AZ State Fair

We went to the state fair last weekend. Overall it was a fun experience, we got there just as the light was getting good. I know Arielle had a blast. For me, I think it was more about getting out and shooting than it was about making compelling images.



The Clovis Carnival had the dragon, this one had the Cobra. Later in the evening the Cobra lost a wheel and the riders were forced to disembark with a ladder.
Spiderman - fair security
One end of the chair lift was a huge purple gun.
"Arizona sky is nice and all, it beats NC sky hands dowe. But it's no Clovis Sky.
We saw some wedding photos where the photographer popped the flash and rotated the camera to give the swirling lights effect. I was demonstrating how to do this, if you had a flash, which my camera doesn't."

Weekend Outings

Arielle on top of Squaw Peak

AZ Republic Assignments

A couple weeks ago I started to get some freelance assignments for the Arizona Republic.

Mostly it's prep sports, but I also covered a symphony rehearsal down in Chandler.

Phoenix Art Museum

Phoenix created in SimCity?

I finally have the proof I need. The city of Phoenix was indeed created using SimCity.

More Camelback

Arielle flew in Ray and Tim for my my birthday. That Friday we dropped Tim off for some DDR action then took Ray to Climb Camelback with us.




A couple weeks later, we decided to head up the other side of the mountain. The first 3/4 of the hike are relatively easy then you hit the ridge line. That's were the fun starts.