The Getaway, Hawaii, HI, May 2013

This year’s big summer vacation was to Hawaii (the Big Island). Can’t say enough good things about the place… relaxing, great food, so much to do. It’s incredible. The photos below don’t do it justice, but I tried to include a little something different than the usual Hawaiian vacation photos.

Two highlights: driving 14,000′ above sea level to the top of Mauna Kea and hiking out to the southernmost point in the United States (coming within a year to the day of visiting the northernmost point in the United States!).

Hope you enjoy the photos!

Holy Coconut

Holy Coconut

Pink Hibiscus

Pink Hibiscus

Frangipani

Frangipani

Waiting for a bite...

Waiting for a bite...

On the Water

On the Water

Butterfly + Frond

Butterfly + Frond

Yellow-billed Cardinal

Yellow-billed Cardinal

Gecko

Gecko

South Point Fishing

South Point Fishing

Alaskan Brewing Co. Represent!

Alaskan Brewing Co. Represent!

Looking Up

Looking Up

Windswept

Windswept

Southern Hawaii Grafitti

Southern Hawaii Grafitti

Southernmost Landfill?

Southernmost Landfill?

Lost Sole

Lost Sole

Green Sand Beach

Green Sand Beach

Green Sand Surf

Green Sand Surf

Broken

Broken

South Point Sunset

South Point Sunset

Grazing

Grazing

Windfarm and Cows

Windfarm and Cows

Moo

Moo

Powerful Sunset

Powerful Sunset

Wrapped Up

Wrapped Up

Peek-a-boo

Peek-a-boo

Pencil Urchin

Pencil Urchin

Partial Solar Eclipse

Partial Solar Eclipse

Maui from 14,000 Feet

Maui from 14,000 Feet

Mauna Kea Observatories

Mauna Kea Observatories

Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope

Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope

Most Scenic Stop Sign Ever

Most Scenic Stop Sign Ever

Mauna Kea Fog

Mauna Kea Fog

Hilo Alley

Hilo Alley

Hawaiian Zebra

Hawaiian Zebra

Road Closed... Really?

Road Closed... Really?

PBR + Lava

PBR + Lava

Lava Field

Lava Field

Sunset + Clouds

Sunset + Clouds

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New York, NY, September 2012

Another year, another trip to New York City! I got to visit a few new parts of the city, including the Upper West Side and Brooklyn, and focused on non-touristy subjects. The colors, textures, and scenes you can find are amazing. Enjoy…

40th Floor View of Midtown.

40th Floor View of Midtown.

Wet Paint!

Wet Paint!

Violinist.

Violinist.

Produce

Produce

You Are Here

You Are Here

Times Square Stop

Times Square Stop

Brooklyn Stairs

Brooklyn Stairs

Red.

Red.

Cloud Porn.

Cloud Porn.

Beautiful Central Park Day.

Beautiful Central Park Day.

Pizza!

Pizza!

Amsterdam Ave.

Amsterdam Ave.

Columbia Campus.

Columbia Campus.

Barnard.

Barnard.

Architectural Abstraction.

Architectural Abstraction.

Trash.

Trash.

Don't walk.

Don't walk.

Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine

Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine

I'm a Dreamer.

I'm a Dreamer.

Sound Recommendation.

Sound Recommendation.

Reflection.

Reflection.

Apartments at Central Park West.

Apartments at Central Park West.

Imagine.

Imagine.

Bark Textures.

Bark Textures.

Alice in Wonderland.

Alice in Wonderland.

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Burlington, VT & Manchester, NH, June 2012

Took a little trip to the opposite coast and visited a few states I’d never been to before – Vermont and New Hampshire. Both great places, full of trees, fireflies, and cheap maple syrup. Good times!

The Trees

The Trees

Shelburne Farms

Shelburne Farms

Lamb 007

Lamb 007

Avalanche the Calf

Avalanche the Calf

Tag!

Tag!

Playing Piglets

Playing Piglets

Donkey on Green

Donkey on Green

The view.

The view.

Canopy of Trees

Canopy of Trees

Flowers

Flowers

Big Bumble Bee

Big Bumble Bee

Oooooooooh. I see.

Oooooooooh. I see.

Tree and a path.

Tree and a path.

Downtown Burlington

Downtown Burlington

Leggy Apparel

Leggy Apparel

Manchester YMCA

Manchester YMCA

Fallout Shelter

Fallout Shelter

Door to nowhere.

Door to nowhere.

It was a plain walkway for sure, but pedestrian is a little harsh.

It was a plain walkway for sure, but pedestrian is a little harsh.

NH Fisher Cats Baseball

NH Fisher Cats Baseball

...and the pitch!

...and the pitch!

Fisher Cats Baseball

Fisher Cats Baseball

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Brew Fest 2012 @ Haines, AK, May 2012

Whew. Haines. Brew Fest. Crazy!

There are not many photos from the event itself… it’s hard to hold a camera and sample at the same time. I did at least manage some nice “out & about” shots of Haines. Enjoy!

Brew Fest 2012!

Brew Fest 2012!

Packed Dalton City

Packed Dalton City

Battery Point

Battery Point

Yellow Daisy

Yellow Daisy

Bemused Boxer

Bemused Boxer

Honey Moon Hotel

Honey Moon Hotel

MV Partner

MV Partner

Artsy boat.

Artsy boat.

Haines in black and white.

Haines in black and white.

Lackadaisical Lab

Lackadaisical Lab

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Barrow, AK, May 2012

What a trip!

Barrow, Alaska, is a pretty dynamic place this time of year – above-freezing temperatures and nearly 24 hours of sunlight kick starts the breakup of snow and ice that accumulated over a long winter. In just 3 days, lagoons that were buried beneath a layer of white ice suddenly burst into open bodies of water that some locals found irresistible (see the photo below of the snowmachine on the water!). Ditches that were empty were now nearly overflowing with meltwater and driveways turned from great places to park your car into front yard lakes. Again, all this happened in less than 72 hours. Incredible.

I did not have the (mis)fortune of encountering a polar bear, but I don’t think this will be my last trip to the “Top of the World”! Enjoy the photos!

Sun Dog

Sun Dog

Naval Arctic Research Lab Housing

Naval Arctic Research Lab Housing

Pink Van

Pink Van

Post-Apocalyptic Playground

Post-Apocalyptic Playground

Two Boats

Two Boats

Bowhead Whale Jaw and Midnight Sunset

Bowhead Whale Jaw and Midnight Sunset

Umiaq

Umiaq

Furthest North Mexican Restaurant

Furthest North Mexican Restaurant

Boxer Ocean and Sky

Boxer Ocean and Sky

Discarded Bunny

Discarded Bunny

Discarded Scout

Discarded Scout

Barrow Terminal

Barrow Terminal

Discarded Muktuk

Discarded Muktuk

Duke on a Pink Bike

Duke on a Pink Bike

Common and King Eiders

Common and King Eiders

No Kids in this Area

No Kids in this Area

Barrow Snow Bird

Barrow Snow Bird

Success

Success

Snowbird in Flight

Snowbird in Flight

Rippie's Pull Tab

Rippie's Pull Tab

Snowmachine Crossing

Snowmachine Crossing

Barrow Sunshine

Barrow Sunshine

Barrow Lake Fun

Barrow Lake Fun

Enjoying the Sunshine

Enjoying the Sunshine

Whaler Love

Whaler Love

Save the Whales... for Dinner

Save the Whales... for Dinner

Polar Bear Escape Technique #23

Polar Bear Escape Technique #23

Black Eye

Black Eye

No Cutting Corners

No Cutting Corners

The Plane has Arrived

The Plane has Arrived

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Totem Pole

Image

This is an oldie, but I stumbled across it last night and remembered working on it years ago, so I thought I’d share it… again! I shot this photo at Sitka National Historical Park (a.k.a. Totem Park) in Sitka, Alaska. This park is Alaska’s oldest national park, created in 1910 to commemorate the 1804 Battle of Sitka, and has dozens of totem poles and other totemic art lining its pathways. It’s really a beautiful park to walk through and I’d highly recommend visiting it if you ever find yourself in Southeast Alaska. The original photo was shot on medium format film with my old Yashica-MAT LMcamera, then I scanned it and added the color digitally based on the original colors on the totem, with a few artistic tweaks here and there.


Seattle, WA, September 2011

Mostly Seattle, anyway! This trip was tacked on to the end of the trip to Washington, DC, and was done so for the sole purpose of taking my 80 year old grandma skydiving*. Oh, and it didn’t hurt that Bumbershoot was happening around the same time and had some bands on the lineup that I really wanted to see. (You can see what I thought of that over at juneaurocks.com!)

The first few photos below were taken during the drive to Portland, OR, and ultimately, Molalla, OR, home of Skydive Oregon, and the rest were taken in downtown Seattle. As you can see, it was sunny. It is hard to beat the Pacific Northwest when the sunshine hits and it warms up – these kind of days make up for so many gray, rainy days.

Enjoy!

Amber waves of grain?

Amber waves of grain?

Hit the road.

Hit the road.

My heroes.

My heroes.

Brick Post Office

Brick Post Office

Silos

Silos

Space Needle and EMP

Space Needle and EMP

Funhouse?

Funhouse?

MarchFourth Marching Band

MarchFourth Marching Band

Hugs and the Rotary Grocery

Hugs and the Rotary Grocery

Holy mackerel!

Holy mackerel!

Flying fish.

Flying fish.

Pike Place

Pike Place

They put the edible in incredible!

They put the edible in incredible!

Post Alley

Post Alley

There is no parking for past or present residents - sorry.

There is no parking for past or present residents - sorry.

Westin Towers

Westin Towers

Urban Waterfall

Urban Waterfall

Palace Kitchen

Palace Kitchen

Broken Social Scene

Broken Social Scene

Rocking out

Rocking out

Neon

Neon

Last day...

Last day...

Purple durple

Purple durple

Spicy scallop and shrimp ceviche. OH YEAH.

Spicy scallop and shrimp ceviche. OH YEAH.

Western Ave

Western Ave

The fountain and the Space Needle. I can now say I have run through the fountain!

The fountain and the Space Needle. I can now say I have run through the fountain!

The Fremont Troll

The Fremont Troll

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