Monthly Archives: July 2008

East side of Logan Pass, Glacier NP

Toward Logan Pass, Glacier National Park
The Highway 89 project marches on, this time to the top of Going-to-the-Sun Road. Here’s a view from the east side, looking to the west in late afternoon. I wanted to shoot this angle again, but the road was shut down completely each night, much to our surprise [...]

Why shoot JPG to learn to shoot RAW

 

A JPG and unprocessed RAW file saved on the D70 chip
I was asked if I shot my digital files in RAW or JPG, and how to explain the power of RAW files to a beginner. I remember when I first got my D70 and looked at the RAW files. I thought they looked [...]

Regardless of the price of gas…

Lower Yellowstone Falls
Regardless of the price of gas, visitation at the two biggest NPS units on Highway 89 was at record levels in June.
The USA Today reported that Yellowstone had 612,000 tourist visits in June, while the Arizona Sun Daily said that at the Grand Canyon, “early-summer visitation is up a whopping 15 [...]

Old School

Once upon a time, all we had was film, and we had to wind it.
Aphotoeditor wrote a great post about why photographers should blog. I’ve got a fifth reason: the process of writing for is another method to improve and focus my own photography.

When I started this blog, I was writing privately for friends [...]

Roping ‘em in

2006 Fairview Pioneer Days Rodeo
It’s time to make plans for a uniquely Utah holiday, Pioneer Day, celebrated on July 24. All up and down Highway 89 will be parades, pancake breakfasts, rodeos, and even a demolition derby in Fairview on the 25th, the hottest ticket in town. And the fireworks are as good, if not [...]

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