prevent undesired bout.
Standing along the Mississippi River at dusk gave us a great view of the Crescent City Connection Bridge. Prior to 1985, this was known as the Greater New Orleans Bridge over the Mississippi River connecting Orleans Parish and Jefferson Parish. After…
Everywhere you turns when visiting The French Quarter in New Orleans you’ll encounter some form of street performer … musicians, mimes, acrobats and jugglers, dancers, and costumed figures. There few images represent some of the performers or characters that we came upon.…
A quick trip to The French Quarter in New Orleans offered multiple photo opportunities. Here are two quick images showing some of the local architecture in the Quarter.