Wednesday, December 10, 2008

One shot from Rockygrass

I was thrilled that I got this one group photo at Rockygrass two years ago in Lyons, CO. My little Lomo fisheye camera jammed after this shot, so I just threw it in my bag not knowing if I had gotten anything. When I got home, I rewound and pulled the film out to use it later, much later it turns out. When I got my film back from a Silverton ski trip last winter, this was the first shot on the roll. I love it!
This was a special weekend because we borrowed a truck with a pop top and were living large with a fridge, stove and a crib for my one year old boy Jaden (bottom left in black shirt, in my wife's Sarah's arms). The constant music, heat and stimulation didn't faze him a bit. It was an awesome weekend with a wonderful group of people. Check out the six kids all under three years old!

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Silverton rocks


Oh man do I love skiing. I love it, love it, love it. And snowboarding, cross country skiing, and snow. Lots of it. We don't have much so far this year, so I thought I'd share some shots from a ski trip to Silverton Mountain, Colorado last season. We wanted to go where there always seems to be lots of snow and were blown away by the place. It had been dumping on and off for weeks and we lucked out and had a warm partly cloudy day. Simply the most incredible ski area, Silverton has only one lift that lands at the end of a spectacular ridge that can be hiked and skiied on both sides. Every run we made had at least one fall-and-you-get-hurt zone. I rode with some old friends, whooped it up and just had a kick a-- time that day. I shot these with my Lomo plastic fisheye camera and old Kodak 400 NC film.

Silverton's base area at dawn


Brian taking it in while Campi locks it on


Campi, Mark and I stopped to check out the ice climbers in Ouray

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