iPhone Ski Tracking Apps – 2.6.2012 Bridger Bowl
I’ve always been really interested in mapping and statistics. Ever since I started running and cycling I’ve been keeping an exhaustive training log tracking the distance and time for every single workout. One of the things I was most excited about when I got my first smartphone was the ability to track myself while skiing [...]
1.29.2012 Big Sky
It’s been an unnaturally warm, windy, and dry winter in southwest Montana. Pre-season, the weather guys couldn’t stop talking about how this “La Nina” winter was going to bring more banner snowfall, cold temps, and winter conditions to much of the northwestern part of the country. That prediction has failed miserably. Bridger Bowl has received 88″ of [...]
1.27.2012 Bridger Bowl
Bridger was eerily similar to the East Coast today. The snow on the lower mountain was very heavy and wind-affected. Anywhere that the wind was able to scour was scraped down to hardpack and was almost unskiable. I hiked up B-Route once to Sluice Box. It was a gorgeous bluebird day and the views from the top of [...]
1.22.2012 Bridger Bowl
I drove up to Bridger Bowl this morning for my first day there this season. It snowed for a while overnight and Bridger was reporting 7″ this morning. Conditions were very soft, deep in places, and rocky in places. South Bowl was a minefield with good snow covering bare rocks. I only managed to ski one run before the power went out to all of Bridger Canyon. I was halfway up Pierre’s Knob and made it to the top on the diesel backup.
1.21.2012 Big Sky
Driving up Gallatin Canyon on my way to work this morning, I was despondent. at 6:30 AM the temperature was 42F and it was pouring rain. Very much par for the course for this winter. Last week a strong storm pounded Montana, delivering record snowfall in most of the major cities. Bozeman and the surrounding [...]
Boxing Day at Long Point Light
On Boxing Day we hiked out to Long Point Light in Provincetown, MA. Long Point Light is located on the very tip of Cape Cod and guards the entrance to Provincetown Harbor. It is located in the Province Lands of the Cape Cod National Seashore. Parking for Long Point is available at Pilgrim’s First Landing Park (Click the [...]
Bristol Beach Sunset
I was lucky enough to shoot both sunrise and sunset on Christmas Eve. Christmas Eve sunrise I spent at Beavertail State Park. As I was driving home for Christmas Eve dinner along the beach in Falmouth, the sunrise started going off and I pulled off the road at the first place I could find. Bristol [...]
Christmas Eve at Beavertail
I snuck out Christmas Eve morning to shoot at Beavertail State Park with Ben and Jeff from the New School of Photography. We had an awesome sunrise and explored around the point and the lighthouse area quite a bit. The waves were pretty big and were crashing hard against the rocks all around the point. I [...]
Seals in Barnstable Harbor
Five or six harbor seals showed up in Barnstable Harbor this afternoon, swimming and splashing and eating fish.
2011 Year in Review
Prompted by this thread over at the New School of Photography, I put together a set of pictures summarizing 2011 month-by-month. I tried to pick images that represent what that month was for me. It’s a mix of cell-phone shots and more serious, though-out shots. Not all of them have been processed and sharpened so [...]
Nobska Light Sunrise
I drove down Surf Drive this morning to shoot the sunrise at Nobska Light. The sky was completely cloudless which resulted in a rather dull sunset. I explored the beach for a while anyway, picking up trash and taking some shots. I’ll definitely be coming back to Nobska for sunset (I think the beach on [...]
The Breakers, Newport, RI
While traveling back to Cape Cod for the Holidays I stopped in Newport, RI to tour the mansions at Christmastime. The three most popular of the palatial “summer cottages” are decorated resplendently for Christmas and are open for tours. The Breakers, although it cost more to tour ($20 as compared to $14) than Marble House [...]
Big Sky 12.11.2011
View Big Sky 12-11-2011 in a larger map I skied another couple of hours at Big Sky this afternoon. The snow is getting harder and drier as it sits in the sun without getting refreshed. We need snow badly! Despite the lack of new snow, Patrol keeps opening more terrain. Friday Thunderwolf opened with man-made snow on Elk [...]
Quick Shot of the Southern Bridger Range
I took this shot of the sun setting on the southern Bridger Range while I was out testing lens and camera combinations for the eclipse on Saturday.
Big Sky 12.4.2011
View Big Sky 2011-12-04 in a larger map Quick test of the video recording capability of the iPhone 4S…full 1080p video from a phone! 5-7″ of fresh, very low density snow fell on Big Sky overnight and when I finally made it to the mountain at around 1:30PM everyone I talked to on the lift [...]
Big Sky 12.2.2011
View BIg Sky 2011-12-02 in a larger map Today was my first day of skiing for the 2011-2012 Ski Season. We’ve had a very dry and dangerous early season in southwest Montana. A couple early season storms left a nice layer of facets that’s present just about everywhere. This deep instability has made backcountry skiing [...]
Elephant Rock 11.26
I spent Thankgiving week back home in Massachusetts and managed to get out for a sunrise shoot with a crew from the New School of Photography. I’ve been a member on the forum for over a year and a half now and it was great to finally meet some of the people who make up [...]
Mammoth Walkway at Sunrise
This whole area is buried under about a foot of snow now after the storm last weekend. Thought I’d share this shot of the walkways at Mammoth during sunrise on November 11th. These walkways can be a real hassle when trying to find a good angle to frame a shot. The ground is so hot [...]
Sunrise at Mammoth Hot Springs
On the epic date of 11/11/11 I woke up wicked early and drove down to Yellowstone to attempt to shoot the sunrise at Mammoth Hot Springs. I was a little late because of a slow rancher, but still caught some cool light. This whole area has tons of potential for sunrises as the dead calm [...]
Sunrise and Wildlife in Grand Teton National Park
After the mad crush of shooting and editing that was Cyclocross Weekend in Bozeman, I’ve had a chance to return to my shots from my last trip to Grand Teton National Park at the end of October. I don’ t normally shoot wildlife. I’m much more comfortable with landscapes as far as composition and technical [...]
Cyclocross Weekend Highlights
I shot over 2000 pictures this past weekend, culled those 2000 down to about 450 that I posted in my race galleries, and of those 450 I have three that are my favorites. This guy was a total badass. He had the best moustache of the entire race, no question. I’m really happy with this [...]
Mulecross & MTCX State Championships
This past weekend was full of cyclocross in Bozeman. Saturday was the third running of Team Muleterro‘s Mulecross race. As usual, the race had a killer course, great costumes, and hilarious announcers. Sunday was the first running of the MTCX State Championships, hosted by GAS/Intrinsik Cycling. Their course had challenging technical sections, a spooky barn, [...]
Teton Sunrise
I woke up really early last Saturday morning, packed up my tent, and started driving towards Schwabacher Landing. The morning was incredibly misty with low hanging fog everywhere and just the faintest hint of light on the horizon at 6:30AM. However, the light grew brighter faster and faster and I eventually forced myself to stop [...]
Grand Teton Black & Whites
I just got back from another trip to Grand Teton National Park. I spent Friday night camping out on the Gros Ventre Road in the Bridger Teton National Forest and woke up real early for sunrise on Saturday morning. The alpenglow on the Tetons took a while to arrive, but it was spectacular. I’m still [...]
