A few nights ago I had a conversation with on old friend of mine who recently moved from Boston back to Minnesota about ways to fit exercise into our busy winter lives. Cross country skiing came up and as she was telling me about all of the wonderful options she has for skiing close by her home I started feeling sorry for myself. I mean, I have to drive an entire 30 minutes to get to a beautiful skiing spot. And it takes a whole hour to drive to Yellowstone National Park from my house!
Eric and I decided to take that drive yesterday and headed into the park for a couple of hours of skiing. When we finally settled on a trail that took us out into the middle of Yellowstone wilderness with bison in the distance and not a single person in sight I had to laugh at myself. Who could possibly have all of this practically in their back yard and be silly enough to think the grass could be greener (or the snow whiter) anywhere else???
Okay, I realize that it is the middle of winter here in Montana and fall is long gone. But I was looking through my stash of photos picking some out for my portfolio page and came across these. I am not a big fan of guns and actually had never even held a gun until a couple of years ago. Living in Montana, where it seems that most kids start hunting right around when they learn to walk, I am sure that I am in the minority in this respect. However, I like to say that within reason I will try just about anything once. Which has, in the past, led me to eat fried grasshoppers in Thailand (just once), sky dive (just once), shave my head (twice)…you get the picture. And now I can say that I have shot a gun two times. These photos are from the second time. I don’t think that I could ever hunt but shooting at clay pigeons isn’t a bad way to spend a beautiful fall evening, except that most of my pigeons survived completely intact! So, here’s to trying new things and the beauty of Montana.
Happy New Year everyone! This upcoming year – 2011 will be my first full year in business for myself as a photographer. To me that is an exciting prospect. After working as an associate photographer for someone else for 3 1/2 years the decision to go out on my own was terrifying but I know that it will be immensely rewarding. I am really looking forward to this next year and am excited to see where it takes me. I have to say that at this time last year I would never have imagined being where I am right now!
My goals for 2011: Continue to learn, grow and do more of what I love, personally and professionally. What are your goals for the new year?
I absolutely love to knit. But for some reason the need to knit only hits me once the weather gets cold and wintery. And here in Montana winter has hit full force. This year I decided that my knitting project would be to make all new stockings for the family. I am especially excited about this project because I plan on using up a lot of my odds and ends yarn. One down, three more to go! I’ll post all four of them when they are complete.
Last month I spent the day on the West Boulder taking some fly fishing photos. It was a beautiful day and the colors were amazing. That area is one of my favorite spots around Livingston and the river is perfect for photographs. I designed these three postcards using photos from that day. I am planning on getting at least one of the designs printed to sell the postcards but am not sure yet which one I want to use. What do you think? Which one(s) do you like best?
