Archive for the 'Photography' Category

Summer Trip 2008 – Yellowstone National Park pictures

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Summer Trip 2008 – Grand Teton National Park pictures

Mormon Row

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Prairie Dog

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Summer 2008 trip – Utah Pictures

Mormon Temple – Salt Lake City

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Hill Air Force Base Aerospace Museum

A Globemaster II; I’ve been wanting to see one of these for a long time.
C-124 Globemaster II

Canyonlands National Park

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Arches National park

Delicate Arch

Dad

Me

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Frisco

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Zion National Park

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Summer 2008 Trip – South Dakota Pictures

Badlands:

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Kevin and I right inside Badlands National Park

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The Wall at sunrise

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A lone bison wondering away from the herd

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The Yellow Mounds

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Plants grow even in this forbidding landscape

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Bighorn sheep standing atop a ridge

Minuteman Missile National Monument

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Delta-1 Control Facility

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Security Forces response vehicle

South Dakota Air and Space Museum

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B-1B Lancer

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Minuteman II missile

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Minuteman II missile in its silo

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Minuteman II missile transport vehicle

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B-29 bomber

Mount Rushmore

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Kevin and I at Mount Rushmore – apparently I can’t keep my eyes open

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A mountain goat and her kid

Jewel Cave

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Jewel Cave is perhaps one of the most difficult shooting locations I’ve ever been to. It is DARK down there, even with the lights the National Park Service has installed.

Needles highway

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The Needles Eye formation

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Two pronghorn antelope thinking about crossing the road

I’m a horrible blogger…

Yes, I know that it’s been three months since I last blogged. I figured most of you didn’t care to know the details of student teaching. Good news is, I finish up in two more weeks. The bad news: I still don’t have a job confirmed after graduation. One thing at a time I suppose.

The sports seasons at Michigan Tech are pretty well wrapped up now, so I’m starting to get back into more non-sports photography. Sunday I headed down to the Lower Peninsula and came home with this photo:

Shoe Tree