"Next to the dog, the delete key is a photographer's best friend."
WHERE I'VE BEEN LATELY...
It's been a busy fall and winter. In late September, I spent almost two weeks in South Dakota covering the Custer State Park Buffalo Roundup as well as exploring the Black Hills and Badlands National Park. Over 100 images from that trip are currently available through Alamy with more on the way.
The following month, my wife and I photographed the Anasazi/Ancestral Puebloan structures in Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico. The trip ended with a stay at Hotel Chimayo in Santa Fe, a visit to the actual town of Chimayo and a 12-case purchase of Two-Buck Chuck at Trader Joe's.
We celebrated New Year's weekend with a drive to Zion National Park and a three-day stay at Zion Park Lodge. We took a hike up to the top of Angel's Landing, whose narrow route and 1,000-foot drops apparently frighten some folks.
On the local front, we've been out skiing a few times, even though the snow has been somewhat marginal so far this year. I also visited and photographed ten sites in nearby Golden for an upcoming city roundup.
WHERE I'M GOING…
Upcoming plans include a visit to the Park Hyatt in Beaver Creek, one of my favorite ski areas and ski hotels. In the past, the Hyatt offered the best slope-side burger in Colorado. The restaurant has since changed, and one of my missions will be to see if the new burgers are as good.
Then we head off to Carson City, Nevada, to attend the wedding of one of our nieces. The young lady has asked me to shoot candid photos at the rehearsal dinner and wedding. I have no qualms about shooting travel subjects, but a wedding? That scares me.
In March, it's up to British Columbia and the Four Seasons Resort in Whistler-Blackcomb for a story about the things one can do in the aftermath of the Olympics. We'll ski some of the downhill courses, ride the bobsled, maybe brave a skeleton run and shoot guns at a biathlon course.
Come May it will be out to Utah or Nevada to watch the upcoming annular eclipse. On the way back, I suspect we'll also be doing some canyon crawling with Lower and Upper Muley Twist in Capitol Reef National Park prime targets.
WHAT ELSE I'M DOING...
I'm currently adding material to a new Website, GoAdventureTravel.com, and of course, adding more and more stock images to Alamy.