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After a lifetime of mainly expressing myself with words, my postings here will mainly rely on images. They will speak for themselves to some extent, but I'll usually add a few comments of explanation. I've taken photographs for decades, since the 1950's, inspired in part by my father's photographic skill. Four years of photo assignments and quality darkroom time eventually gave way to decades of casual and family picture-taking. I re-immersed myself when I left film and turned to digital. |
New Snow; March 29, 2017
March 29, 2017 - You can't always get what you want. Blue skies and perfect light for some fast giant slalom free skiing? Not today. Thir...
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UAA Alpine Ski Team
March 28, 2017 - UAA's ski team racers are remarkably smart and fast student athletes. But in the last eight months, the intercollegiate...
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Inlet Ice and Mud Flats; March 27, 2017
March 27, 2017 - The slow arrival of Spring has left a vast field of frozen jagged hummocks to rise and fall with the great tides in the...
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High Contrast; March 2017
March 26, 2017 - High contrast images reduce tonal range. Processing an image file this way (or using a high contrast product like Kodali...
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Glacier Bay National Park; August 2016
March 24, 2017 - We took the Glacier Bay cruise in August 2016. The weather couldn't have been any better for good images from the moment...
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Seward Highway Scenes
March 23, 2017 - Driving to and from Alyeska along Turnagain Arm can be surreally beautiful. On a sunny day, like those of the improbably...
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Shadows and Silhouettes, Part Deux
March 21, 2017 - Shadows and silhouettes often (but not always) offer high-contrast images with stark juxtapositions of light and dark, w...
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Shadows and Silhouettes
March 20, 2017 - Shadows and silhouettes are potentially interesting because of their graphic impact. They appear straight-forward, even...
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Martins Onskulis on Course; Alyeska, January 2017
March 19, 2017 - Ski racing is very dynamic. The athletes are superbly conditioned and well-trained, both in the technical complexities o...
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Italian Buildings; Italy, October 2016
March 18, 2017 - These aren't the grand monuments of urban Italy; they are instead the sublimely inviting and attractive buildings that s...
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Peacemaker; Tucson, October, 2016
March 17, 2017 - Airplanes are among the most fascinating modern devices, partly because of their transporting qualities (in both the phy...
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Motion Study; Alyeska, March 16, 2017
March 16, 2017 - High shutter speeds are usually needed to get super-sharp images of ski racing. But to give a better impression of the s...
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Waikiki Beach; Oahu, August 29, 2016
March 15, 2017 - Waikiki Beach at sunset; idyllic but crowded. As always, the dark, volcanic rocks contrast with light on water and sand.
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Cold Mountains; Girdwood, March 11, 2017
March 14, 2017 - This is a startling contrast to my recent blog postings from Maui and Oahu. First hot, now cold. It is still chilly here...
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Memorial for the Battleship Arizona; Pearl Harbor, August 29, 2016
March 13, 2017 - Visiting the memorial for those lost in the Battleship Arizona is a moving experience. Marines caution visitors to be re...
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Tuscan Daybreak; Italy, October 2, 2016
March 12, 2017 - Tuscany is one of the most beautiful places on earth, and we spent another four days there recently. Daybreak offers the...
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Chugach Moon; Anchorage, March 9, 2017
March 12, 2017 - Prolonged cold, clear weather has provided frequent views of the moon as it crosses the sky over the Chugach Mountains a...
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Golden sands; Maui, November 9, 2016
March 10, 2017 - These sands, wetted and re-wetted by the weakening wash of low surf on the Maui shore, are golden in the late afternoon...
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Harika; Rocca Malatina, Italy; October 6, 2016
March 09, 2017 - Laurie and Blair Pessemier are skilled and charming painters who enjoy an inspiring life practicing art in wonderful pla...
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Ice on Turnagain Arm Tidal Flats; Anchorage; March 8, 2017
March 08, 2017 - Ice forms in cold weather in Turnagain Arm, a branch of Cook Inlet, part of the Pacific Ocean. As big tides (30-foot dif...
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Blue Ice; Mendenhall Glacier; Juneau, August 19, 2016
March 07, 2017 - Blue Ice. The blue face of Mendenhall Glacier looms over Mendenhall Lake on a gray August day. Gravel and dirt discolor...
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Ski Race Color Swatch; Alyeska, March 3, 2017
March 06, 2017 - Ski Race Color Swatch; Alyeska, March 3, 2017. This montage captures some of the vibrant colors and patterns on display...
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Sheet Water; Maui, November 6, 2016
March 05, 2017 - Caught at high shutter speeds, water bends and hangs in sheets as it breaks on the Maui shore. The water appears glass-...
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Rippling Raptor; Anchorage, July 2016
March 05, 2017 - This is not a Photoshop filter effect. Heat from its afterburners causes this F-22 Raptor to appear to be rippling as it...
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Golden Eye; Juneau, August 19, 2016
March 04, 2017 - The vibrant colors of this spawned-out salmon correspond to the vibrant contributions wild salmon make to Alaska and Ala...
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Blind Trust; Alyeska, February 12, 2017
March 02, 2017 - Eyes momentarily closed, UAA's Alix Wells double-cross-blocks an Alyeska Cup slalom gate. She was near the second run fi...
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