The Old Man in the Tree

I shot this at the entrance to a fee-based state park in Colorado not too awfully far from Cripple Creek. I didn't note the location because I wasn't prepared to pay an entrance fee, but I did notice this tree near the check-in kiosk, and marveled at the grimacing face in the tree created by time and an industrious bird or two. It's one of my favorite recent shots, and was taken in the spring of 2008.

Fireworks in Utah

Taking photographs of fireworks with a manual camera is actually fairly easy. Set your camera on the bulb setting (which keeps the shutter open as long as you want it open) and hold a dark piece of cardboard over the lens. When you anticipate a burst of fireworks, take away the cardboard, then put it back over the lens. Do the same thing a few times. Click the shutter to end the exposure, and then repeat the sequence with different frames.