Minolta XG-1, Kodachrome 64

Canon S500. Today's and yesterday's photos were taken Friday afternoon. It was such a nice day that I slithered out of work after lunch and took a bike ride.

Canon S500

Canon S500

Canon S500

Minolta XG-1, Fujichrome Provia100. Sunset from upper DeArmoun Rd. Anchorage

Minolta XG-1, Kodachrome64. Flying south on the Kuskokwim river towards Bethel on a winter afternoon.

Fishcamp on the Kwethluk River, just north of Bethel. Minolta XG-1.

Kwethluk River fishcamp. Minolta XG-1

Canon S500. From yesterday morning's ride.

Near Potter's Marsh. Canon S500

Canon S500.

January 2005, KPL dock in Kenai. Canon S500. A cold but calm morning.

Scammon Bay approach

Scammon Bay on the shores of the beautiful Bering Sea. Camera: Minolta XG-1, film: Kodachrome64, plane: Cessna caravan

Soccer night, last Thursday. My daughter's (#7) team had a game, so I brought my Minolta XG-1 with a 35-135 zoom, a polarizing filter and a roll of Fujichrome Provia 400. My crude attempts at sports photography are shown here. What did I learn? The 400 ASA film is good for action shots. I should have taken off the filter because everything's a little darker than I'd like it to be. Oh well, live & learn. Everyone had fun, it was a nice night & her team won a friendly game with none of the 'sports parents from hell' we've all heard so much about. Except maybe that guy that was taking all those photos!

Half-moon over the soccer field.

The goalie kicks it into play.

The defense kicks it downfield

The offense takes it down the field

The defense kicks it outta there!

The other team scores a goal.

Different day, same flower.

Life in the front yard

School's out

Thursday morning rainbow, taken from the front yard around 6a.m. Canon S500.

View looking east, up DeArmoun road around 6a.m.

Well, it's summer soccer season again. Sarah and her best friend Emma are on the same team. This is from just before Tuesdaynight's game. Taken with my Canon S500, auto settings.

Warming up with a cup of coffee. Lower Kalskag, Minolta XG-1, Kodachrome64

More winterlight, Lower Kalskag, Minolta XG-1, Kodachrome64

Gassing up the sled. Lower Kalskag. Minolta XG-1, Kodachrome64

The village of Lower Kalskag, on the Kuskokwim River, upriver of Bethel approxomately 100 miles. Minolta XG-1, kodachrome 64.

Winterlight, lower Kalskag. Minolta XG-1, Kodachrome 64.

Lower Kalskag cemetery. Minolta XG-1 Kodachrome 64. One thing about winter in the far north, the winter daylight is this golden perpetual twilight due to the sun's being so low on the horizon, when it's above it at all.

A view of Turnagain Arm from Gull Rock

The power plant at Ft. Wainwright in Fairbanks , Alaska. This is a work photo I took. I typically take lots of photos, so I have something to refer to back in the office. This one just stood out on its own.

Both photos were taken with my Minolta XG-1.

Downtown Bethel

Between Whittier & Valdez from a 172

The approach to Valdez.

Sunrise from partially up Barometer Mountain on Kodiak. No this was not taken from a plane. One morning this past February, while working in Kodiak, a coworker and I decided to hike up the hills to the actual base of the mountain early before work. The mountain itself had too much snow for us to safely go to the top without equipment. Barometer mountain is near the airport(as you can see) and so was the place where we were staying. So we hightailed it into the hills at 6a.m. with headlamps and flashlights. I was cursing myself for not bringing a tripod. This totally untouched photo was taken with my Canon S500, on auto setting with the flash off and balanced on my knee as I huffed and puffed. SOmetimes you just get lucky.

A quiet cove on Anton Larson Bay on Kodiak Island. When the weather's nice, Kodiak, to me at least, is one of the most beautiful places on earth.

One of yesterday's photos was of American Beach. Presently an island in a sea of crackerbox development. Here's the history on it. Click to enlarge and read.

A photo of American Beach north of Jacksonville. This beautiful little spot is being closed in from both the north and south by runaway development of the ugliest sort. It was a little oasis and a reminder of how Florida used to be at one time.

Below is a view in color and BW, of the beach near Little Talbot Island State Park. This beach looks like it probably did when the conquistadors landed.

St. Augustine, Fla.

St. Augustine, Fla.